Look here for royalty-free underscores for Mystery and Suspense. Whether you're working on the scene where a mutilated body is found, or you're designing a video game where the hero sneaks around a deserted space ship, this area will provide sneaky, creepy and suspenseful music tracks. Much of this is orchestral music, but not all. Also electronic and more experimental musical sounds are used to create these tracks; most of which are subtle, ambient underscores, rather than up-front, brash compositions.
A dark, swirling combination of piano, pulsating strings, electric guitar and synth. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 111 BPM]
Surreal, mystical music with a hint of darkness and melancholy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Soft but serious, slow string pads. General underscore for drama, tv, film. Introspective, with an element of doubt, reflection, turmoil, suspicion or realization. Subtle background chords. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark and cold musical soundscape. Haunting, eerie, mystical underscore for horror, sci-fi, dark drama, tension. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark, creepy and sinister track that is eerie and twisted - suitable for a TV show opening theme like Hemlock Grove. Piano, violin, strings, music box, and mangled sound effects all mix together to create a mysterious and fearful overall sound. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A mysterious, dark and damp, slowly sizzling Urban underscore music track. Suspenseful, moody and sultry. Suitable as music for crime thriller, urban drama, etc. This track is also available in various versions, including an Electric Guitar version and an Quiet version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
An eerie voice calls from a distance, drum hits keep us on our toes. A shadowy figure moves through the desert like a ghost; forsaken, alone. Would work great leading up to a military conflict in a middle east setting. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 72 BPM]
Disturbing and dramatic piece uses all new sounds and textures. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
A very slow downtempo lounge track. Muted, low-fi drums with wistful bass, pads and piano melodies. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 79 BPM]
Haunting film underscore. Howling wind instrument and a low pitched roar, produced with a tribal instrument called "tambor onca". [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 slow, serious, pensive underscore for mystery drama, fiction, storytelling. Perhaps crime or criminal investigation, dark subjects. Cold. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Turmoil 2 Activate' and 'Turmoil 3 Motions'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
Orchestra, piano, choir and drums suggest a foreboding realization. Ominous and haunting. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Lush and spacious soundworld, ripples in time, dreamy and warm pads, great for technological advancements and all things futuristic and galactic. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Solo piano. Very minimalist. High piano stabs of tension with lots of spaces. Increasing tension and pace as the cue progresses. Highly editable. Three versions; version 2 is much slower paced, and version 2 is shorter and more dramatic, suitable for a transition or bumper. Good for drama, intrigue, mystery, TV, feature film, suspense, horror. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Sad / Melancholic / Passing / Contemplation. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
Military style battle music for underscore, TV or video game. Features low brass, percussion and strings. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
Ambient, semi-orchestral track with suspended strings and deep percussion hits. This tense music cue has a sense of historic drama, lurking danger, impending tragedy, conflict and betrayal as war plots being brewed. Highly suitable as a soundtrack for historical documentary, drama, as medieval/fantasy material, be it films, fantasy games, TV specials or other installations. Easy loopable and editable. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A very dark, cold and ominous underscore track for mystery, horror, thriller and dark drama. A classic mystery feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Horror Mystery Soundtrack. Eerie / Insanity / Lost grip of reality / Creepy / Bleak. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A track that combines equal measures of African and Middle Eastern influences, like the Northern African music of Morocco, Egypt, Algerie, Libya etc. Ethnic stringed instruments, subtle african vocal chants and acoustic guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
Useful for animation and short animated story of two parts. Anxiety and mystery, thrill and unanswered riddle in first part. Then it quickly switches to second part which has more tension and is more dynamic, pefect for telling sad story about kind of bad thing which happened somewhere. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
Dark and cinematic cue with a reflective beginning and builds to a tense and emotional climax. Starting with simple piano before strings and horns slowly creep in. Great for movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Suspenseful piano track. A chord is repeated many times with variations and a large room sound. This music will be good for mystery, suspense, spy, dramatic scenes. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
