These dark background music tracks are suitable for mysteries, horror, sci-fi, or perhaps if you need good quality royalty-free horror music for dark thrillers. These mysterious stock music tracks can also work great for drama and introspection, contemplation and perhaps regret or sorrow. These curated, hand-picked tracks are Royalty free music without a beat, or with a more floating or ethereal quality, while leaning towards dark and ominous.
A music track with future bass elements. Deep bass and percussive-driven, sequenced synths. Lifestyle / Technology / Industry / Future Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Chilled, sparse, spatial, cinematic ambient music with a hint of mystery, wonderment and anticipation. Piano, synths, electric guitar, light percussion. Aerial / Floating / Positive tension music. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Modern hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. A strong sense of technology, science and innovation. Precise and technical beats, glitches, sound design elements. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Emotional and dreamy cinematic music track. Beautiful melodies performed on piano, atmospheric pads, xylophone, glockenspiel, harp, and ethnic percussion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 63 BPM]
Dramatic and emotive cinematic music track featuring piano, atmospheric pads, strings, electronic drum loops and ethnic percussion. Timeless, elegant, reflective. Mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
A suspenseful and ominous music with elements of mystery, conspiracy, intrigue with intensity throughout. Guitar and electronic elements. Good music for trailers, too. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Deep, dramatic, mysterious and emotional cinematic music great for sci-fi and space-themed films, drama/intrigue, perhaps crime or personal themes, family secrets. Thoughtful / Introspective / Serious / Wonderment. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music for video productions and other media. Modern hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. A strong sense of technology music, science and innovation. Precise and technical beats, glitches, sound design elements. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Mystical, eerie, cold and pulsating soundtrack for Scifi or Mystery. Brooding music, pensive and awe inducing. Creates a feeling of unknown tension, and a vast space. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Pulsing synth patterns, piano and sound design create a neutral, minimal documentary bed. Sparse and atmospheric with a sense of science, technology or factual documentary programs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A mystery theme in classic style and sound. Performed with an actual live string section, this track has a nerve and a certain evil twist. A sense of intrigue and a delicious darkness. [Tempo: Medium / 141 BPM]
A suspenseful, mysterious and slightly dark ambient music track made with warm pulsating cinematic piano, relaxing yet pensive orchestral effects and simple pads. The track is constantly evolving and is without any sudden dynamic changes. Suitable for long scenes. Mystery / Intrigue / Bitter-sweet Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Inspired by 1980's sci-fi and horror films, revived today by TV series about things that are strange. An ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral tones, with a repetitive, tense motif. Tension / Suspense / Dark Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Electronica infused orchestral music. Synth low pulse drives the music with anticipation, joined by low drones and epic percussion. Good music for war preparation, rendezvous scenes, crime investigation, video games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Inspired by 1980's sci-fi and horror films revived today by things that are strange. An ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral tones, with a repetitive tense motif. Cinematic / Thriller / Retro Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
An eerie or slightly dark suspenseful track made with chamber orchestra. Simple structure, evolving. Suspense / Cinematic / Classical. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Beginning with a lone melancholy piano motif, this eventually gives way to a driving epic supporting string and percussion ostinati leading to a thrilling climax. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
A pulsating, tension building music track, featuring piano chord progression, ambience synths, and epic orchestra sound. Powerfully rising into a big, epic music track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A soaring, cinematic music track, merging trailer elements with current styles like future bass, trap and dubstep. Piano, strings, glitched sounds and modern electronics. Mystical / Dark / Ominous / Powerful / Edgy music. [Tempo: Slow / 140 BPM]
Mid-tempo, current sounding electronic bed with precise and technical beats. Glitches, sound design elements. A strong sense of technology, science and innovation. Hi-tech / classy / modern music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A ghoulish groove shrouded in mystery, atmospheric and forward moving. Ideal music for scenes in the sci-fi, horror or mystery genres. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Ambient and atmospheric cinematic music composition with an inspiring but slightly melancholic vibe, perfect for Sci-Fi, drama, movies and videos, motivational clips and more. Understated / Ethereal music / Subtle / Wonderment. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 80 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: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A haunting melodic royalty free music track with an otherworldly feel evoking a shivery, nightmarish fantasy laced with mythical spirits, spooky happenings and a very wicked sense of humour. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A beautifully wistful female voice blends with soaring cellos and distant washes in this ethereal and atmospheric aria based on traditional folk music, yet with a dark, contemporary nursery rhyme quality. A companion to the popular Celtic Requiem track and with a similar spiritual feel. Cello & voice adapted and performed by Shena Power. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A laid back and moody ambient guitar track which starts with reversed echoing guitar swells before breaking into the main repeated melodic phrase. It creates a dark, ambient and melancholic mood. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
