This track was recorded with a real live orchestra and choir. An intense, complex, Hollywood movie score like piece. Dramatic, full of twists and turns, like the soundtrack for Indiana Jones, Harry Potter or other action-adventure films. Conflict, chase, danger. Dangerous adventures, developing story. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 87 BPM]
These dark horror cues can be classed either as "music cues" or "sound effects", as in reality they function as both. They are all recorded with a large, live symphony orchestra with the same quality as any soundtrack from big budget movies. The effects are easy to loop and edit, and can be tailored to fit any cue, as they can be used from virtually any point. Consider them a construction kit to score horror, mystery and dark drama. Recorded, mastered, and delivered to you in pristine 24-bit audio. Also look for YS Horror Cues 21-40 and YS Horror Cues 41-60. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Don't let yourself get fooled by the relatively mellow opening to this exceptionally hard hitting metal rock music monster. All guns blazing, unhinged, gutsy and nasty, and with a bluesy element too. Great as music for wild action, daring stunts and high octane crazy s***! [Tempo: Slow, Fast, Very fast / 69 BPM]
This track is an intensely dark orchestral piece with apocalyptic overtones and will work great with horror, thrillers and sci-fi. Its' ominous, foreboding tone has an epic intensity that would suit battle scenes, video-games, and fantasy footage as well. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 90 BPM]
Edgy, raw and gritty Rocktronica. Great for sports, extreme sports, racing, action, fast-cut and frantic footage etc. Available with or without the vocal parts. High energy / Energetic / Punchy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Australian Didgeridoo combined with powerful percission elements. Tense / Ominous / Action feel. Great for travel or history, documentaries and specials. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A fun orchestral fantasy cue that starts with a mellow and mysterious intro leading to a magical montage of the Wicked Witch, Frankenstein Monster, and a Disney Princess, followed by a smaller and more child-like echo of the three themes. Goes from dark to light to dark to light... Great for Halloween or film cliches. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 0 BPM]
Tense orchestral piece. Pulsing drums and strings, abrasive brass and drums, haunting textures and an overall suspenseful pursuit. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 98 BPM]
Epic battle / trailer soundtrack. The full orchestra, huge percussion and majestic choir gives this composition a heroic, dramatic, fantasy- or sci-fi feel. Ultimate fight, victory, hero's entry, a massive army or impressive fleet, etc. Also available as a Rock Mix, with the additional kick of heavy rock guitars and drums. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 100 BPM]
This track opens with a distant choir and low strings set the mood for a dark apocalyptic theme. Strings and choir build up to a massive dubstep drop. The track continues in a hybrid style mix of orchestral and dubstep to a final rise of epic strings and choir towards the end. This track is great for video game and movie trailers, as well as battle scenes and action sequences. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 65 BPM]
A swing jazz band playing on top of a bed of scary string tremolos and SFX. A pause at 1:42. Afterwards, brass instruments return with some crazy noodling. Unsettling, a bit psychedelic, perhaps losing grip on reality. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a mass epidemic. Orchestral with piano, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Historical, Barry Lyndon type, civil war music. Would fit a 19th century war / historical feature. Classical war march genre of orchestration, using snare drum roll, piccolo flutes, clarinets, Bass drums, French and English horn. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Dark and gloomy, powerful and pensive action thriller underscore. Nervous and understated rhythmic pulse, dark, twitchy strings. A deep sense of danger and dark forces. Great as a soundtrack for film, tv or game, mystery thriller, undercover mission, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Tensile, unearthly washes stretched over a deep sonic rumble. Ominous, discordant & menacing. Very uneasy, sneaky, mysterious, a little bit psychotic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A fast paced busy, track with plenty to work with. Breakbeat / Big Beat music in the style of The Prodigy or Fatboy Slim. This track starts off with overdriven bass guitar then drums then voice screaming out "psychopath!". The next drop brings a twisted bassline with energetic drum and bass elements. This track is suitable for extreme sports, car chases, car commercials, fast paced frame cuts, crime in progress, powerful and macho footage etc. [Tempo: Fast / 165 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]
A fast paced electronica action track featuring heavy guitars and synths. Glitchy with busy rhythmic percussion/drums. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 130 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]
Drum'n Bass with dub and tech-step influences. Moderately high tempo, swelling bass synth patterns. Rhythm changes to half-speed and back up to a more aggressive breakbeat / jungle / drum & bass style pattern. Confident, groovy and futuristic. Available with or without female vocal samples. Good for sports / motorsports / sci-fi / future / technology / dub & glitch / underground cultures / urban subcultures. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
A strong, staccato, orchestral march with a very slight Eastern feel. Music for a grand adventure, epic journeys, perhaps marching off to new lands. Exciting, foreign, exotic and heroic. Hollywood film score music for a family movie, action movie, adventure movie. Grand / Sweeping / Adventure. (A note about the version described as 'Stage Mix': This version is recorded with the reverb/ambiance of a concert hall, making it sound somewhat more 'distant' from the listener and, some would say, more 'live') [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
A tense and gritty electronic / industrial music track with a sense of danger and urgency. A dire situation, code red, time running out, impending chaos. Deliberately dirty, uneasy, stressed music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Rough, tough and determined techno / Big-Beat, occasional joined by heavy metal guitar chops. Hard and mechanical, great for an action movie chase scene, or scenes of sport / extreme sports, fighting, wrestling, boxing, brawling. Will also work well as a dramatic trailer for the right type of project: Violence, dominance, fight, mech warfare etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 124 BPM]
