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 dark, somewhat malevolent and mysterious music with synth bass pulse combined with occasional guitar. Edgy and ominous music, this track can work for scifi, future, dark corporation, building tension. Half-time rock drums join in toward the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 122 BPM]
Ethereal, beautiful, dreamy, magical, hypnotic, meditative & thoughtful. Spacious synths mix with plucked strings & vocal effects to make reflective, enchanted & sublime music suitable for cinematic / dramatic / science / travel / discovery / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
A mysterious orchestral piece. Dark piano and string tracks combine with a solid percussion beat to create a mysterious and adventurous overall vibe. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Light bell tones, piano and other warm sounds combine for a contemplative and gentle instrumental mood with light rain. [Tempo: Slow / 103 BPM]
A throwback to classic role playing games, this dark orchestral piece is perfectly suitable for a mysterious desert cavern full of danger. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
A creepy, spooky and atmospheric track arranged for strings section. Classic horror or mystery feel. Think classic murder mysteries, Sherlock Holmes, Yorkshire Ripper, Tim Burton films etc. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A spooky, creepy, darkly atmospheric track in orchestral arrangement. Starting with creepy celeste and evolving into dark, atmospheric orchestral landscape, it makes a great fit for your horror or mystery project. Think classic dark mysteries. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
A somewhat bizarre, and slightly creepy, 1980's themed instrumental production with big synths and drums. Big and spacious - like travelling back in time. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 74 BPM]
A dark ambience to hi-light the grim features of serious moments. For crime-related scenes and situations, dark drama, psychological drama. Also for scifi. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An eerie and creepy track for mystery, horror, thriller or dark drama. Cold / Suspicious / Madness. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A cold, creepy and uneasy track, for horror, mystery, thriller or dark drama. Isolated, tormented piano notes in a cold place. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark, foreboding underscore track, suitable for dark drama, mystery, detective stories and more. Haunting, sorrowful strings and an echoey, rhythmic background pulse. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An eerie, cold and subtle underscore track for thriller, crime or mystery. Slow / Suspicious / Questioning. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
A disturbing horror / sci-fi sound design track. Shock / madness / loss of connection with reality. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A sneaky, dark and suspicious underscore for mystery, thriller, horror or dark drama. Tension / Nerve / Foreboding. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A dark and dramatic cue for horror, thriller or dark drama. This piece builds and increases in intensity, getting more psychedelic, more chaotic, more tormented as it builds towards a climax at the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 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]
A dark and understated, mystical and eerie, soundtrack for dark drama or mysterious tales. Lurking / Sneaky / Suspicious / Lost. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
A very dark and eerie, creepy track for mystery, horror, thriller or disturbing, dark drama. Scattered, psychedelic piano notes on a dark, bleak background. The piece grows more dramatic as it goes along, increasing the nervous tension and the sickly feeling of unease. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A mystical, eerie and uneasy soundtrack for sci-fi, mystery, the paranormal and the unexplained. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Melancholic, dark and moody soundtrack piece with spacious synths, intricate sound design, airy pads, deep sub kicks and drops. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A dark, ambient, electronic piece, with ominous bass and synth tracks. Elements of science fiction are present, with an overall sound that sits tensely just below the boiling point. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An ominous and dark ambient piece, with a sense of tension that rests just below the boiling point and leaves the listener uneasy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ice cold fantasy ambience with occasional subtle melodies. Exploration, travel, adventure and discovery with a sense of mysticism and grandeur. (This track shares a common theme/thread with 'Atlantis' also listed on this page.) [Tempo: Slow / 130 BPM]
A smooth and moody ambient/chill-out crossover. Lush and deep with repeated patterns, rich swirly pads and subtle rhythms. Somewhat melancholic. [Tempo: Fast / 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]
