Music for space exploration, science fiction films and futuristic / space / science related content. From the obvious "The Planets Suite" by Gustav Holst and "Also Spracht Zarathustra" by Strauss, to ethereal, spacey, ambient soundscapes that brings our thoughts to alien species and far-away galaxies. This area is by no means limited to a single music genre, but draws on classical, choral, experimental, ambient and electronic music influences.
Fresh, downtempo hip-hop. Brass licks join in after about a minute. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A quirky, orchestral cinematic track. Somewhat dark, in a sort of twisted, playful, Tim Burton'esque way. Think Mars Attacks or Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Eerie, playful, quirky, a little bit grotesque. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 63 BPM]
A different and unique, mid-tempo electro track. Has a strong sense of technology, information flow, cutting edge developments. Somewhat mechanical feel, but with lush, warm, organic sounding pads and patterns. Futuristic and Flowing. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A cue consisting mainly of electronic sounds along with solo violin which creates a melancholy mood. Great for a dark and brooding scene to create tension. A good mix of heroic themes, fight themes and booming sounds. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Edgy, twitchy Dubstep / Tripstep. Available with or without ragga / dub style vocals, this is a dark and different track with a sense of robotics, cutting edge technology, distortion and grime. Robotics, mechanics, machinery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 70 BPM]
Electronic dance beats. Positive, energizing, hi-tech, spacey. Uplifting, feelgood grooves and melodies. Joyful and energetic. Good for technology, future/science, media presentations, video games, dance club as well as for aerobics, training / workout / exercise, sports and excitement. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A dark underscore cue. Pensive, unnerving and unsettling, this piece is suitable for a sci-fi or horror scene. [Tempo: Very slow / 97 BPM]
A determined and energetic track with an 'action' feel. Heavy, layered synthesizers and basslines give this track a thick and full sound. Drum 'n bass vibe, a busy bassline along with fast melodic synthesizers give it lot of energy. Use for motivational videos, extreme sports, car chases, action footage of any type. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Tinkly horror musical soundscapes. Uneasy, sickly, unsettling. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Electro house track with a great quality bass drop. Building vocal that repeats “music please” asking for a massive melodic breakdown. (Also available without the vocal). Stabby square pluck with an underlining low arpeggio brings a hands up moment only to drop back into a dirty and gritty bassline. Resembles top EDM producers. Great for club scenes, DJ scenes or any action filled sequence that calls for a high quality electronic beat. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
This soaring and dark soundtrack features live orchestra, choir and a rhythm section. An orchestral adventure that rises to push your scenes towards a climax, providing a perfect backdrop for epic trailers, action feature films or historical documentaries and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 68 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for technology, industry, science, research etc. This tranquil ambient music is sparse but vast – easily blended with themes of technology, science, medicine and the future. With its reverb-drenched synth pads, looming drone and arpeggiator, this track ebbs and flows, keeping a steady pulse and evoking confidence and positive outcomes. Its ambiance is excellent for medical, tech, corporate videos, scientific-based podcasts, drone shots, exploration, docu-biographies, and travel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 119 BPM]
Pulsating and sizzling, spacey electronica. Sinus synth patterns, strings section backing, urgent bass line, electronic drum groove builds as the track develops. Space signals, futuristic, energy, energizing. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
An innovative, original, unusual and challenging electronic music track with rhythmic electro / orchestral / choirs and strings. Different / Unique / Engaging / Busy / Contemporary / Steady beats. Slightly jazzy. Great for 'thinking minds', bustling activity, stock markets music etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Driving track with breakbeats, melancholic piano and emotive strings. Great for scenes dealing with the sea, weightlessness and liberty, but also for technology and product presentations. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Positive and driving electronic groove, with occasional otherwordly atmospheres. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
An understated and nicely flowing groove. Synth pulses with a minimalist, syncopated beat. Good for media use, science and technology, eco-issues, data flow, presentations, background use. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Darkly, sparkly urban grooves. A fast but chilled-out electro drum groove, swirling pads, drum'n bass style, transparent production. Strangely invigorating. Great for sports, diving, skydiving, high-tech media, news and information etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 166 BPM]
A passionate, emotional, hybrid orchestral track, with a triumphant and heroic sound, but also with an underlying sadness and a sense of sacrifice. Pounding percussion, and guitar lead combine with orchestra and choirs. The track contains various 'Edit points', making it suitable for use in film, trailers, and interactive media. The track builds up towards a sudden drop-off at about 2 minutes, which is followed by a dark and solemn 'epilogue' towards the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Epic huge drums with evolving digital blips and blops, glissando brass-like sounds joins at 0:47. Danger / Tension / Threat / Futuristic. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Cool, trancey & hypnotic electro-groove track. Spacey and slightly dark synth drones cross with various synth, organ, mellotron & guitar lines. Very beaty. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
Dark, edgy and dramatic electronic underscore, with big drums, orchestral horns, mechanical chimes and big drops. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
A song mainly composed of drums and effects applied to various sounds. It's wood percussions and break beat line mixes an urban and ethnic feeling. Slightly dark, slow and experimental, somehow a street at night jungle kind of soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow / 82 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: Fast / 150 BPM]
A frantic, drums and percussion driven music track for a chase, battle or fight scene. Highly suitable for trailer, game, thriller or action film. (Note, this track starts with a very long, very slow crescendo, so you won't hear much for the first minute or so.) [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 158 BPM]
