Go here for music to support scenes of forensic investigations, information analysis and investigations / detective work. This music often has a sense of mystery and 'puzzles' combined perhaps with feelings of technology and cutting-edge investigation techniques and tools. Shows like CSI, Silent Witness, real-life crime documentaries, criminal investigation programs and films often use music in this genre. In some of these tracks, you can almost hear the ticking of the machinery, the thought processes that solve the conondrums and find that vital part of information that solves the puzzle.
Hip-hop track with spy / mystery / secret agent style strings and brass. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
A tense, ominous, brooding underscore for action, thriller, sci-fi and more. Pounding percussion, dark pads and sweeps. Urgency / Danger. Also available in a version without the drums, which represents a more sneaky / dark ambient feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A short (30 seconds) track starts with a real 'undercover spy / detective' funky sound and then finishes off with a melodic fun theme. The alternative '20-secs' version drops the melodic theme towards the end. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
More of a groove, than a song. A monotoneous, ever grinding dark synth pulse, rough rock style drums and a dark, synthetic, almost poisonous groove. Rough and determined. [Tempo: Slow / 77 BPM]
A mysterious guitar arpeggio over an hypnotic drum beat and eerie pads. 3 minute cut with added parts, intro & outro. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Fast, heavy, high adrenaline, straight for the jugular, metal bruiser. great energy, motivation & relentless momentum.Verses are spacious and atmosperic. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
A warm and sensual, downtempo chill-out electronic groove track. Understated, slightly mysterious, stays back and doesn't demand attention. Easy on the ear, with a slick, modern pulse, suitable for media use. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Slow pads with saxophone. Classic 'private detective' or late night jazz bar sound. City night, soft jazz. Surly, erotic, sensual. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 47 BPM]
A pulsating synth and eerie melodies create a haunting, suspenseful atmosphere soon joined by synth bass and an electric guitar ostinato. Electronic and Acoustic drums and percussion help build a crescendo and reinforce the feeling of purposeful, unstoppable resolution. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Warm, lush and evocative atmosphere, uplifting and textural synthpads, subtely syncopated and filtered white noise. Good for scenes of beauty and discovery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Written as background for reality TV in a thoughtful moment. [Tempo: Slow / 116 BPM]
A pulsating, tension building music track, featuring piano chord progression, ambience synths, and epic orchestra sound. Powerfully rising into a big, epic music track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Restrained and unobtrusive electronic music bed with a strong sense of technology, science and innovation. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A lonely wash drifts across a desert landscape. Sweltering, torrid & extra dry. Mysterious, haunting, uneasy. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark, cold and damp TV or film underscore cue. Pensive, unnerving and unsettling, this piece is suitable for a scene in a crime mystery, horror flick or perhaps a criminal documentary featuring evil or the occult, gruesome discoveries in forensics, crime scene investigation, etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Smooth and Dramatic Music. Features synth keyboard along with modern hip-hop drums to give a mysterious, slightly edgy feeling. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Steady and determined beats with expansive, electronic elements. Sci-Fi / Science / Future / Technology Music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Underscore track with a low level spy-thriller bass groove. Funky, laidback drums, electric piano, slightly retro feel. Undercover cop, investigation, searching for clues etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Dramatic film score type track with a sense of impending conflict, danger, struggle, political or military conflict. Big Hollywood sound, and great for action, thriller, mystery, spy, military drama, political drama, international conflict and much more. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Harp clock ostinato combined with Piano and some inspiring elements. Suited for thinking and developing subjects, preparing a plan or hatching an idea. Longing for something with a hopeful vibe, emotional and determined. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Low-tempo drum track, with a jazzy feel to it. It creates an intense, atmospheric and sophisticated backdrop. Its variations get listeners into a voyage from steady to shaky, with a sense of anticipation in the last third. Suitable for productions that require a minimalist, yet elegant soundscape. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
A modern sound design with glitchy percussion and a steady beat, featuring hypnotic and melodic synth passages. Perfect background music for projects related to science and technology. Ideal for educational videos, documentaries, research presentations, and futuristic-themed content. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Mysterious / Awaiting / Obscure / Uncertain / Thoughtful / Riddle Music. Small orchestra soundtrack piece, featuring live performed orchestral instruments, suitable as music for film and other media. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Ambient background music for science, research, technology, development. This track is rather subtle, neither "major" nor "minor" but neutral in mood and slightly mystical. Neutral / Imaginative / Spatial / Insightful. The 'Alternative Mix' version uses a different, brighter and clearer sound for its main melodic pattern, which gives it more 'presence'. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A slick, modern mid-tempo music track with a strong sense of technology, science and innovation. Confident and classy music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Ethnic flutes and duduk, orchestra and percussion. Someone is on a long journey and is in a cold and foreign land. Great for travel documentaries or suspenseful scenes in TV and film. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
