Synth arpeggios hypnotize as they grow in intensity, a drum groove joins in then thick walls of fuzzy guitars. Suddenly you're powering forward with huge impetus. A unique track with a few surprising twists and turns. Jump aboard if you can handle it. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
The sounds of Scandanavia and Norway feature heavily in this big sounding atmospheric track. Features the Hardanger fiddle as well as modern electronic elements and organic sounds in fusion. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
A dark, cinematic, ambient music track made with dark drones, pads and suspenseful whistling sounds. Evolving / Tension / Thriller / Horror Music. [Tempo: Very slow / 80 BPM]
A touching, poignant, cinematic soundtrack with a heroic, uplifting, hopeful feel, but also with a wistful and melancholic undertone. Like the bittersweet conclusion to a story or the sight of a powerful, beautiful but sad, world. Nostalgia mixed with hope and aspirations. Perhaps a new beginning? Or leaving home, setting sails towards new worlds? [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
A sparse and somber Trap background music track with dark and mysterious vibe that would align well with mystery, crime, investigation or forensics, but can also be used for edgy sports footage, masculine product presentations, and more. Dark / Urban / Edgy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
A dark and ominous big-beat track. Slow but powerful rhythm with a breakbeat feel. Foreboding pads and strings. Perhaps post industrial / post apocalyptic. Dark future. Rough and mean, with a hint of mystery as well. Spy / Secret Agent / Police operation. SWAT team or assassin heading out on mission. UFO's, X-Files, mysterious future events. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
A varied track which goes through various movements; some serene and romantic - others dark and menacing. Japanese Taiko drums, Shinmue, Koto, and Waterphone. This track goes through many different sections of Japanese inspired music. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Insightful and atmospheric ambient. Pulsey synth arpeggiations, cyclic percussion and filters. Technology, espionage, space, sci-fi, mathematics, number crunching and the like. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Combining elements of the primal and the modern, this positive and uplifting ethnic-meets-electronic track develops over time and reaches full instrumentation at about 01:10. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Cheeky and strange, ghostly childrens music theme. Highly suitable for "house of mystery", Halloween or any spooky, quirky story. Inpsired by things like "The Corpse Bride", "Beetlejuice" and any Tim Burton film etc. Funny, spooky, cheeky and quirky music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Indian style slide guitar, sitar and woodwinds over India percussion. The track builds in intensity as it goes on. Mysterious, mystical. Ethnic, ancient world mysteries. Oriental, with a dark side. Exotic. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
A mid-tempo background track for drama and fiction. A groove suggests activity, progress, processing. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Turmoil 1 Suspicion' and 'Turmoil 3 Motions'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Strange, quirky and eerily innocent track with music box, organ and strings. Great for creepy kids shows, carnivals, twisted fairytales, toy stores, halloween, haunted fairgrounds, cartoons, websites and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 106 BPM]
A unique and imaginative composition consisting entirely of human voices / choir with strings joining in later. With a reference to religion, worship, heaven or ethereal beings, this is a 'new classical', experimental piece, highly useful as music for fantasy / adventure, faith and spirituality, art or even mystery type productions. Heavenly, eerie and strangely spellbinding music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 58 BPM]
A slow- to mid tempo synth ostinato, repeating pattern, mysterious and slightly dark, with a sense of intrigue. Could be a crime mystery, forensics / FBI, or a developing, sinister story. Has some of the same feel and flow as the famous Phil Collins track "In the Air Tonight". Drama / Spy / Criminal Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A futuristic theme. Sleek, synthetic technology meets visceral, organic matter. A bold vision. An adventurous tale of things to come. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 122 BPM]
A beautiful and melodic China / Tibetan / Malaysian / Far Eastern Orient instrumental track. Romantic, pretty and evocative, featuring Java gong, Chinese temple flute and various other oriental instruments. Suitable for travel programs, documentaries as well as romance and idyllic imagery etc. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata in D minor. Only the first two phrases played with a full pipe organ. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Sultry, hypnotic smooth jazz love song features flowing flugelhorn and 5-piece powerhouse horn section. Perfect for the bedroom or an evening out. [Tempo: Medium / 76 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 01-20 and YS Horror Cues 21-40. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A suspenseful thriller cue with varying textures underscoring anything from hostage negotiations to a prison break. Orchestral with low piano, percussion, and and ambient fx. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Sexy, Romatic, Edgy, Ambient Electronica. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A minimal and edgy Hip-Hop beat. Ambitious and a little bit mysterious, with an urban trap beat, orchestral strings and minimalistic synths. Great for drama, gossip and slander, with a little bit of edge and spiteful feel. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
An intense orchestral piece. Dark and ominous choral sounds combine with heavy brass, strings, and percussion to create a dark and nerve wracking overall vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Horror, scifi or thriller underscore featuring severely mangled guitar notes, deep thumping percussion and a disturbing drone. Like the desolate sound from the pits of hell, this is a very dark ambient track. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A downtempo electronica track with a slightly dark and cool edge. Professional, shining and confident. [Tempo: Medium / 95 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]
