These dark background music tracks are suitable for mysteries, horror, sci-fi, or perhaps if you need good quality royalty-free horror music for dark thrillers. These mysterious stock music tracks can also work great for drama and introspection, contemplation and perhaps regret or sorrow. These curated, hand-picked tracks are Royalty free music without a beat, or with a more floating or ethereal quality, while leaning towards dark and ominous.
Ambient, ethereal chill zone... Almost no beat. Good for relaxation, holistic, sci-fi, art installations, underwater footage, otherworldly images & scenes, or just for indulging in some serious chilling. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Eerie, floating, bizarre ambient soundscape, strangely light and dark at the same time, like a mysterious, surreal fairy or banshee presence. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Majestically dark and ominous, Ambient Guitar music. Like the soundtrack to a drone flying over an alien landscape. Epic, dreamy, grandiose and slightly unnerving. Tense / Foreboding. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ambient chill-out groove with a hi-tech feel. Features soft synths, processed drum beats and repeated minimal electronic patterns. Beautiful, elegant and uplifting. Corporate branding, video, science, technology. Note: A crackling "old vinyl" type sound is used in parts of this track, on purpose. It's there for effect and is not an error with the file. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Clean electric guitar textures. Ambient, dreamy, easy. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Light, digital soundscape. Hi-tech, futuristic, mechanical. Ambient industrial corporate use, or science/research. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
Soft, warm washes of ambient pads, with a few lost notes of a very organic sounding electric piano. Ethereal / Ambient / Floating / Otherworldly. Comes to a sort of climax/close at 02:12. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An analogue synth music track with a vintage / retro 1980's sci-fi vibe. Arpeggios and pads. Electronic / Futuristic / Vintage Stock Music. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Ambient piece with live electric guitar, synth pads and vocal. Its very warm, welcoming, positive, dreamy... heaven. Of course, it can fit any internet project, TV/Film/Movie/Video game, intro, promo, trailer. Anything where u need such a beautiful, calm background music or even soundtrack. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Slow Moving rhythmic underscore. Transformers invade the city. Low, marching drums and low, sonic drones set the tone for this soundscape. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Eno inspired piece. Music for Airports in style. Similar sound to the start of U2 "When the streets have no name" Swirling, beautiful and ambient, suitable for multiple uses. Perfect underscore and atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Mystical atmospheric acoustic sounds blended with otherwordly textures create a calm, ambient mood inspired by the gentleness of nature. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Slow, beautiful, dreamy, moody, thoughtful, ethereal rock track with great sense of space & atmosphere. Gradually builds in emotion, intensity and momentum as it goes. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / romantic / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 59 BPM]
Ambient Chill track with soft, lush keyboards that portray multiple levels of high and low melodies and harmonies joined by a variety of complexly textured percussion grooves. [Tempo: Slow / 89 BPM]
Strange, otherworldly, and at times eerie - this ambient musical soundscape has both darkness and light. Floating, Dreaming, perhaps in an alternative reality. Good for sci-fi, space travel, hypnosis and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Like taking a ride on the ghost train at an abandoned fairground. Chillingly spacey, magical, enchanted, trippy, atmospheric & soft piece with faux wurlitzer guitar sounds and bass. Has a haunting, spectre-like 'other-worldly' feel to it. Would suit any horror/halloween/thriller projects. [Tempo: Slow / 129 BPM]
Long-playing (34 minutes 11 seconds), ethereal, ambient music. Available with or without nature soundscapes mixed in with the ethereal pads. Suitable for hypnosis, therapy, relaxation, as well as for sci-fi, fantasy, underwater, otherworldly projects. Mystical, deep, elemental. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
A track for nature documentaries with an emphasis on water/oceans this track has a serene groove with a wondrous and majestical feel. Features pads, horns, choir, fx and drums. Also a great inspirational track for corporate projects and commercials. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Ambient sci-fi soundscape. Floating synth pads and eerie scifi sound textures, inspired by the work of David Lynch. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Hypnotic, suspenseful track employs minimal elements like pulsating synts, eerie, distant melodies and electronic percussion to build and grow in intensity, stops for a second and starts slowly growing again till the final boom. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Ambient / Pulsating. Cosmic, with both light and dark elements. Images of space, future and sci-fi, stars and cosmos. Possibly nature or underwater / deep sea diving. Can also be for science, DNA etc. Awe / Wonder / Amazement. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
A sneaky, dark and suspicious underscore for mystery, thriller, horror or dark drama. Tension / Nerve / Foreboding. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A scary and violent horror / sci-fi sound design track. No musical notes, just scrapey, cold sounds and a sudden, terrifying shock at 44 secs. Disturbing and truly unpleasant. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A low atonal drone and strange, alien and machinery noises transport us to the frozen, barren face of this deserted world, maybe sterilized by a nuclear war or some cosmic cataclysm. What dangers lurk among the ancient ruins of this destroyed civilization? Any sign of life? [Tempo: Very slow, 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]
