The music we keep in this area is closely related to Horror, but with tongue-in-cheek and perhaps a sense of the bizarre or quirky. This music can be chaotic or "wonky", like a creepy, odd machine, or it can have the style of a bizarre cabaret, or a weird and bizarre haunted house. The works of Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Henry Selick (Coraline) are useful references. And of course, this music works great in all kinds of Halloween productions.
Creepy and eerie horror musical soundscape. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An Eastern European holiday. Dreamy and far away, beautiful meadows of golden grass waving in the summer breeze. Somewhat mournful yet optimistic. Harmonium, bouzouki, sitar, slide guitar, ruan, Rhodes piano and upright bass. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
Fresh and funky, mid-tempo Hip Hop track. Strong beat, juicy synth- and orchstral licks. Hiphop R&B Similar to Eminem etc. Urban, funky, groovy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
A short comedy track/cue. Pompous, brash, swaggering. Real live orchestra recording. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
This dark and gloomy horror track starts out with only a few dark piano notes. Other elements such as distant voices, metal scrapes join to create a creepy and eerie horror musical soundscape. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A haunting and eerie yet strangely beautiful track that starts out with a processed glockenspiel leading to electronic drums, bass, pads, tubular bells and various fx before ending with a soaring, passionate guitar solo. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 BPM]
Cool, lazy, laid back,sexy, smokey, slightly fun & twisted, jazz-tinged track. Soundtrack to a big diamond heist.. Or the arrival of your estranged & rather 'unusual' uncle larry, the black sheep of the family who puts everyone on edge with his bizarre eccentricities. Groovy staccato string bass combines with a lazy feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
Very funny and upbeat 'scary' funk track, perfect for scary movies or cartoons, with a real Moog Theremin sound! [Tempo: Medium / 123 BPM]
A slow, morbid, foreboding version of the classic rhyme 'Twinkle Twinkle...'. The instrumentation is piano and voice sounds to give it an eerie haunting feel. For sinister horror and Halloween scares. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A sickly, cold, dark and trippy horror / thriller / mystery underscore with deliberate disharmony and a sense of confusion or madness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 45 BPM]
Classic horror film sound. A bit retro, typical 'haunted house' or monsters horror flick. Chamber orchestra, scattered piano, nervous strings. Deadly monsters lurk, perhaps a werewolf or other horrible creature. Mischievous. Great as Halloween music, parody, animation etc. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A moderately sneaky, somewhat magical feeling, general background track for fantasy, fairy tales and exploration. This track contains no repetition throughout, which means you can play this track in a loop (for example, in a video game or other media) for a long time without it becoming too repetitive. There are some melodies but nothing too epic or too theme-like, so the music stays nicely in the background and provides an atmosphere, without becoming too dominating. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Cello-led with cinematic orchestral with violin leads and string accompaniment. Versatile, thematic in nature, steady track with lots of movement and motion sonically. Raw, naked, film noir, chamber orchestra sound. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
Heavy and ponderous featuring pipe organ, orchestra bells and pizzicato strings. Includes marimba, piccolo, and animated elements. For Halloween, horror, quirky comedy, dramady, spy, children's cartoon, monsters, nature, bumbling robbers, office pranks and sneaking thieves. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A tension-filled, pulsating and dramatic string orchestra piece. Filled with turmoil, drama and movement, this piece will work great as a cinematic main theme / intro theme, or a dramatic trailer. Serious music / Neo-Classical. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 121 BPM]
Fun, light, mischievous, slightly comical orchestral track with a great sense of intrigue, mystery & waggling tongues. Atmospheric, animated, magical, joyful, humorous & whimsical. Would suit Desperate Housewives / dramatic / documentary / comedy type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Grand orchestral track with a strong mystery / fantasy feel. Magical, amazing, a little bit scary, but very exciting and adventurous. Dark forces / Mysterious creatures. Good for cinematic trailer, adventure & magic, movies, games and more. Available with or without the choir. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 69 BPM]
Crime, drama underscore - eerie and dark with distorted undertones, bit crushed bass and piano. Uncomfortable and Tense. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Beautiful and relaxing and hypnotic, but something's not right... [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A quirky and funny dark comedy music track made with orchestra and cartoon percussion. Structure divided into three parts (part A – B – A repeated with tutti). Quirky / Comedy / Dark Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Like taking a ride on the ghost train at an abandoned fairground. Chillingly spacey, magical, enchanted, trippy, atmospheric & soft piece with faux wurlitzer guitar sounds and bass. Has a haunting, spectre-like 'other-worldly' feel to it. Would suit any horror/halloween/thriller projects. [Tempo: Slow / 129 BPM]
One in a series of 10 eerie and mystical short cues, where Sci Fi meets Horror meets Dark Fantasy. Deep, disturbing, nightmarish sounds that curl, twist and attack the unsuspecting listener with razor-like precision. These short music cues are modern and visceral, eerie and cold, in the style of modern TV series and films. To find the other 9 pieces in this series, search 'Dream Valley 10 Horror Cues'. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a mass epidemic. Orchestral with piano and hear beat pulse, in the vein of James Newton Howard's horror scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
These dark horror cues can be classed either as "music cues" or "sound effects", as in reality they function as both. They are all recorded with a large, live symphony orchestra with the same quality as any soundtrack from big budget movies. The effects are easy to loop and edit, and can be tailored to fit any cue, as they can be used from virtually any point. Consider them a construction kit to score horror, mystery and dark drama. Recorded, mastered, and delivered to you in pristine 24-bit audio. Also look for YS Horror Cues 01-20 and YS Horror Cues 41-60. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Quirky and hypnotic retro classical piece, with a heavy influence from Italian traditional music and Baltic/Gypsy music as well. With a somewhat funny and unusual mystery aura, investigative and foggy. A repetitive cello pizzicato progression is surrounded by a series of dreamy chromatic melodies on mandolin, clarinet, flute, celesta, glockenspiel, basson, harmonium and violin. This piece could easily fit a Frederico Fellini's surreal scene. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