Sneaky, suspicious underscore track for film, tv, media. Spy / Secret Agent / Crime. Sneaking, hiding, stalking, searching. Perhaps investigating or finding clues, or possible track and follow mission. Dark and mysterious. [Tempo: Slow / 92 BPM]
Spacious and hypnotic reversed guitars, minimalist and existential. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 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]
This track starts with ethereal, dream like, floating pads and soundscapes, ever swirling and changing. From about 01:30 they are joined by a percussive / drum beat with a very cinematic music feel. Otherworldly / Grand / Epic / Amazement / Wonderment. A version without the drums is also available; this is an Ambient / Ethereal / Angelic track all the way through which can also be used for Relaxation music, Yoga, Spa etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Orchestral Ambient, somewhat dark, mystical. Atmospheric. Nice as background music, sets the mood for exploring etc. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A sweet, simple and ambient melody played on piano that has a Thomas Newman / Brian Eno / Erik Satie feeling about it. Good to use in moments of reflection to heighten the emotion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 67 BPM]
Insightful textures and layers, existential overtones and atmospheres. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 102 BPM]
Motivational acoustic pop piece, with positive strings, uplifting piano & acoustic guitar. The track builds in energy throughout, which creates a feeling of increasing pride and positivity. [Tempo: Medium / 135 BPM]
This is a focused and engaging, piano led ambient / rhythmic track. While being somewhat melancholic it retains a sense of purpose and success without being overpowering. Great for advertising, films and more. Has a slight sense of mystery, uncovering new grounds, which makes it also good for things like forensics, science, data analysis and investigations. A sense of an unfolding story. Also good for Corporate use. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
A very ethereal and floating ambient music track. Dreamy and soothing. Blissful and full of beauty and wonder, with a feel of vast empty spaces. This entirely ambient track will work great for scenes of great natural beauty or amazement, wide open spaces, ice or glaciers. Maybe wonders of the world, deep oceans, mystical places. Space travel, cosmos, the infinite universe. Also great for relaxation and meditation, body, soul and mind, or any spiritual content. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Reflective film underscore. Orchestral backing texture piano melody. Thoughtful, nostalgic, melancholic. Good for film/TV drama, poignant messages, love and eternal friendships, real human values. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Slowly pulsating ambient grooves. Good for technology, future, underwater and science projects. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
A warm and relaxing new age piece, with a clear and gentle female vocalist. A steady percussion beat combines with slight chordal tension and release to provide a sense of calmness and wellbeing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A darkly ambient and suspenseful music track made with various orchestral and acoustic instruments. Soundtrack / Eerie / Mystical Music. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
Electronic, mystical pulses with a classic Electronica, dark, retro synth theme. Sci-fi mystery, futuristic technologies. Suspenseful / Dark / Cold. [Tempo: Slow / 90 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]
Light, digital soundscape. Hi-tech, futuristic, mechanical. Ambient industrial corporate use, or science/research. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
Eno inspired piece. Music for Airports in style. Similar sound to the start of U2 "When the streets have no name" Swirling, beautiful and ambient, suitable for multiple uses. Perfect underscore and atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Clean electric guitar textures. Ambient, dreamy, easy. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Ambient piece with live electric guitar, synth pads and vocal. Its very warm, welcoming, positive, dreamy... heaven. Of course, it can fit any internet project, TV/Film/Movie/Video game, intro, promo, trailer. Anything where u need such a beautiful, calm background music or even soundtrack. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ambient Chill track with soft, lush keyboards that portray multiple levels of high and low melodies and harmonies joined by a variety of complexly textured percussion grooves. [Tempo: Slow / 89 BPM]
Soft, warm washes of ambient pads, with a few lost notes of a very organic sounding electric piano. Ethereal / Ambient / Floating / Otherworldly. Comes to a sort of climax/close at 02:12. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ambient, ethereal chill zone... Almost no beat. Good for relaxation, holistic, sci-fi, art installations, underwater footage, otherworldly images & scenes, or just for indulging in some serious chilling. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