Balanced mix of driving drums and quiet, floating synth pads. Memorable melodies that have a very soothing effect are completing the song. Very technological and with an exciting arrangement. Well-suited for image movies, fairs or technologically digital worlds. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
Spatial background ambient scape bringing associations with space, universe, nebulas, galaxies, etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 128 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music for video productions and other media. 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]
Goodlooks is an experimental hyperdub, dubstep like song. It's progressive and contains alot of different types of sounds. Voice cuts, vinyl scratches, reverberation cuts, multiple panning effects, etc etc. It has a night/ dark type of sound, sometime deep, sometime light, sometime heavy on the bass, it's structure might be surprising but it's loop cuts will make it easier to isolate certain types of mood, and the song provides lots of different original stinger. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
Acoustic piano and cool electronic sounds float in a suspension, this highly ambient electronic piece calls to mind slow motion through its drawn-out pads, synth effects and rhythms. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
Deep Minimal Dubstep, with glitchy garage influences. Moody and cranky, with a mystery feel. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
An inspiring and powerful energising piece of music that builds into a very exciting smash of electronics and big synths. Radiates feelings of positivity, joy, freedom, motivation and power. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Gliding strings and edgy electronic sounds combine with a steadily grooving breakbeat to create this dramatic EDM piece. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
A music track with future bass elements. Deep bass and percussive-driven, sequenced synths. Lifestyle / Technology / Industry / Future Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Film Music / Ambient. Curious opening, grand second part. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
Electonica type of track that gives you feel of a conveyer or machinery at work, wheels are spinning. Easy loopable, this track is great as a background soundtrack for industrial, real “How things made” TV, perhaps some car commercial and many more. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Hectic and busy, hurried and frantic, industrial-electro track. Chase scene, battle or fight, sports or action and more. Gritty guitars, twitchy synthesizers and fast electro drums. Stressed situation, urgent / urgency. [Tempo: Very fast / 160 BPM]
Energetic electronic song with a big anthem like theme. Berlin summer nights clubbing. Dreamy / Club / Urban Music. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A futuristic electronica based mystical film score / soundtrack with an edgy, unique sound, combining synthesizers and epic orchestra. Unsettling, mysterious, and dramatic, with a larger than life sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 113 BPM]
A busy, almost frantic, techno dance track with Breakbeat elements. Good for action filled, fun adventures, sports, rave dancing, euphoric dance, and more. Chopped and processed, energetic ecstacy, different / odd and quirky. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Edgy, distorted, mechanical sounding, with huge drums and bit-crushed, acidic synths. Very dark. Doom laden, with pounding percussion and a relentless, aggressive feel. Orchestral sounds mangled and combined with edgy synth work. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
A powerful, booming heroic epic trailer track. Begins with emotional cello and choir, moving into thumping drums and strings at 0:20, with heroic horns entering at 0:33. A breath in the music at 0:59, then the second sections begins which is more relaxed and pulled back. 1:30 sees the music move back into the powerful and epic style once again with the penultimate section beginning at 1:50 which builds until 02:03 when the most epic part begins. Powerful strings, horns and drums dominate this track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
An epic, sweeping, orchestral / cinematic track, performed with live orchestra performers combined with samples. Epic Trailer / Dramatic Trailer type material, high on drama and passion. Contrast between massive / epic and quiet, heartfelt passages, giving you good options for editing to your project. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 104 BPM]
A playful, happy but rather laidback, melodic track. Nice for childrens production, casual game, funny little character, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Mid-tempo electronica track based on strong melodies and variation with some electric guitar interludes. Synthesized, slightly retro but also with a space-age futuristic, optimistic and bright view. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A sweeping and soaring, dark cinematic soundtrack featuring live orchestra, mezzo soprano and choir backed by powerful percussion. Pulsating orchestral adventure that rises to push your scenes towards a climax, providing a perfect backdrop for epic trailers, action/sci fi feature films or historical documentaries and more. The track is a part of “Trailer Monuments” album consisting of 10 titles. Each track in this album has multiple variations: with choir, without choir, with/without percussion as well as just strings mix or percussion mix, allowing creation of your personal customized soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 121 BPM]
A smooth, energetic and light electronic track with a cool and laid back vibe. It features simple and fun synth melodies, a funky beat, and a loopable structure. The track creates a positive and relaxing mood, suitable for background music, chillout lounge, or modern corporate projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Saturn from The Planets suite by Gustav Holst. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Driving, tense, dramatic active underscore bed, minimal melody, very cool sound design sounds. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Also Spracht Zarathustra / "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" was written in 1896 by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), and is not in the public domain in some countries. You may not legally license this track unless the copyright has expired in your country of residence. Please consult the following link and make sure that the required length of time has passed in your country, since the death of the composer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_length Shockwave-Sound.com will not be held responsible for any copyright infringement caused by not following this advice. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
