A dark ambient piece with a mysterious Indian flair. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A subtle, semi-orchestral fantasy or sci-fi background track with a sense of mystery, adventure and exploration. A far-away deserted wasteland, or perhaps an underwater world. (This track shares a common theme/thread with 'Frozen Wastelands' also listed on this page.) [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Essentially a sinister dance track with a big twist....an explosion of a chorus part. Dynamically volatile with smooth slick yet forboding synth pads and sequences. The mid section drops down into a kind of drum machine/ tabla fueled trance state before a lone synth lead line fanfares the blast of the last chorus Imagine early Nine Inch Nails recording with a european techno outfit. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 106 BPM]
Dark and gripping cinematic underscore, with subsonic drums & timpani, arpeggiated piano and horn strikes for moments of tension and near discovery. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A heavy hitting orchestral track with dubstep elements. Big hits along with epic string bring the track up to a massive drop. Main drop is heavy with low dubstep bass and distorted drums. The track builds up with a string melody to a big final hit with the distorted bass in the end. This track is good for cinematic trailers, scenes of battle and war. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Disturbing but exotic and intensely moving. Electronic pads accompany Indian slide guitar in a dark environment. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dramatic and mystical film score/soundtrack made with orchestra and synths. Spy / Mystery / Crime / Action Music. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Tense, horrific survival music, blending hard percussion with orchestral elements. Changes between pensive, nervous parts and more action filled parts for chase, action scenes. Nervous, slightly chaotic, disoriented. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Ambient background track with an uneasy, pensive feel. Dark, ominous and threatening, this track suggests danger and death. The track could suit scenes in a graveyard or other dark place, or tense scenes where a character is sneaking around, trying to avoid being caught. Exploring at night, dangers lurking. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Tense and rhythmic orchestral soundtrack cue. Like dark magic brewing or mischief being carried out. A sense of urgency. Fantasy/Adventure. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
Atmospheric piano intro growing in epic powerful music and percussive orchestral theme. Dark / Strong / Epic music / Powerful. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 150 BPM]
A very dark track with sparse, distorted drums and slow distorted guitar. Eerie, tense, grimy and downright mean. [Tempo: Slow / 94 BPM]
Film trailer sound, big drums, percussion and reverb spaces with modern arpeggiators towards the end. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark Hip-Hop and orchestral music mix, with a secretive mood. Spy music / Crime / Ominous / Edgy. [Tempo: Slow / 75 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 / 140 BPM]
Action-oriented hybrid orchestral music track, with an ostinato theme backed by percussion and horns. Anticipation and power, with a curious and scientific vibe inspired by space exploration and somewhat tense science. Dramatic / Action / Tension Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 112 BPM]
Dark, eerie and driving electro-rock track that combines hypnotic synth pulses with rock guitars and drums. Has great power, forward momentum & undeniable groove. Reminiscent in parts of Nine Inch Nails or Massive Attack. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Dark and ominous, foreboding and hard pounding, cinematic track. Orchestra, choir and big drums. Dramatic / Epic / Edgy / Powerful / Dark. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
A modern classical piano piece that is both haunting and thoughtful. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
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]
A mournful and solemn, but also hopeful and inspirational dramatic underscore track. Starts with cello and gradually builds with acoustic guitar strumming and drums. Sad, but comforting and soothing. Dreamy, inspirational, aspirational. Good for commercials, drama/film and more. ('Pleureuse' is French and translates to 'mourner'). [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
Slow-burning electric-guitar based track. Spacious and atmospheric with building ambient instrumental layers. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
An exotic and adventureous track made with exotic percussion, synths and various ethnic instruments. Action / Exotic / Foreign / Mystical. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Apocalyptic track with a mixture of electronic / distorted and orchestral elements. The track hits off with filtered distant bass that builds up to a more up-close action. Heavy drums and distorted bit-crushed synthesizers are prevalent in this piece. First drop is synth heavy and follows a steady rhythm and melody. Second drop hits with huge brass and strings and a melodic uprising feeling. Suitable for modern war action, video game trailers, movie trailers, action and fighting, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
