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.
Fresh, juicy downtemo hip-hop track. Fat beats and synth textures mixed with some older sounding, slightly grainy elements. The old meets the new, inner city stories. Urban, funky hiphop. [Tempo: Medium, Slow / 80 BPM]
A seductive and hypnotic texture that begins on piano and slowly builds with synth pads/strings and subtle rhythms to an ending full of hope and reflection. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Rhythmic synths open this tension building track, featuring pulsating bass and string motifs and drum grooves. A great action or thriller track with a mysterious mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
A pensive, rhythmic underscore for a dark thriller, drama, crime mystery or documentary. The percussion carries a slightly ethnic or tribal feel, while the wailing, screeching metallic pads give the track a sense of fear, anxious waiting or nervous movement. Great for film, television drama, crime scene investigation, reality show and much more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Film soundtrack / underscore suitable for drama and adventure, city streets, urban living, mystery and personal stories. Lush strings and acoustic guitars. A jazzy saxophone joins in after about 1 minute. Reflection and storytelling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A slow opening of sweeping thick space pads are later supported by a deep, sparse bass line and distorted drums. Dreamy, otherworldly, mysterious, reflection, contemplation. [Tempo: Slow / 97 BPM]
A short film or television drama cue, suitable for crime thriller, mystery or an intense. Ticking rhythm, pensive movement, building to a crescendo. Perhaps a terrible realization or a gruesome discovery. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Rhythmic pulsing orchestral music track with a scientific and anticipation aura. Curious and epic music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
Mid-tempo background track with a science feel. Trickling and ticking, pulses and impulses, movement and interplay between technology and organics. Great as an underscore to science lab, information flow, education, research, data presentation, movement and constant change, development. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Spacious, ethereal, airy, cinematic, thoughtful & dreamy “ambient rock” style. Plucked strings combine with a steady, hypnotic beat to make mesmerising music that would suit dramatic / mystery / detective / documentary type projects. Emotive, introspective, reflective, serious & repetitive. Float off into the sky. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 113 BPM]
Contemporary electronica. Smooth breakbeat, cool and dirty arpeggiated synths and fx. Forward thinking and determined. Film, TV, Videogames, advertising, youth, sports, promotions, multimedia. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 121 BPM]
A chilled, ambient track with a modern serene groove perfect for soundtracks, documentaries, dark and moody dramas or any project looking for a cold, mysterious and dreamy sound. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A strange track using elements of chillout, floaty ambient pads and digital tones, like molecules, DNA, nano technology or moving organic matter. Very suitable for science, technology, space or hi-tech corporate use. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
A James Bond 007 or Mission Impossible inspired track using a blend of orchestral sounds, horn section and modern breakbeat drums with electronic synth bass. Suitable for action, chase and any spy or undercover material. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
A 1970's style retro crime or spy funk underscore. All the ingredients are here... The repetitive bass line, the lo-fi funky drums, the mystery guitar and the suspended chords. Great for spy, crime, police, or any cool, rough presentation. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Light, hi-tech patterns. Futuristic, confident, warm. [Tempo: Medium / 152 BPM]
Unsettling, dark & digital. Broken future, hi-tech, scary, tension. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Funky jazz grooves. Slight retro feel. Lounge / jazzy / street-funk. With slap-bass solo. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Synth pulses and psychedelic guitar notes introduce a tense atmosphere before brutal guitar riffs pulverize you into submission. A very powerful and intense combination of huge distorted riffs, machine-like drums and soaring lead lines make this track a heady brew. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
A suspenseful thriller cue with varying textures underscoring anything from hostage negotiations to a prison break. Orchestral with low piano, percussion, and and ambient fx. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
Eerie vocals, in the vein of Danny Elfman. The slow pace, child-like rhythm and spooky vocals give the track give it a darker edge. Other instruments include the celeste, harp and synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Trancey synth sequences and an irresistible beat grab you straight away. Hypnotic dance beats and fat bass lines add to the momentum as this tune gets moving. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A moving, liquid, driving underscore, hybrid, combining electronic and orchestral elements. String and piano leads with percussion and synthesizer elements. Futuristic and organic feel. Tense, ominous. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Suspense-filled heavy guitar dance track. Meaty and angular beats combine with synth basslines, sequences and pads. Very filmic, slightly dark and full of tense energy. Contains synths, drum units and distorted guitars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Subtle use of piano, bells and pads. Positive, inspiring and informative. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Begins with a hypnotic synth bass hook and drum hook. As electric piano comes in, it slowly builds and eventually flowers into a lovely mellow pop chorus. Once the beat gets to you, it is mesmerizing. [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