Ambient tech track with pulsing arpeggios and piano. Kick drum comes in at 0'38'', full arrangement at 1'16''. Sparse and atmospheric. Minimal music bed for science, technology, news and factual documentary content. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Modern hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. A strong sense of technology music, science and innovation. Precise and technical beats, glitches, sound design elements. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Chilled and floating cinematic ambient track with a sense of amazement and wonderment. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Solemn and reflective background music for drama, storytelling, visuals. Ambient and contemplative. Perhaps memories, or contemplating the future. Also highly suitable for slow-motion footage, scenes of amazing nature. Emotional, deep, thoughtful and introspective. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 101 BPM]
Ambient background music for science, research, technology, development. This track is rather subtle, neither "major" nor "minor" but neutral in mood and slightly mystical. Neutral / Imaginative / Spatial / Insightful. The 'Alternative Mix' version uses a different, brighter and clearer sound for its main melodic pattern, which gives it more 'presence'. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A thoughtful, sparse, insightful and slowly building production music track with a hint of mystery, wonderment and anticipation. Piano, mallets, subtle drums (1'03''). The Underscore version omits synth arpeggio, high marimba notes and sound effects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Steady and thoughtful music. This sparse, synth-centric track conveys equal parts curiosity, seriousness and a yearning for a good outcome. Its main synth motif is accompanied by moving pads and an arpeggiator giving the track motivation and momentum to sustain emotion but leaving plenty of sonic space for narration. Great for docs, narration, medical music and tech talkovers and dramas. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Ambient electronic track with ethereal voices and analogue synthesizers. Deeply emotional and full of space, wonderment and mystery. Great for sci fi, future or dark drama / adventure. This track is part of 3 'Element' series tracks that have interchangeable stems. [Tempo: Slow / 111 BPM]
Cinematic ambient piano track with an ethereal string background and vocals. Soft and organic with spaced and slow chord progression layered along with ambient synths and effects. Haunting and touching. Great for sci fi, fantasy or nature and amazement. This track is part of 3 'Element' series tracks that have interchangeable stems. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 111 BPM]
Moody ambient track with deep repeating bass notes and soft spacey string clusters. Low bass synth brings a dark undertone, yet a sense of hope is established with light vocals and bright ambient synths. Angelic, yet dark and mystical. This track is part of 3 'Element' series tracks that have interchangeable stems. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 111 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for technology, industry, science, research etc. This tranquil ambient track is sparse but vast – easily blended with themes of technology, science, medicine and the future. With its reverb-drenched synth pads, looming drone and arpeggiator, this track ebbs and flows, keeping a steady pulse and evoking confidence and positive outcomes. Its ambiance is excellent for medical music, tech, corporate videos, scientific-based podcasts, drone shots, exploration, docu-biographies, and travel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 119 BPM]
A minimalistic and sparse ambient music track with a repeating bass figure over kalimba and subtle percussion. Light tension, time passing, observation. Useful as illustrative background music for TV, film and other media. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Modern and precise hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. Glitches and sound design elements. Think current technology, science and innovation. Perhaps forensic investigation, analysis, data processing, piecing together a mystery. Edit points: 0'25'', 0'40'', 1'32''. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
An orchestral cinematic mystery background track. Classic movie soundtrack / film score sound, with piano and orchestral elements create an eerie, suspicious, investigative feel. This rather dark and foreboding background music will go well with drama, mystery, crime, detective investigation, solving riddles, finding clues, or just following a developing story of intrigue and enigma. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
Modern and precise hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic, mystical soundscapes. Glitches and sound design elements. A sense of technology, science and innovation. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Deep ambient and spacey electronica. Downtempo drums enter later, over lush ambient washes of swirly synth pads. Hypnotic, dreamy, deep grooves. Chilled, Electonic Space Music. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Ambient, fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Melancholy / Introspective / Searching Music. More hopeful second half. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A mysterious, modern tension track. It features marimba, synth ambience, electronic loops and guitar harmonics. This track has a certain 'outback' feel and can be used for the deep south USA, as well as Australia, or really any other swamp / jungle / outback type setting. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
World inspired new age music, with some galactic outer space aura. Suitable as music for space oriented documentaries, as well as for ambient / atmosphere / hypnosis etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Preparedness / quest / investigation. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
