This is where you'll find our royalty free music for horror films. Horror is a pretty wide ranging term that stretches from old classics like Dracula, via mainstream "slasher" films like the "Saw" and "The Hills Have Eyes" series, via famous Survival style video games such as "Resident Evil" and "Alone in the Dark". The genre is also closely related to science fiction and there have been many great Horror / Sci-Fi crossover films ("The Thing", "Alien", "The Chronicles of Riddick") and games ("Fallout", "F3ar", "Metroid Prime"). The music is will generally be dark and suspenseful, creepy and eerie.
Spacious, moody, dreamy, atmospheric, other-worldly synths combine with simple piano lines & a steady beat to make tense, eerie, thoughtful & slightly unnerving music that would suit documentary / thriller / mystery / crime / spy / horror type projects. Dark & haunting. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Dark, eerie, atmospheric, menacing & explosive electronic rock track that summons the air of being hunted or stalked. Edgy, confident, tense, determined, epically powerful & with an air of foreboding. Would suit dramatic / horror / mystery / Halloween / documentary type projects. Hints of Nine Inch Nails. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Edgy rocky, heavy ambient industrial. Sort of ambient electronic at the beginning. Kicks off towards the end of track with a build up. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 105 BPM]
Battle drums / marching percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 120 BPM]
All percussion is featured in this authentic tribal track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A dark and powerful Action / Suspense / Thriller soundtrack featuring a full orchestra sound combined with edgy synth textures. The track weaves in and out of danger/tension parts and all-out desperate fight/chase parts. A very edgy track, with a dark side. Epic and massive. Electronic percussion joins in around the middle point. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 70 BPM]
A somewhat dark and mystical, edgy, cinematic trailer type track. Fluttering and deliberately "broken", this track has the sense of something uneasy, unstable, simmering just beneath the surface. Think demon worship, the occult. The track changes from mystical / foreboding passages to more aggressive, staccato, percussive parts, with sudden stops and starts that can be used as edit points. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Unsettling atmospherics under gentling plucking acoustic guitar and a sprinkling of western style electric guitar. Reminiscent of movies like Babel and Traffic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Synth and orchestra, in the style of modern thrillers like the Bourne movies. The music keeps the suspense going yet doesn't get big or overly busy. Perfect under dialog. Perhaps someone is being followed, without their knowledge. Things are quiet now, but conflict looms ahead. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
This dark, suspenseful track builds tension with a combination of synth elements, huge percussion, and piano. Perfect for a reality TV show elimination scene, in which someone gets voted off, or a chase scene in a horror movie. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
Mysterious and exciting score track with a modern sound featuring synths and strings. Good for mystery, thriller and suspenseful action movies. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 160 BPM]
Tires squealing, sirens blaring, adrenalin flowing. The Chase begins. Dramatic, suspenseful, powerful track mixing electronic and orchestral elements. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 85 BPM]
Mysterious and exciting score track with a modern sound featuring piano, synths and strings. Good for mystery, thriller and suspenseful action movies. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 115 BPM]
Dramatic and Escalating Cinematic Action track featuring orchestral strings, percussion, synth pads and sound effects. Great for trailers, films in action and drama genres, Police / Investigation TV series and more. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Mid tempo, heavy rock track. Features pounding drums, chugging heavy rock/metal guitars and eerie keyboards. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Dark and atmospheric ambient chill, filtered and distorted beats with harsh synth slices and spacious pads, low sub bass, weird time signature, futuristic, sci-fi, science and technology, would also work for contemporary erotic scenes [Tempo: Very slow / 35 BPM]
Unique blend of regal strings and horns and hefty guitars. The verse is a slow grooving electro beat which builds slowly via a b section of clean swirling guitar and lamenting vocal loops into an explosion of guitars and drums. Very filmically dramatic, intense and quite unexpected. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 75 BPM]
60's / 70's style jazz. Flugelhorn / jazz trumpet over electric piano / rhodes, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 112 BPM]
A dark, mysterious / mystical and slightly sinister Hip Hop / Urban funk beat. Hip-hop drums and deep sub-bass with dark Rhodes licks and swirly guitar. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
Deep drones, dark synth pulse, glass pads. Horror, scary, science fiction. Airy, ethereal strings over deep piano wire clanks. [Tempo: Slow, Very slow / 96 BPM]
A sparse track with a dark, grimy, gloomy, foreboding, raw, naked sound. Features heavily distorted guitar and ambient percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 104 BPM]
A pulsing and building mystery cue underscoring anything from an undercover mission to entering a new and suspicious world. Ambient FX, electric bass, strings, brass, rhythmic and mallet percussion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 87 BPM]
A strong, hard hitting and very dramatic action or trailer track. Created with a combination of samplers, live orchestral performers and a live choir. Suitable for use with explosive scenes of action, destruction, war, conflict, battle, sci-fi or fantasy, or even competitive sport. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
A pensive and mysterious underscore, suitable for crime investigation, dark drama or documentary. Nervous and with a sense of movement, ticking time, hidden clues waiting to be discovered. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A highly intense and gripping suite of action and suspense scoring, underlying anything from the plot of a spy to the chase of an escaped convict. Orchestral in nature with big drums and driving percussion rhythms, in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 93 BPM]