Stylish, minimalistic techno / trance. Technology, space, future, underground club / subculture / youth culture. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
A suspicious and mystical track with scattered, subtle rhythms, a drone like pad, and occasional piano / acoustic guitar. Mystery and intrigue. Investigation, analytics, intelligence. Pensive / thoughtful. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Spacey, tripped out, dazed and yet with innate momentum and drive. Soundtrack to a midnight sleepwalk in a big city. Contains piano, synths , bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Modern and precise hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. Glitches and sound design elements. Think current technology, science, industry and innovation. [Tempo: Medium / 150 BPM]
This cue is a dark tension builder that is designed to set a suspenseful mood. It is reminiscent of eerie soundtracks such as Saw, Dexter, Silent Hill etc. It has paranormal overtones and peaks with a massive, intensely cinematic stinger. It would be well suited to horror, psychological thrillers and scenes requiring an unsettling suspense. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A dry and breathy rhythm soon gives way to a majestic melody which leads further into dark ambiences and a choir swelling into mystery & mythology. Dark / Mystical / Ethnic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 64 BPM]
A modern rock guitar riff starts this track followed by pulsing synth and guitar part. Full of interesting swells and fx make this track full of surprises while retaining a natural feel. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
Electronic underscore with large percussion, warm synth tones, buzzy synth appregios and complex Moog undertones. Sports, Crime, Automotive. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A pulsating underscore track representing mystery and suspense. Perhaps espionage, difficult problem solving, technology or crime investigation. Low level bass pulse, digital pads and short synth pulses like signals or clues. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Ambient and chilled track with sparse beat and electric piano chords leading to melodic arpeggios on bass guitar accented with pizzicato cello. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Royalty free Ambient New Age music. Cosmic, peaceful, softly flowing. Good for yoga, meditation. Also for images of space, future and sci-fi, stars and cosmos. Possibly nature or underwater / deep sea diving. Can also be for science, DNA etc. Reflective / shimmering. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
A warm, upbeat and relaxed underscore cue with guitar, synth, piano and percussion. Non-instrusive with sparse instrumentation, this would work well for evoking a feeling of travelling, children or innocence. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A mid-tempo background track for drama and fiction. A groove suggests activity, progress, processing. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Turmoil 1 Suspicion' and 'Turmoil 3 Motions'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Slow paced royalty-free music track with digital drums and deep digital basslines mixed with orchestral hits and strings. Broken future, bleak and ominous. The build up is slow into a melodic yet unsettling drop with strings and crushed drums that resemble a gun shot. A good track for movie and video game trailers, scenes of struggle and repression. Also for forensic investigation, crime / crime scene, spy and undercover agent, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Angelic, foreboding, ominous, awe-inspiring in a subtle way, this is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack piece that creeps under your skin. A sense of being in the presence of greatness or something otherworldly. Superb film soundtrack material, be it for sci-fi, drama, fantasy or history. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
A hip psychological dramatic cue underscoring contemporary night life with sexy and dangerous undertones. Electronic and ambient instruments, urban grooves, and piano and strings. [Tempo: Medium / 79 BPM]
Downbeat, downtempo, easy-going hip-hop / lo-fi / trip hop. Minimalistic style. Moody, elegant, with a chilled, dark side. Wide open synth textures and subtle groove vibes. Excellent for web sites, commercials etc. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Piano and acoustic guitar gently tell a tale of heartbreak and regret. Music builds a little throughout, perhaps indicating a sense of resolve and determination. The end lifts us up with a slightly more positive and reflective tone. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 136 BPM]
Downtempo hip hop beatz, strange, weird, a little trippy or dreamy. Slightly jazzy elements with skewed chords and very subtle hints of a jazz sax. Warm, dreamy electric Rhodes piano overlays. Dark and dramatic. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A sci-fi oriented track that we had trouble finding the right category for, featuring sputtering, arpeggiating analogue synthesizers, space echoes, weird spacey sounds. Desolate. Isolation, paranoia, horror, space, scifi. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A somewhat dark and moody chill-out track. Darkly pulsating bass line with swirly pads and subtle melodies. Sultry. A little bit inspired by the sound of Massive Attack. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Eerie, brooding and chilling electro-rock track that slowly creeps up behind you then explodes into electrified malevolence. Would suit scary chiller, thriller or sci-fi projects. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
A feeling of being lost in an unknown place - seeing a way out only turns into another mirage or magical deception. Also great for investigation, analyzing, searching for secrets, piecing together a puzzle. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A grungy, electronic and industrial track similar in style to the Nine Inch Nails (NIN). Loads of dirty and fuzzy synths mixed with drums and piano to create a strong and thumpy track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