An eerie, cold and subtle underscore track for thriller, crime or mystery. Slow / Suspicious / Questioning. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Electronic, mystical pulses with a classic Electronica, dark, retro synth theme. Sci-fi mystery, futuristic technologies. Suspenseful / Dark / Cold. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Eerie, dark, creepy and subtle. Great modern background ambience music for slightly, creepy, sneaky, stealthy scenes, games, movies, productions or videos. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Insightful textures and layers, existential overtones and atmospheres. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 102 BPM]
Dark, edgy, ethereal, spacey, menacing, cinematic suspense music with an air of foreboding & fear of the unknown. Magical, sinister & full of tension. Are you being followed? Or is your mind just playing tricks on you? Would suit horror / mystery / halloween / murder / serial killer / crime type projects. [Tempo: Very slow / 62 BPM]
A dark, somewhat malevolent and mysterious music with synth bass pulse combined with occasional guitar. Edgy and ominous music, this track can work for scifi, future, dark corporation, building tension. Half-time rock drums join in toward the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 122 BPM]
The first half of this track is a mystical, eerie, dark ambient guitar piece with an evil, malevolent presence. For the second half it develops into a very dark, deep, gutsy and powerful metal rock / progressive rock track with a sense of a violent, unstoppable evil. Use for horror and unspeakable terror. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 75 BPM]
Slowly pulsating ambient grooves. Good for technology, future, underwater and science projects. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
This Soundscape / Film Soundtrack creates a moody bed of drama, tension and release ala Hans Zimmer or Vangelis. Synthesizers pulsate, Nylon guitar melody tells the story, and rhythmic percussion elements enter the track to elevate the feel to its finality. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A deep ambient, somewhat mystical, reflective piece with both light and dark elements, like a beautiful but deadly siren of the deep sea. Haunting, ethereal and wondrous. Eerie / Alluring / Cold. Available with or without the water waves sounds. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 46 BPM]
A mysterious orchestral piece. Dark piano and string tracks combine with a solid percussion beat to create a mysterious and adventurous overall vibe. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
One in a series of 10 eerie and mystical short cues, where Sci Fi meets Horror meets Dark Fantasy. Deep, disturbing, nightmarish sounds that curl, twist and attack the unsuspecting listener with razor-like precision. These short music cues are modern and visceral, eerie and cold, in the style of modern TV series and films. To find the other 9 pieces in this series, search 'Dream Valley 10 Horror Cues'. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Sparkling elements and textures, atmospheric synth layers, good for space, universe, multi-dimensions. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Spacey, beautiful and peaceful track using synths, strings and ethnic flutes. Soft and fluffy tones help you float off into the atmosphere. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Soft existential layers, floating elements, lush atmospheric pads, good for introspection or cosmic awareness. [Tempo: Very slow / 88 BPM]
Ethereal, beautiful, dreamy, magical, hypnotic, meditative & thoughtful. Spacious synths mix with plucked strings & vocal effects to make reflective, enchanted & sublime music suitable for cinematic / dramatic / science / travel / discovery / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
An eerie and creepy track for mystery, horror, thriller or dark drama. Cold / Suspicious / Madness. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A darkly ambient and suspenseful music track made with various orchestral and acoustic instruments. Soundtrack / Eerie / Mystical Music. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
Very peaceful and relaxing track using soft piano, lush strings & spacey synth sounds. Has a gentle air of mystery & suspense to it & also slight melancholy but with hope. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Subtle minimalist synth melodies. Great for investigations and data mining. mysterious, melodic and insightful. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Mystic, magical and atmospheric movie score. Reminiscent of sleeping villages, the forest in moonlight, magicians, secret places or a stalker, following his/her loved one. It is haunting yet beautiful, with orchestral strings, clarinet, piano, celesta. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark and pulsating, mystery or thriller underscore. Ominous, suspicious, with pulse bass alternating with bass guitar, and echoey percussion. Great tension track for use with police investigation, spy thriller, criminals / crime in progress, break-in, stake-out, clandestine mission, etc. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
Divine beauty and an aura of mystery in this futuristic mix of choirs and washes. Its sense of charismatic wonderment & dark intrigue makes it suitable for science, nature, ecology, sporting events, mystery or drama. Similar in style & sentiment to Elliot Simons’ ‘Dark Horizon’, ‘Sky Dreams’ and ‘An Amazing Future’. The Underscore Version is without the angelic voices and takes on a more sinister atmosphere. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Minimal percussion, an eerie electric piano, pads and distant voices, all help build an atmosphere of sadness, melancholy and regret. Soft and delicate with a few harsh elements that keep a subtle tension... Thinking of what could have been, a life wasted, light rain falling on the pavement. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
This track could easily be tagged as a typical New Age Instrumental. But it carries a deep feel of grandness, evoking the beginning of times, the beauty of the universe, the vast extent of the cosmos, and things like that. Works beautifuly with mystery, prophecies, historical events, mystical matters and pre-historical subjects. Nontemporal. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