A sombre and very slow moving underscore track for mystery, drama or fiction. Dark subjects, perhaps crime, criminial investigation or difficult subjects. Stories of struggle or hardship. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Revenge 1 Danger' and 'Revenge 2 Dark Thoughts'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A short drama underscore cue: Mysterious strings and piano, like pieces coming together or a mystical presence. Curious, expectant. [Tempo: Very slow / 77 BPM]
Dark, scary and mysterious Cinematic music track with deep and gloomy vibe. Great for trailers, films and documentaries in Drama and Sci-Fi genres. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Dark sinister & brooding soundscape that will have you locking all your doors & windows! Synth fx, horror percussion fx and ominous choir drones combine to make haunting, tense music suitable for horror / hallowen / ghost / thriller type projects. Don't look behind you!... [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 74 BPM]
A gradually build to an intense climax with strings, piano, harp, percussion. Similar style to the likes of John Murphy a la "28 days later". [Tempo: Medium / 102 BPM]
Ethereal pads with distant, echoey percussion. Cold, desolate, isolated. Lonely, dreamy, sorrowful. Otherworldly and mysterious. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
Dreamy, ethereal, exotic, atmospheric, cinematic, spacious, intriguing, mysterious music with a distinct Middle Eastern flavour. A blend of ethnic strings, woodwinds and percussion combine to make exciting, tension-soaked music that would suit thriller / dramatic / travel / mystery type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 113 BPM]
Mysterious, exotic, mellow and alluring track featuring Dholak and Khartal percussion, Tambura drones, Ethnic Flute and Upright Bass. Sets the tone for nature, travel, documentaries and movie scenes in need of a moody eastern theme. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
Deep and dark undertones with lots of edit points and textural gestures to fit easily with picture. Light button ending fades perfectly into commercial break. Primarily synth FX, with some strings and light percussion, the textures roll seamlessly in and out of focus. Good for thriller, drama, crime series, horror. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A brooding, ominous and dark soundtrack for mystery, thriller or drama. Foreboding / Tense / Threatening. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
Strong, eerie trailer style horror / suspense royalty free stock music with insane and never ending risers to build huge tension both in the full piece and the cuts. Evil / Dark / Epic music. [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
A desolate landscape, something mysterious and sinister whistles in the chilling wind. It makes it's way closer and closer; slowly but surely. A sense of inevitability, perfect for a subtle touch in tense scenes, horror, or right before an action scene. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 121 BPM]
Electric track with drone type of sound. Dark / Sci-fi etc. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark, Deep and gloomy cinematic track with mysterious and mystical feel. Suitable for films, TV, videos and documentaries. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
This track combines strange noises with unusual, repeated, freaky piano melodies. This would work well as part of a freaky dream or nightmare sequence. It also could work quite well in the horror genre or during a haunting. Also quite perfect for Halloween and haunted houses. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Modern rock tune featuring a bass guitar riff and sparse synths with a serious attitude. Dark and mysterious. This track almost has an eerie feel with an infectious groove. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
A dark, mysterious track with an unusual instrumention of a jazz group. Classic, old school Horror type cue. The Zodiac Killer would probably listen to this as he stalked his next victim. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
A medium tempo, pensive and somewhat mystical, cinematic underscore track. And aire of mystery and intrigue. A developing story, perhaps investigation. Expectant. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An eerie and creepy track for mystery, horror, thriller or dark drama. Cold / Suspicious / Madness. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark, ambient track of synths and guitar feedback that builds with low brass and strings. For a horror or suspense scene. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Powerful & emotional atmospheric orchestral track. Slow synth pads drone out into the stratosphere as strings & a pulse bass drum join. The chorus section's lush strings and lonely piano lines tug at your heartstrings, telling a tale of lost love & smouldering desire. [Tempo: Very slow / 40 BPM]
Suspenseful, ethnic percussion with mysterious pads. A little creepy, foreboding. Can be Africa, Northern Africa, Middle East, Arabia/Arabic or even South American, tribal. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
Piano is joined by a haunting female vocal and strings on a mission. Provokes a real sense of urgency; a decision needs to be made! Tension grows as big percussion accents take us to an ethereal ending. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Dark synths create a fearful, brooding atmosphere for this ambient track, while quiet, slow paced percussion rhythms keep it moving. For horror or Halloween films. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A short, poignant, emotive and melancholy track. Wistful / Regretful / Introspective. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
