Our selection of royalty-free cinematic music with an emphasis on tension, danger, nerve, and a sense of unease. Sometimes more subtle and sneaky music, other times more overt threatening music and soundtracks for critical situations, this music is made for action thrillers, police operations, stakeouts, spy / undercover agents, dangerous missions, hurricane-chasing and more.
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]
Is this business as usual or a front for an illegal operation? Suspenseful underscore, featuring odd-meter orchestral/electronic rhythmic vamp which gives the feeling of a working process, but at the same time of mischief, something not-quite-right. Good for mystery films and documentaries on crime. Key of D, 104 bpm. [Tempo: Slow / 103 BPM]
Edgy and dramatic percussive impact. Tense and aggressive music, with a tribal feel. Trailer / Battle / Epic Futuristic Music. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 130 BPM]
Dark and foreboding sound design elements building with percussion and threatening strings. Violent and edgy. Epic / Trailer / Tension Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Fast, Very fast / 126 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with big pounding drums in various more and less intense patterns. Useful as music for sound design, film scoring, games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Robert Schumann, Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, IV. Intermezzo in E-flat minor. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with big pounding drums in various more and less intense patterns. Useful as music for sound design, film scoring, games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Edgy and suspense cinematic music track made with orchestra, synths and other various effects. Action / Spy / Tension Music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Warm and ambient underscore music that build from fast synth to patterns to a airy atmospheric with underlying Les Paul tones. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Heavy and edgy music, featuring a gritty electric guitar riff, driving drums, buzzy synth, epic piano and percussive hits that create a bold and rebellious mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark and pulsing music track, featuring tense strings, electronic textures and sparse punchy percussion creates a foreboding and fearful mood [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Floating and building music track, featuring pulsing electronic elements, dark atmospheric textures and dramatic percussion that creates tension. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Dark and gritty music featuring an introspective piano melody and underlying guitar riff and drone textures that create a reflective and suspenseful mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
A mystical and quirky track made with orchestra and sound design. No divided parts, soundtrack styled. Background music / horror / tension / spooky / eerie / quirky. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A dark, cinematic music track filled with ambience and mystical drone sounds, which slowly evolve into a massive epic track . It is a combination of machine sounds, synths and classical orchestra, featuring symphonic choir at the end of the music track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Strong, eerie trailer style horror / suspense royalty free stock music with insane and never ending risers to build huge tension both in the full piece and the cuts. Evil / Dark / Epic music. [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
Mystical, eerie, cold and pulsating soundtrack for Scifi or Mystery. Brooding, pensive music and awe inducing. Creates a feeling of unknown tension, and a vast space. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A cold and somewhat eerie track, with a pulsating, textured synth pad underneath mystical piano notes. Haunting and immersive. [Tempo: Slow / 75 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]
Dark, cinematic and light suspenseful music track made with chamber orchestra. No divided parts. Dark / Spooky / Eerie / Quirky music. [Tempo: Medium / 145 BPM]
A dark, suspenseful and pensive, ambient track made with various synths, male monk voices and other pad based effects. Suspense / Dark / Apocalyptic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 78 BPM]
Deep, dark and brooding synths combine in a strange rhythmical glory. Weird and wonderful, works great with technology advertising and futuristic scenes. Electronic / 80's / Future Music. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A dark, dramatic and suspenseful music track made with massive sound design, epic orchestra and more. Intense and aggressive in vibe. The whole structure is gradation towards climax. Rising / Dark / Doom laden music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Mystical / Dark / Foreboding / Uneasy / Eerie / Urgent Music. Small orchestra soundtrack piece, featuring live performed orchestral instruments, suitable as music for film and other media. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 154 BPM]
Rhythmic pulsing orchestral music track with a scientific and anticipation aura. Curious and epic music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
A dark, suspenseful and creepy trailer track made with screaming strings, eerie vocals and scary effects. Trailer structure, made with many stopping points for easier editing. Hybrid / Dark / Eerie / Trailer. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
