Royalty-Free Music for crime mysteries and crime thillers; in particular, the tracks we've put in this area represent the music that we felt would go well with Gangsters, Drug dealers, Tough guys and general Bad-Asses. The music will tend to have a slow, mean beat, sometimes Hip-Hop or Urban based music but also sometimes more Orchestral / Classic style music that can be used to illustrate the Bad Guy in your production. This music will tend to have a cold, ruthless edge to it.
A dark, ominous and dramatic film underscore music using a combination of electronic and orchestral elements. This track starts out sneaky and foreboding with staccato synth pattern and grows over time, gradually building up the intensity towards a climax at about 1:26. An element of mystery, conspiracy and intrigue. A very serious tone which sets the scene for crime, thriller, spy movie/game etc. [Tempo: Slow / 155 BPM]
An eclectic and unusual blend of funk, ambient, industrial and rock, with swirling guitar textures, downtempo urban style hip-hop drums and occasional overdrive guitar riffs. Moody and gloomy, but also mellow and floating. Great for science, technology and mystery, but also for action, extreme sports, unusual/weird visuals etc. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Irresistibly funky guitar based tune that makes your head nod and your foot tap. Big grooves, pimped-out feel and phatt riffs combine with spacey chords and hard driving choruses. Slightly reminiscent of Satriani and Nuno Bettencourt in feel. Contains guitars, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A theme similar to James Bond 007. Spy Caper, with urgent bass lines and mysterious / pompous orchestral elements. Big brass sections etc. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
A massive electronic track, a big room house tune with a lot of distorted saw bass synths. Great track for club scenes, people celebrating, party scenes etc. will also work great in edgy commercials, car and electronics commercials. Dutch influenced EDM / Trance / House / Tech. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Dark, sinister and powerful electronic track with great dynamics. Soft verses with hypnotic synth lines combine with a driving drum machine groove. The chorus comes and walls of dirty synths collide with strings, fat basslines and huge drums. [Tempo: Fast / 75 BPM]
Loud and proud powerful rock song in style of LCD Soundsystem and Foo Fighters. Modern rock guitar and drum style. Mean / Gritty / Bad. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 146 BPM]
Edgy, cool, rhythmic, energised, dynamic & gutsy electro-rock track with great drive & forward momentum. Spacious, ethereal verse & an intense, powerful chorus section that explodes into life. Would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / combat type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 132 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]
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]
Funky yet epic and heroic. Orchestra with urban beats and guitar. Perfect for sports or promos. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Indie / Rock. Gritty guitar and bass tones pull this piece from the mainstream area of indie rock, dumping it back to its roots. A bouncy and upbeat track. A little bit unruly, punky. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
A tense, rhythmic, staccato track for secret missions and high pressure situations. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Classic style, live rock track. Guitar, bass, drums, vocal. Available as a vocal version as well as an instrumental version. Great guitar riffing and vocal performances. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
A suspenseful and intense cue which creates an ominous, threatening and foreboding feeling. Distorted guitars, piano and electronic elements all come together to create a tense and apocalyptic sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Hard hitting techno-rock track. Fast electronic drums, blazing guitars and spitting synths. Great stuff for high adrenaline, hard impact media such as sports, extreme sports, action, stunts, racing, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Tense strings, guitars and synths work together to create an unsettled tone that works well with exterior night shots or underlining tension between characters. [Tempo: Medium / 63 BPM]
Powerful, driven & intense electro-rock track. pulsing, fizzing synth sequences mix with big guitar & lively, driving drums to make music suitable for extreme sports / action / thriller type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Short evolving epic track with tension building. A climate of danger, mystery, anxiety leading to the climax ending part. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
Alternative Metal with an industrial edge. Hard slamming guitar chops and drums, nasty riffs and at times extreme tempo makes this track suitable for destruction, war, mayhem, fighting, extreme sports and more. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Medium paced, determined, dark, heavy and groovy rock track. Gigantic riffs and soaring lead over a monumental groove. Dramatic rock that would suit extreme sports/action type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 77 BPM]
Hip-hop beatz with a spiked synth-bass, mangled and scratched voices and a tripping string lick. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Suspenseful and mystical music backdrop / underscore. Pulsating rhythm and echoey sounds create an eerie, cold and mysterious ambience. Works for undercover spy / secret agent, criminal investigation, forensics and analyzing, thriller / mystery music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
Slow, grinding hip-hop beat. Serious, downtempo, urban beatz and bass mixed with orchestral elements and weird sounds. Funky and juicy hiphop like Enimem, 50 Cent, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
Dramatic, dark and sinister guitar/synth track with real forward drive. Powerful sense of excitement and suspense. Contains lead guitar, synth, bass, strings and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Percussion only track / Battle drums. Tracks with Drums only are useful for action sequences, fight scenes, war and battles, macho sports and exertion, powerful imagery, dramatic trailers and more. Also available as seamlessly looping Drum loops / Percussion loops. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 83 BPM]