Uplifting and emotional rhodes piano, accordian and Cocteau Twins style guitar over a spacious and atmospheric shoegazer backing. Poignant and inspiring. Tv and Film, travel and living, documentary, drama, advertising, [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
A feeling of rising tension pervades this epic TV drama style track. Think 24. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
An ominous, murky and slightly intimidating theme, played on the marimba giving it an almost tribal sound, along with various other percussive instruments to add a little more urgency. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Dark, brooding, beautiful, edgy, nervous, spacious, tense, moody & highly atmospheric & scary track with a haunting sense of impending danger & foreboding. Would suit mystery / espionage / dramatic / horror type projects. Cinematic & filmic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 110 BPM]
Eerie and mysterious horror / scifi underscore. Various textured sounds, something between sound design and music composition. Slightly disturbing, chaotic, like madness or malevolence. Confusion, disturbance, claustrophobia. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Urban funky coolness with muted trumpet lead. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
TV news broadcast style. Urgent, serious, news footage, latest breaking news etc. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
A pulsating, drama building music track, featuring lead synth, ambience synths, and epic orchestra. Powerfully rising into a big, epic track, featuring full orchestra combined with hybrid sounds, and and large percussion ensemble. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
A passive but slightly sinister mood that could be used as background source music. It's mixture of emotion makes it ideally suited to black comedies. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
Smoky lounge chill-out / jazz-lounge. Chic retro feel, with mellow percussion and drums, dusty keyboards, acoustic bass and various jazzy licks and breaks. Occasional jazz flute improvisations. Good for holiday / vacation, relaxing, mellow and chilled urban lifestyles. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A sensual, exotic and mysterious acoustic piece depicting a deep forest, inspired by the sound of Enya, Enigma, Deep Forest, Vangelis, Kitaro or Andreas Vollenweider. If you purchase this track, you get one version with ambient sounds of birds singing mixed into the music, plus another version with just the music without birds/ambience. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Beaty, driven, electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively with great momentum. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Classic mystery themes in the style of popular TV series, composed by Yuri Sazonoff. Some of these are recorded entirely with a live orchestra, others with a combination of orchestral and electronic elements, like so much of television music today. Good for drama, tv mystery, law & crime, intrigue and story telling. [Tempo: Medium / 67 BPM]
Down- to mid-tempo rock grooves. Steady, excited, riffing and plenty of variation throughout. Great for sports, action, extreme sports, men & motors, outdoors, fun & daring footage etc. [Tempo: Fast / 123 BPM]
A piano track with a repeated / ostinato piano pattern, and a sense of tension and intrigue. Developing story, building up to a major event. Pensive, secretive, mysterious. Good for drama / tension. Performed live on an old upright piano, with a nostalgic, organic sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Dark and disturbing soundscape. Horror, scifi, creepy, sound design. An uneasy drone and distant, reverberant hissing noise develops into a climax at about 35 secs. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark and gloomy, powerful and pensive action thriller underscore. Nervous and understated rhythmic pulse, dark, twitchy strings. A deep sense of danger and dark forces. Great as a soundtrack for film, tv or game, mystery thriller, undercover mission, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Reflective piano-led theme, with underlying percussion. Thoughtful, insightful music. Good music for drama, film/TV, and media use. [Tempo: Slow / 101 BPM]
Playful, mid-tempo swingtime live jazz quartet. Cheeky, groovy feelgood acoustic jazz. Drums, upright bass, piano, tenor saxophone. [Tempo: Medium / 148 BPM]
A subtle comedy cue underscoring anything from a sneaky plan to a silly hideout. Sneaking around, scheming, hiding, playing spy. Pizzicato strings, clarinet, flute, and piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
Jazzy, fresh funk groove. Lively slap bass and jazzy melody licks with muted trumpet. Upbeat, excited. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Somber and mysterious. An hypnotic and suspenseful piano with dark and shadowy strings. Great for suspense documentaries or crime scenes depiction. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 120 BPM]
Vocal ballad with piano and female vocal. [Tempo: Medium / 68 BPM]
Menacing, ominous underscore track for dark, futuristic scene or opening sequence in sci-fi or horror film/game. Mix of electronic and orchestral elements, occasional fragments of unintelligible radio messages with static. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