An edgy, loud, intense and powerful blockbuster royalty free music track featuring a synthesis of orchestra, synths and smashing percussions. Suitable as music for epic videos and powerful footage. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A suspense and slowly evolving music track with a mystic and trailer feel combined. Synths are layered with orchestra, with pulsating bass, and epic choir at the end. Sci-fi / Fantasy / Action thriller, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 85 BPM]
A suspenseful action blockbuster music track, featuring a combination of synths, industrial elements and symphonic orchestra. Huge percussion ensemble and wide brass section. Strong / Dramatic Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A sorrowful, emotional cinematic music. A simple piano melody develops into a full orchestral music track with big drums and emotional strings. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Pensive / Active / Uneasy / Hurried Music. Neo-classical, light orchestra arrangement, suitable as music for film, drama, TV and other media. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 156 BPM]
A dark and suspenseful hybrid music featuring a combination of growling distorted bass, orchestra and synth sounds. Tension building / Danger / Ominous / Determined. Sense of urgency and foreboding. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Tension building music track starting as a suspense atmosphere featuring simple piano melody. Rising into a big hybrid cinematic track in modern expression. Pulsating and dramatic music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Medium tempo epic trailer music featuring synthesis of electronica and orchestra blended in suspense and mystery. Awe / Amazement / Wonderment / Grandeur. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An ominous and foreboding suspense music, starting slowly and then rising into an emotional, epic piece. Featuring full orchestra combined with piano and pulsating synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 155 BPM]
A suspenseful, pulsating music track featuring plucked synths, background guitars, and simple piano melody. Very dramatic and tense mood with a touch of ambient electronica. Elegant / Flowing / Mystical Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A dark, pulsating, futuristic blockbuster music track, featuring repetitive synth combined with full orchestra, bringing hybbrid blend of modern cinematic approach. Powerful / Mysterious Music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Crime or conflict oriented piano and orchestra music track, with a lot of metallic percussion and powerful blasts. Mystical, eerie, tense and with an underlying sense of threat and unease. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 145 BPM]
A mysterious, dark, ambient music track made with evolving strings and dark drones. Dark / Sci-Fi / Ambient / Unsettling Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A brooding theme for a dystopian world. Unsettling, yet strangely evocative. Would suit a TV thriller style title sequence, Sci-Fi game or futuristic commercial. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A dark and driving synth-based track, featuring intense percussion and distorted guitars leading to an intense and epic climax. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A dark and suspenseful music track featuring ambient cinematic mood, tension building orchestration and modern sound created by orchestral elements and synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A futuristic, blockbuster style music track featuring pulsating basses, big, epic orchestra and large mixed choir, giving a powerful touch to its climax part. Interesting time signature in 7/8ths throughout. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Edgy, orchestral and electronic music mood. Imposing and tense, building throughout. Epic / Futuristic / Powerful music track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Dark, moody and edgy underscore track with an industrial sound, starting with drones, pads and synths, then drums enter and the track continues to grow in energy, eventually finishing with crazy and deranged sounding synths. Perfect for anything unsettling or gritty, dark etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
low drone and electronic percussion create an atmosphere of tension and expectation that builds to a release marked by an eerie fractured piano melody. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
A slow opening emotional cinematic music track with a simple piano melody and a large string ensamble orchestration. Minimal drums and analog sub bass give this track a modern feel, while orchestral elements bring a sense of an epic crescendo. Great music for motivational videos, emotional trailer or investigation / mystery / crime. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
Apprehensive and dramatic sound design intro growing in power and confidence with orchestra and percussion. Strong / Epic / Powerful. Very dark music track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
A pensive and emotive intro part, grows into a powerful, percussive, tense and dynamic cinematic theme. Strong / Sound Design / Trailer / Edgy music track. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 150 BPM]
An epic blockbuster track featuring suspense orchestra combined with big risers and trailer impacts. Suitable music for epic trailers and powerful, high impact footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]