A dark and creepy track suitable for trailers, movie opening scenes and more. Starts with an eerie, almost child like piano melody, then grows into a more horror feel, like evil forces, black magic or a horde of dark warriors. The track appears to end with a crescendo at about 01:12 but it comes back with a creepy closing section, revisiting the main theme. Good for horror, fantasy, dark forces, creepy films and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 109 BPM]
Soundtrack cue with a feeling of magic or magical beings. Fairies, angels or beautiful, mystical creatures. Soft bells, angelic voices. Feels similar to the Sugar Plum Fairy or Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals 'Aquarium' piece. Also works great for underwater scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A series of 4 pieces of textural, ambient, musical soundscapes. Suitable for documentary, cultural, history, archeology, travel and exploration, mystery and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Hip Hop track with a serious edge. Good for drama, thriller, mystery, action/adventure. Sneaking, stakeout and more. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
For the Big Blockbuster Hollywood Percussion/Choir feel. High Impact, Huge Trailer Drums Strings and Choir. Perfect for building Epic tension or High Powered media footage. Massive, Explosive, Intense, Energy, Powerful. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 66 BPM]
Pulsating sound design track with subtle but nervous percussion. Expectant, foreboding and slightly menacing. Good for use in thriller, action / adventure, sci-fi and sci-tek, future warfare, technology or suspense / action. Tense. Starts to build in intensity from 2:00 onwards and reaches a climax / crescendo at 02:55. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
This track is recorded with a real live orchestra. A dramatic, at times disturbing, urgent and very nervy track for action, horror, chase, monsters, epic trailers, fantasy fight scene and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A fiery and dramatic, epic, massive impact track. Urgent, desperate, intense and violent. Huge pounding percussion, full orchestra and choir. Also available as a Rock Mix, with additional heavy rock guitars and rock drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
An intense modern action instrumental with high-tech synthetic elements. Focused determination great for productions involving suspense, spying, chases, etc. Nice for escalating crime in progress scenes, action sequences and high intensity situations. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
A twisted, dark and discordant waltz opens this dynamic epic track of courage and determination that also shows a sad and tragic emotional side. Voices create a medieval undertone. The track finishes with dark orchestral stabs and hangs on a barely resolved violin phrase. Good for dark battle, epic defeat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
This dynamic track starts with unsettling intrigue and suspense, and develops into a flight-for-life. A broad orchestral theme tugs at the heart as the prey is mercilessly pursued. A sustained chord at the end leaves this track unresolved. Good for suspense, drama, thriller, horror. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Abstract ambient guitar soaked in reverb and delays. Very atmospheric and thought provoking. Great for space, exploration, reflection, discovery, ascension and more. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Impending doom that builds with cinematic awe to a climactic chasm at 01:09. Suspenseful, tense, foreboding, nervous. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A cold, tense, lonely and mysterious sounding track with sparse synth pads, white noise and a kick drum that represents a heart beating. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 BPM]
A dark and mysterious track well suited for nature documentaries or movies with an African theme. Features Djembe, Kalimba and various synths and fx. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Dark, Haunting and Mysterious, imagine the world has ended but somehow you survived and are surrounded by the wreckage as the dust still rises. Features various processed synths, epic drums, haunting vocals and effects. Good for dramas, sci-fi, horrors and video games. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark and ominous event, eerie sounds, threatening and edgy, sustains with aggressive internal percussive events. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Loud and chaotic in places. Synths and complex rhythms create an industrial sound. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
The first half of this track is a mystical, eerie, dark ambient guitar piece with an evil, malevolent presence. For the second half it develops into a very dark, deep, gutsy and powerful metal rock / progressive rock track with a sense of a violent, unstoppable evil. Use for horror and unspeakable terror. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 75 BPM]
Orchestra underscore. Cello and bass synth drive pace with piano, forboding brass and string lines. Espionage, spy theme feel. Crime, mystery, investigation. Dark, edgy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Crime, drama underscore - eerie and dark with distorted undertones, bit crushed bass and piano. Uncomfortable and Tense. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Action, dramatic and epic track made with percussion, orchestra and more. Great for creating tension and a dramatic atmosphere in your project. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 70 BPM]
A heavy, cinematic electronic piece. Dramatic bass hits stab through the tense electronic instrumentation and dark, grooving drum beat, creating tension that builds to the end of the piece. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A full on dramatic action track, great for big superhero style trailers, or modern powerful sci fi films. Mixing traditional scoring orchestral elements with modern futuristic glitched style synths, this track is perfect for that big budget trailer sound, or for an epic dramatic action film. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
Inspired by 80's sci-fi and horror films revived today by Stranger Things. Ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral tones, with a repetitive tense motif. Somewhat sensual atmosphere. Cinematic, Thriller, Suspense, Terror, Sci-Fi, Retro. [Tempo: Slow / 156 BPM]