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.
Eerie, tense, percussive soundscape with a relentless spooky melody, dark metalic FX and flute sweeps. Atmospheric with a sense of suspense and imminent danger. Menacing and sinister. 48 hours, The Mentalist, Castle, Alien Invasion, crime drama, horror, Sci-Fi. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
Exotic and dark Middle East / Arabic vocal (non-verbal) ominous, foreboding, deep pads and Eastern strings combined with a dark, edgy and minimalistic Trap / Hip-Hop beat. World / Arabian / Middle Eastern with a dark and edgy urban twist. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Urban beats mix with orchestral breaks for this wicked pastiche of modern culture which is both outrageous and witty. FX and scratches suggest visual cues and the various edits work together to make up an entire themed package for a modern parody. Seriously good fun! [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Blazing hard rock guitar track, live rock band sound. Excellent for sports, action or any high adrenaline material. We have a vocal version as well as instrumental versions. Note! The vocal version has explicit lyrics and comes with a Parental Advisory notice. [Tempo: Fast / 108 BPM]
Dark, spacey, moody, sinister, edgy music with a sense of suspense and foreboding. Dynamic, mysterious, hypnotically rhythmic, ethereal yet crazy, hectic & climactic music that would detective / crime / action / thriller / cop type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 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 moving, epic hip hop track, with a great heroic and dramatic vibe. Synths, goodly programmed drum beats and occasional guitar lead. A sense of achievement, aspiration, glory, hopes. Inspirational, inspiring, motivational. Great for scenes of achievement in sports, career, personal life, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
Fast moving chase or battle track, using orchestral elements blended with hard core techno breakbeat drums and distorted synthesizers. Good for crime chase, trailer, or any conflict / battle material. Also good for sports, extreme sports and dramatic, high impact footage. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 145 BPM]
A warm hip hop beat with a smooth jazz sound and soft punctual scratching. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
Mysterious electronic underscore, for moments of uncertainty and problem solving. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A rather intense mix of orchestral and electronic music. It's progressive construction makes it a pretty good fit to any story based energetic montage. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
A hard biting, industrial rock/metal track with chunky, aggressive guitar riffs, slamming drums and alarming synth arrangements. The track changes from half-time to double-time, giving it both a 'very slow' and 'fast' feel. Very heavy, aggressive, dominant. [Tempo: Slow, Very fast / 140 BPM]
Intense fuzzy and driving rocker with lead guitar taking the place of the lead vocal. Hints of Queens of the Stone Age, Satriani and Foo Fighters. Contains guitars, bass, organ and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
Chunky and hard hitting rock guitar chops. Excellent instrumental, positively, uplifting and energizing rock music for use with sports, action, stunts, dangerous and grungy film, game, tv, etc. Carries a great punch and a solid dose of testosterone. [Tempo: Fast / 134 BPM]
A dramatic track that builds in tension and features strings, piano, big percussion hits, electric bass synth, and pads. Perfect for action and adventure scenes or reality game show programming. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 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: Slow, Fast, Very fast / 78 BPM]
Edgy, rough electro / big-beat / drum'n bass / rock. Trippy synths combine with guitar riffs and choppy effects to create a busy and slightly disturbing track. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Fast energetic rock with overdrive solos. Tension, aggressive, energetic. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Orchestral action piece with huge brass and drums implying suspense and building tension. Think espionage-laden chase. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 90 BPM]
Electronic percussion and eerie electric piano melodies generate an atmosphere of tension and suspense. The mystery thickens and new sound layers are added in a dramatic, hypnotic crescendo with a few stops, perfect for edit points. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
A hard slamming, relentlessly beating, dark and forceful urban grind / beat. Forceful / determined. Hard rock style guitar lick combining with funk drums and retro synths to create an incredibly funky, slamming, urban, dark hip-hop track. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Dark and brooding, glitchy and mechanical electronica gives an unsettling feeling, works great for hi-tech and telecoms, futuristic scenes and bad robots. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Techno / breakbeat choppy and processed beats meet up with heavy metal guitar riffs in a gritty, grindy, industrial, techno-rock mash-up. Hectic / frantic, nervous and twitchy. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Sicily, gentle madolin melody. Dark, determined, tension, relaxed, funky. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A dark dystopian landscape with a driving rhythmic bass, pounding drums and blistering feedback. Resolves at 1:10 with a huge sweeping chord. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Ominous and arid western atmosphere, inspired by modern TV drama like Breaking Bad, CSI and Banshee. Slide guitars over a driving rhythm. Crime and gangster feel, as well as police investigation mood. Cinematic / Western / Crime Music. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A very mellow ambient soundscape with soft moody pads, dark rhodes piano, acoustic guitar and a solo violin. Occasionally joined by a subtle, downtempo, lounge style drum beat. Very atmospheric, reflective, thoughtful & dreamy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 63 BPM]