A smooth lounge chillout track with a mellow and nostalgic trumpet lead. Slow, longing but also optimistic trumpet melody. Reminiscing, memories and reflection. The underscore version of this track leaves out the main trumpet lead. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
A track reminiscent in sound and style to Lemony Snickett's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Danny Elfman. Strange and unusual sounding mandolin creates an ominous mood that is kept warm and friendly by other instruments including harp, bass guitar, stomping and clapping, celesta and strings. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A clever mix of Drum & Bass with orchestral reminescent of 'Also Spracht Zarathustra' space odyssey. Great as a dramatic opener, with trumpet & orchestra over high-tech busy techno drums. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 166 BPM]
Rhythmic, driving and determined electronic royalty free music track with technological feel. Medical / Atmospheric / Science music. Trap style beat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
Beautiful, ethereal, spacious, dreamy, relaxing & atmospheric track using plucked piano & guitar harmonics. Soft, peaceful, moody, mysterious, dreamy, wondrous, magical & fascinating. Would suit dramatic / espionage / science / nature / christmas type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 136 BPM]
Slow, oozing and sizzling, deep soundscapes with a very slow, down tempo beat. Ambient-Electro crossing over into Relaxation or Chill-Out. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
A subtle rhythm with an earthly mechanical sound. Slow string pads. Relaxed. A sense of time passing slowly, things falling into place, bit by bit. Background, underscore use. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Classic 80's style synth wave with a dark, steady beat and cinematic orchestra strings and brass. Moody and rich. Synthwave / Futuristic / Modern Retro. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
An animated and exotic piece of Pop Hip Hop. Featuring a catchy melody line with a huge sounding synthesizer with a mysterious touch. A somehow tribal percussion adds to the rhythm, similar in style to the music of Timbaland, Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake. Sexy, sensual, dancing, night clubs. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Happy and contented, 303 acid bass and breaks combine with dreamy synth licks and pads to create a floaty but funky, chilled out vibe that gives a sense of moving forward / positive reflection. Ideal as music for use in advertising or inspirational scenes. Alternate 30 second versions for either a funky or floaty feel. Atmospheric / Chillout / Joyful Music. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
A steady comedy/drama cue underscoring a delicate scheme and a secret plan. Great for several mildly suspenseful scenes with an element of fun and mystery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Deep, chilled, pulsating electronica builds in intensity and tension. Pizzicato viola, electro synths, reverse pianos and cinematic fx combine to give a feeling of journeying through space and time, breaking new ground, moving forward. Works great with modern and future technology music and space scenes, animation, 3D graphics, news and gaming promos. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
An ominous, murky and slightly intimidating theme, played on the marimba giving it an almost tribal sound, along with various other percussive instruments to add a little more urgency. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
This is a cool grooving, lounge, yet cinematic score that resembles what you may hear in a modern James Bond film. The vibe is suave and sophisticated and provides an ambient , chill out flavor for any scene or commercial that needs a hip and sexy energy. Features beautiful strings and a driving downtempo beat. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Dark atmospheric cinematic piece of music with mysterious harmonies and synth sequences great for dramatic suspense movies and videos. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Epic, atmospheric, sinister & sometimes menacing rock track with pulsing electronic elements & dramatic strings. Stadium rock with a really glorious dark side. would suit thriller / action / horror / mystery / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A slightly cinematic ambient track with a feel of success and purpose. Piano, bells, synths and bitty drums combine to create a sound that would be a great backdrop but also interesting enough to be a prominent feature in many projects. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
Elegant and mysterious, reflective and contemplative music. Suitable as music for drama, culture and art projects. This understated, cinematic music track has a sense of mystery, intrigue, thoughtful and wistful emotions. What's hiding underneath? Elegant and classic arrangement with piano and orchestral strings. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
Suspense-filled heavy guitar dance track. Meaty and angular beats combine with synth basslines, sequences and pads. Very filmic, slightly dark and full of tense energy. Contains synths, drum units and distorted guitars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Groovy, lively, animated track with great dynamic, syncopated drums & hypnotic bass & synths. Positive, motivated, repetitive, trance-inducing & dreamy. Would suit documentary / dramatic / science / corporate / discovery / video game type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Imagine being visited in the dead of night by the ghost of a Burlesque dancer or by a post war German cabaret artiste. Meaty beaty big and bouncey. Huge synth bass, brass and jazzy big band groove based drums with a modern twist. [Tempo: Medium / 102 BPM]
Orchestral, Magical and Mysterious. This piece starts with Piano and then Oboe adds a touch of mystical and ethereal feel, with fairytale mixed into the adventure. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]