Dark, eerie, ominous, brooding, evil, atmospheric, determined, moody, haunting electro-cinematic rock track with a great sense of suspense, drama & foreboding. mix of synths, drum loops & guitar samples. Would suit action / filmic / halloween / horror / thriller type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Hypnotic, suspenseful track employs minimal elements like pulsating synts, eerie, distant melodies and electronic percussion to build and grow in intensity, stops for a second and starts slowly growing again till the final boom. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Large, epic, thunderous, orchestral film soundtrack style, suitable for movie trailer as well as for in-film and in-game use. Massive orchestra stings and stabs, choir enters later in the track. Suitable for military, conflict, thriller, political struggle or drama, sci-fi or fantasy, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Tinkling, synthetics and filtered, pulsating drum beats. An eerie atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Intense piano and strings are soon joined by heavy urban drums. For setting an ominous, serious mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Building from an uneasy atmosphere into complete Bedlam with a variety of orchestral passages, stabs and flourishes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 114 BPM]
Semi-orchestral, semi-industrial and powerful thriller soundtrack. Dark string and brass textures, a pulsating beat that oozes just under the surface. Serious, international conflict, war or battleground, covert mission, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
A driving, aggressive rock track with heavy rock electric guitar riffs, a driving "attitude" that is tough, gritty, and grindy with an edgy vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
In the Hall of the Mountain King, from the Peer Gynt suite by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Fast, Very fast / 0 BPM]
A fast and hectic, slightly chaotic industrial techno-trance track with an underground vibe. [Tempo: Very fast / 160 BPM]
A tense, melodic soundtrack piece with a monolithic, dramatic melody and a feeling of dark urban future. Great for sci-fi, drama, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A rapid action theme suggesting a chase or pursuit. Scored for orchestra and choir, this track suggests a flight from danger in unsettling surroundings. It could also serve well in scenes where characters are facing a countdown or deadline. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 BPM]
Survivors of an epic event come to terms with what their world has now become. Atmospheric drones, and foreboding textures circulate as they uncover the remnants of a shattered past. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Hot Trap tune, also referred to as Bass Music, this track is fresh and current, with a pounding 808 bass drum and cool drum machine rolls. After an exciting build-up a sampled "808 BOOM" vocal delivers THE DROP. Perfect as club music, or for urban-related media. Trap Pop beat, in the style of DJ Snake, Tropkillaz, Diplo, Lil Wayne and Drake. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 145 BPM]
Electronic elements mixed with a huge dark brass section. Incredible sounding distorted drums mixed with orchestral instruments make this a unique sounding cue. Similar in style to Tron with cool synths and Inception for the massive brass section. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Dark and ominous, foreboding and haunting, cinematic track. Great for historical battles, epic armies, horde, invaders, war etc. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Dramatic musical score for crime, thriller, action or military footage. Sneaky strings, big horns and a recognizeable theme. Can be used both as a main titles theme and as an underscore for gearing up, heading out on mission, etc. Great modern thriller material. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
Wide drums, reverberated and distant strings give this track an open and mysterious feel. An underlining bass pulse brings a constant feel of tension. The track builds up to a big drum drop with effects that resemble a monster growl. Big hits layered with low bass following a wide and atmospheric opening theme create a strong impact. This track is good for movie and game trailers, scenes of investigation and spy scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
An intense and imposing orchestral cinematic score with a classic movie soundtrack style. Mystery and tension soon gives way to all-out dramatic action, with urgency, chaos and turmoil, with blaring horns, pounding orchestral drums and rapid, turbulent woodwinds. The final section of the track features a more heroic conclusion. This track is great if you're going for the sound of the golden age of action and drama movies. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
- 01 Percussion
- 02 Double Bass
- 03 Intro Strings
- 04 Intro Cello Tremolo
- 05 Intro Strings Spiccato
- 06 Main Brass
- 07 Back Horns
- 08 Left Trumpet
- 09 Right Trumpet
- 10 Staccato Trumpet
- 11 Woodwinds
- 12 Woodwind Solo
- 13 Synth
- 14 End Piano
- 15 End Bass Horn
- 16 End Right Brass
- 17 End Staccato Horn Left
- 18 End Trumpet Staccato
- 19 End Strings
A grand, ominous, dramatic and cinematic music track, with a sense of impending drama and with a slightly sorrowful, troubled undertone. Use as music for film / movie / game / trailer project. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
Battle drums. Pounding percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, brawls and action scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 68 BPM]
An epic, electronic hybrid trailer track. The track starts off fairly quiet with muted distance synth hits and rhythmic synth elements. The main drop is absolutely huge with a brick wall synth bass that cuts through everything in it's path, layered in with an epic melody. This track will work well with video game trailers, sci-fi and movie trailers, as well as other cinematic / epic / sci-fi type projects. Also for extreme danger / dangerous situations, rescue missions, military operations and more. Could even be for edgy sports footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A driving, pumping modern hard rock/metal track ideal for extreme sports, trailers and action cues such as Ultimate Fighter, X Games, Motocross and UFC. Beefy, slamming drums mixed with tight detuned guitar riffs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
A brutal, fiery, low and hard punching metal rocker. Mean, ballsy and with about a hundred tons of attitude. Great for action, sports, motor sports and big boys with big toys. [Tempo: Medium / 119 BPM]
Percussive sound-design trailer. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 74 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]
World percussion, strings, low pianos, synth. A piece full of thrills. thriller, chiller, dangerous situation, hair raising, spine chilling, adventurous. Chase, urgent, stressed. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 135 BPM]