Slow, pensive, introspective underscore for drama & storytelling. Pensive, somewhat dark / sombre. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A cheeky and funky electro number with a slight disco feel. Full of attitude and confidence, based on a repeating synth pattern which is joined by guitars on the chorus part. Exciting, colorful. Great for fashion, animation, web media, Flash and presentations. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
A rough, tough, down and dirty track suitable for battle, modern warfare, combat, fighting or brawling. Also, extreme machines, high power sports, motor racing, mean streets, tough guys taking no prisoners. Slow and funky, powerful Big Beat drums, slamming rhythm, hard biting guitars and synths. Dirty and gritty, like barbed wire. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a sudden kidnapping. Orchestral with piano, with electric bass and percussion, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Nervous action adventure underscore. Ticking rhythm, uncertain pulses, mysterious notes. A sense of urgency and impending danger. Suitable for crime drama, thriller, spy mystery, criminal investigation, reality TV, sci-fi drama and more. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Contemplative and neutral, busy / activity, a mid-tempo music bed with Trap / Hip Hop influences. Business, industry, science, technology, research etc. [Tempo: Medium / 145 BPM]
Busy and trippy drum'n bass. Mangled drum loops, swirling synth pads, sub-bass. Chopped and processed, hard core, UK style drum & bass. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 164 BPM]
Mid-tempo hip-hop, urban, with some slightly Turkish, Indian or Eastern sounding orchestra riffs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
Slammin' and slightly dirty hip-hop. Synth lines with just the right amount of distortion on the tops, nice and transparent production making this track great for media use. Nice and groovy. [Tempo: Medium / 79 BPM]
Eerie, tense, percussive soundscape with a relentless spooky melody, dark metalic FX and flute sweeps. Atmospheric with a sense of suspense and imminent danger. Menacing and sinister. 48 hours, The Mentalist, Castle, Alien Invasion, crime drama, horror, Sci-Fi. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Electronica piece with influences from Hip Hop and Breakbeat, with an infectious groove and catchy melodies. Dynamic and urgent, representing mystery, suspense and tension. Chase scenes, fast cars, dangerous situations. Good for espionage, difficult problem solving, technology & crime investigation. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
A dark, determined and forceful techno / mech / hard core / industrial rock track. Gutsy, gritty guitar riffs with Big Beat drums and squelching, acidic synths. Show of force, dirty and gritty racing and power cars, film/movie car chase scene, extreme sports and motor sports etc. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
A cinematic / dramatic Hip-Hop / R&B track with orchestral strings mixed with a down tempo urban beat. Good for youth drama, urban stories and more. Classical music meets hip hop. A slight sense of glooom, or at least seriousness. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 102 BPM]
Aggressive track of evolving suspense and tension, odd and mysterious at times, dark and ominous at times. A punch in your face! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
A funky pop, R&B, Urban groove number available as a Vocal or Instrumental version. Staccato, steaming hot pumping rhythms, downtempo electronic hip-hop style arrangement with a dark edge. Male pop/RnB vocal. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
Almost entirely percussion driven track. Upbeat african rhythms with multiple drums. A subtle underlying bass line, influenced by trance music. Occasional African flutes. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
A very dark, down and dirty track blending industrial, electronic and rock elements. Rough guitar riffs, machine like downtempo rhythms, metallic scrapes and a repetitive synth bass creates a pumping, sizzling groove. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
A grooving jazz piece with a playful electronic twist. The overall sound is reminiscent of classic 1940s swing. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Inspired by the sound of Mission Impossible, this is a fast moving theme for a spy, secret agent or undercover cop. Suitable for action with a hint of mystery and conspiracy. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A cool, chic and bouncy hip-hop background track featuring bass saxophone and a confident urban strut. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
With a firm nod to Spy classics such as James Bond 007 and Mission Impossible, this is an action filled, gritty and streetwise blend of cinematic soundtrack music, funk and showtime. There is also an 'Action Mix' which is a different version of the track with even more of an action feel and without the spy horns -- making it suitable also for sports, racing, extreme sports, chase, battle or any high impact material. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
A mysterious and cinematic composition with dreamy & atmospheric vibes. Introspective, thoughtful. Perhaps investigation or some unfolding mystery or crime. Great for trailers, movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 BPM]
Raw hip-hop space adventure. Hypnotic synths laid over rough drums with rhythmic organ lines. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