A dark, percussive piece. Low, swelling strings and steady drums lead into an intense pulsing action cue. A hero's theme of determination. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
A nursery rhyme like theme with dark, mystical overtones that sucks you in to its web of deceit and mystery. Modern yet with retrospective 1980’s sensibilities. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Deep and funky house / hip-hop crossover, nice synth arpeggios and beatz. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Powerful, cinematic composition suitable for dramatic trailers, awesome scenes of battles, armies, great forces and epic adventures. Orchestra, battle percussion and full choir. Dramatic, heroic, ending in a powerful crescendo and climax. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 75 BPM]
Downtempo, urban hip-hop grooves. Relatively sparse, dark, groovy, monotonous. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
A brooding and atmospheric music track, featuring a haunting mood of northern cold and tribal beat. Suitable for epic scenery, historical music, cultural themes, indigenous peoples and cultures, far-away lands and amazing stories of wonder and awe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A short Japanese Koto piece, with a mysterious vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Very cool urban/acid jazz with an attitude and some hip-hop influence. Lo-fi drum kit, upright bass, piano, understated diminished chords. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
Strumming acoustic guitars with light percussion, with a slightly mystical, earthy sound. Americana influence. [Tempo: Medium / 74 BPM]
Xylophone in a spooky place. Dark, dramatic, eerie, horror. [Tempo: Very slow / 120 BPM]
A slow, relentless synth bass pulse is the foundation for this foreboding track. With string section and subtle piano joining in later, this is a dark, urban piece of music suitable for film or other media. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A powerful and dramatic orchestral soundtrack piece. Full symphony orchestra and large choir, staccato and relentless. Ominous, dark, forceful. Highly suitable for war, conflict, battle, fantasy or sci-fi. Expensive, meticulous, Hollywood quality production. [Tempo: Medium / 73 BPM]
Ominous thriller underscore. Piano theme joined by slowly rising strings and a low level rhythmic pulse. Subtle but serious -- suitable for political drama or thriller, law, action, crime or mystery. A sense of tragedy or serious consequences. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Dangerous, nervous, dark thriller underscore. Twitchy synth just underneath the surface of a dark string- and piano texture. Sneaking, hiding, stakeout, mystery, secret mission and grave danger. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Dramatic hip-hop style with an orchestral element and a spy mystery feel. Deep bass line, dramatic string section and a pounding hip-hop beat gives a 'rough' urban sound and the marching snare gives it a serious edge. Good for inner city, street drama, police, investigation, suspense and action thriller etc. Also great for multimedia, branding and more. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
Classic dramatic Western style theme. Long shadows over Rio Grande. A hanging at dawn. A lone horseman riding into the sunset. A Mexican woman in distress. Shootout at the O.K. Corral. You get the idea. :) Very cinematic - Great stuff for Westerns, similar to soundtracks by Ennio Morricone. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Serious and emotional, drama- or film underscore cue. Piano, subtle orchestra and a single soprano voice. Reflection, mystery, intrigue. [Tempo: Slow / 98 BPM]
A pulsating and pensive, dark underscore. Good for thriller, crime, forensics, investigation, dark subjects. [Tempo: Very slow / 60 BPM]
Dark and spacious ambient textures, slowly evolving, sacred knowledge, hidden secrets. [Tempo: Very slow / 108 BPM]
Dark and ominous percussion, anxious, ritualistic, tribal, fear, malevolence. For more in this style, please see the genre Ambient: Dark/Sinister [Tempo: Slow / 104 BPM]
Dark and mysterious soundbed, psychological terror, isolated fear, social drama, malevolent and sinister. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A creepy and nervous thriller/chiller underscore. Uncertainty, tension. Pensive, high piano notes over slowly oozing background textures. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Slow chords, ominous and serious, full orchestra. Good as underscore for drama, scifi, fantasy and adventure. Also for crime, spy conspiracy and personal turmoil, conflict. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
A feeling of suspense and eerieness. Chase, suspense, urgent, uneasy, tension, anticipation. Sneaky tension. World percussion, strings, horns, synths. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
An underscore track for use in film, games, and media. Varying intensities of fantasy / adventure background music, good for in-game, in-film, drama, cultural, historical and discovery. Has a sense of dark mystery, exotic mysticism, perhaps ancient dark secrets or undiscovered lands. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Epic,atmospheric, sinister & sometimes menacing rock track with electronic elements & strings. Stadium rock with a really glorious dark side. Would suit thriller/action/horror/mystery/extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]