High energy hip hop beat. Authentic sounding, fresh, with a high sense of movement. Slightly dark. Synths, busy drums, exotic flute and a deep bass. In the lieks of 50 cent, Eminem & Snoopy Dogg. Urban, sexy, street gangs. Perfect for use in extreme sports, fight scenes, motor sports, adult content. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
Funky urban hip-hop track. Head-sound, acoustic guitar sample, busy hiphop beat, scratches. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Mysterious, gritty and somewhat dark urban / hip-hop beat with electronic drums, synthesizers and strings. It features male rap vocals accompanied by ethereal female vocal samples in the background. Atmospheric, pensive and sombre, this track would be good for thrillers, urban drama, crime, conspiracy films, action, film trailers, television dramas. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Instrumental Hip Hop meets dramatic Orchestral music featuring a tense, dark verse followed by lighter, funkier chorus with tremelo guitar, strings, marimba, sub bass, synth arpeggios, electric piano and smooth hip hop beat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Powerful, medium-fast paced, high-intensity, adrenaline-fuelled guitar rocker.dramatic, atmospheric & passionate combination of monster riffs, synths, strings and hefty grooves. [Tempo: Fast / 146 BPM]
Epic, atmospheric, sinister & sometimes menacing rock track combing big guitars with driving beats. Has a gloriously atmospheric lead guitar intro. Climactic stadium rock with a really glorious dark side. Would suit thriller / action / horror / mystery / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 141 BPM]
Slow, sizzling jazz swing. Jazz club, late night city alleys, private detective, smokey atmosphere, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Somewhat avant-garde rock track, pushing the boundaries between techno, industrial and guitar-blazing rock'n roll. Not for the faint hearted. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Epic, groovy, meaty,beaty, big & bouncy. glorious, monster guitar track with a shuffle beat. Would suit action/sports/thriller type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Heavy, powerful, brutal, driven, dark, rhythmic and intense, brooding modern rock track. Monster guitars, huge drums and crazed, searing lead work combine to make crushing music suitable for extreme sports / action / thriller / combat / war type projects. Can you handle it? Reminiscent of White Zombie & Helmet. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
A slowly sizzling, pensive and nervous underscore. Suitable for TV/challenge, mystery/thriller, police/stakeout, international conspiracies, countdown, pressure situation. Good for things liks CSI, NCIS, forensics, investigation, looking for clues, information processing. Also great for a dark, confident, corporate presentation. Future, technology, shining strength. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Fresh hip-hop, urban track with an inner-city or futuristic feel. Fat drum beats, funky bass line and cool synth licks in an upbeat, catchy piece. Suitable for productions about urban youth, crime, action and chase, night clubs, investigation, CSI-style. Also great for sexy and adult scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Funk, Retro, Sound-Alike. Typical seventies / early eighties Blaxploitation music or Cop Show music theme. Think Starsky and Hutch, Shaft or Superfly. Funky wah guitars, lots of percussion and an epic soul brass finale. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
Funky guitar with a solid drum beat. Moog bass and wah guitar feature in the second section. Nice for driving, motion, movement and transition scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
A menacing and repetitive orchestral stab glitches and filters up into a filthy Drum & Bass groove while spooky tuned percussion swirls and pulsates with a baseline that gives an almost helicopter like feel. Totally nasty and monstrous so perfect for high-action scenes involving war, weaponry, gaming, crime, fighting or intense chase scenes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 154 BPM]
A very dark , disturbed piece. It tells of an unseen malevolence, drawing ever closer to the point where the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Huge down-tuned guitar riffs grab you by the jugular and toss you around till you plead for mercy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Dark and mysterious Hip Hop track, with a great sense of danger and foreboding. Imminent confront, conflict, gang members preparing to a battle. Good for use in any type of media. Very suitable for action films, dramatic scenes with urban theme, espionage, action thriller. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
From rags to riches in a magical way, that's the story of a modern day Mr Fantastic . A classic "dirty south" beat with a heavy synth hold this track together. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 73 BPM]
A lumbering and hypnotically simple riff-laden tune. The slow, doomy beat slowly creeps towards you with evil intent as strings, Leslie guitars and synths colour the track. Contains guitars, bass, drums and strings. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Atmospheric, powerful, tense & drama-soaked orchestral rock track with a slight eastern flavour. lush strings & huge drum accents combine with big guitars & a great, driving beat to make motivating music suitable for action / thriller / sports / dramatic projects. [Tempo: Fast / 133 BPM]
An intense, fiery hard rock track with blazing guitar chops and downtempo but powerful drums. Layers of electric guitars provide a thick texture of aggressive and funky rock riffing. Great for action, racing, extreme sports, high impact footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Heavy alternative rock. Powerful female vocals tell a tale of metaphorical revenge. Alternative rock band with atmospheric synths and drum machines. Keywords: Nightmares, dreams, scary. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Gutsy, groovy & powerful rock track with a hip-hop flavour to the drum feel. Monster guitars combine with staccato strings & a determined beat to make music suitable for action/thriller/sports/dramatic projects. Hints of rage against the machine [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Dark soundtrack style track, depicting the mindset of a disturbed and tortured being. This track lasts only a minute, during which it goes through a slow opening and a manic middle section, before returning to the sad, painful opening theme once more in closing. [Tempo: Medium / 66 BPM]