A dramatic and imposing orchestral cinematic track, with a strong sense of the occult and dark magic. Great for the occult, black arts, sorcery, voodoo, devil worship and classic horror content. Dark Fantasy / Malevolent / Disturbing / Foreboding. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
Ghostly, atmospheric pads. Dark, scary, eerie. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
An orchestral piece, a rather dark one. This composition builds up a tension and an uncomfortable feeling. It's thrilling and suspicious, this song makes a good suspense conductor without specially having any particular ending at the end, this could end well, or bad. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 89 BPM]
Strange, quirky and eerily innocent track with music box, organ and strings. Great for creepy kids shows, carnivals, twisted fairytales, toy stores, halloween, haunted fairgrounds, cartoons, websites and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 106 BPM]
Spooky and quirky comedy music track made with orchestral sounds and theremin. Eerie / Cartoonish / Quirky music. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Huge stabs give way to twisted maniacal anguish and haunted voices. Tragic theme introduces a grim march propelled by determination and grit. The theme is presented at the end in a burst of triumph and heroism. Good for epic battle, fight to the finish, dark action. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A mixture of electronic synths, percussion and strings are used to generate a sense of risk. The continuous pulsating guitar, heavy percussive hits, low piano notes and high string trills create an apprehensive mood, making this ideal for game shows with elimination rounds. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
A quirky, tense and bizarre track with a sense of urgency and danger, combined with a strange, darkly comic element, like being chased by evil little things, weird mechanical contraptions, mad professor, scary and spooky Halloween monsters, evil children. Inspired by the moods and films of Tim Burton, perhaps the music of Danny Elfman etc. Danger, chase, scary dreams, wacky beings etc. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Dark, edgy, ethereal, spacey, menacing, cinematic suspense music with an air of foreboding & fear of the unknown. Magical, sinister & full of tension. Are you being followed? Or is your mind just playing tricks on you? Would suit horror / mystery / halloween / murder / serial killer / crime type projects. [Tempo: Very slow / 62 BPM]
Cool and ethereal electro rock track with a slightly sinister undertone. Spacey plucked santoors float over soft and spacey synth pads and noises as a slow, determined beat kicks in. Would suit dramatic or cinematic projects. [Tempo: Slow / 59 BPM]
This is a fun piece of bizarre orchestral music in the style of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton films. Trumpet, clarinet and violin solos lead to a section of pounding low brass and marching snare drum. Nice for both comedic and serious horror as well as sci-fi. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A rather strange mix of battle percussion and old, twangy, tremolo guitars with a slight Mexican "danger" feel. Suitable perhaps as a chase or battle scene in a cult film or film noir. A unique track with a somewhat weird edge. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
Tinkle bells childrens or baby theme. Fun and joyful, simple melody with a toy piano, wind-up music box or glockenspiel. Nice and easy - happy, but not over the top. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 48 BPM]
Off beat comedy, played by full orchestra, choir and dobro. Country meets Danny Elfman (Beetlejuice, Desperate Housewives, Mars Attacks). [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
A busy, whimsical and mischievous orchestral cue. Playful, but a bit naughty or evil. Good energy level. A fun, filmscore, orchestral romp! Inspired by Tim Burton / Danny Elfman. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 161 BPM]
Wacky and action filled, almost slapstick, with a spooky mood... and lots of fun. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A lonely music box melody builds to a full orchestra before ending as it begins. Dark, tense and climactic but not too scary, family oriented horror. Good for trailers, video games, cartoons, halloween, quirky Tim Burton type films and even commercials. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
An eerie track with elements of dark dub, hip-hop and downtempo ambient music. Has a unique sound / style and a cool hip hop beat with echoing female voices. Rough / Cool / Mysterious. Good for analysis, rough background groove, corporate use, inner city dark vibes, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Very slow / 79 BPM]
This piece is suitable for killer clowns, zombies, possessed dolls, etc. An eerie piece with a deep terrorizing bass line; highlights the squeaky nature of the Oboe and the sentimental vibrato of the trumpet to create an ironic atmosphere of horror with a slight comedic feel. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A very inspired, and inspiring, piece of rock / metal / progressive rock in the vein of music often associated with Dream Theater and other prog-rock / progressive metal bands, or guitar heroes such as Joe Satriani. Great guitar workouts, always melodic and heartfelt; from the slow and fragile, to the fast and furious. Great track for exciting footage, fun sports, stunts, racing, or for multimedia / video montages etc. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
A mischievous orchestral piece, with dark and mysterious harpsichord, accordion, and string tracks. An overall vibe of playful spookiness is present throughout the piece. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Eerie and mysterious music box, full of anticipation and fear. Dreamy mood. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Quirky, unusual spot build of various human sounds. suitable for funny commercial or animation, comedy. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
This lively & mischievous filmic sounding leitmotif builds from quizzical phrases into busy, bustling orchestration that hurries along with occasional humorous hesitations. Evoking excitement & magic or the busy drudgery of the working day. Matched in style & character to other Elliot Simon’s tracks, Another Lovely Day, The Secret Path, A Midnight Symphony, Hotel Tango and An Unfortunate Incident. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 108 BPM]
Slow Cha cha style dance paired with some dark impact sounds and cymbal scraping. Beautiful and relaxing, but also subtly unsettling and eerie. Classic detective. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]