Look here for royalty-free underscores for Mystery and Suspense. Whether you're working on the scene where a mutilated body is found, or you're designing a video game where the hero sneaks around a deserted space ship, this area will provide sneaky, creepy and suspenseful music tracks. Much of this is orchestral music, but not all. Also electronic and more experimental musical sounds are used to create these tracks; most of which are subtle, ambient underscores, rather than up-front, brash compositions.
High-intensity, electronic film trailer music, with strong, unrelenting bass and drum tracks and an ever-building array of orchestral instruments. The grand instrumentation and driving energy provide a clear sense of urgency that climbs until the very final moments of the piece. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Background music track with a nerve, a certain element of mystery and a sense of passing time. Highly suitable for game shows, trivia games, puzzle games, problem solving etc. Keeps a fairly low key, so it doesn't get to intrusive or stressful, even after repeated plays. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
Epic, glorious, intense, powerful, massively spacious & highly dramatic rock track with regal grace and a sense of gravitas. Bold, confident, doggedly determined & filled with passion. Would suit cinematic / dramatic / military / action / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 122 BPM]
Dark, atmospheric and eerie music track made with hybrid synths. Suitable for a main theme or as a part of the soundtrack. Scifi / horror / thriller music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
A slow, eerie and mystical Ambient / Cinematic track with a cold feel of wonderment and amazement. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
An electronic hip hop track, with a solid, grooving drum beat and gliding synthesizers. [Tempo: Medium / 116 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]
Silky middle eastern female vocals and ethnic percussion build to an aggressive grunge rock ending. Works well for trailers. [Tempo: Medium / 120 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]
This is a dark and claustrophobic adventure that’s soon to come to a bloody ending. Transparent piano harmonies accompany a mellow, yet terrifying string melody, building up to an unfortunate ending. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
Dark, edgy and dramatic electronic underscore, with big drums, orchestral horns, mechanical chimes and big drops. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
Expanding ambient, cosmic textures, futuristic layers, good for sci-fi, contact and discovery. [Tempo: Very slow / 119 BPM]
Steady and spaced-out synthwave music. Pulsing / Uplifting / Dreamy / Smooth music. Retro 1980's feel. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
This is a solo piano composition with a slightly dark and moody feel. Classical music vibe of a performance on a Grand Piano. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
Cold, dark, damp and desolate music to accompany tragedies, mysteries and epic sadness. A choir, strings and piano pierce your heart from a distance building to a climactic farewell. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
Suspicious / Foreboding cinematic soundtrack. Perhaps a crime in progress, or dangerous situation. Tense, with Tom-Tom drums adding to the nerve. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Slow and pulsating Indian or Middle Eastern moods with sitar, deep bass, tabla drums and raq. Sparse, mystical, tribal. Great for travel, adventure, Asian/jungle. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
An ominous horror track that features ambient synths and creepy, high-pitched, animal-like noises. A heavy, repetitive drum beat enhances the sense of foreboding midway through the end. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark fantasy music piece featuring piano, cello, harpsichord and french horns. Ancient mystery, dark magic, deep adventure, tragedy, history. Highly suitable for drama, documentary, dark fantasy game, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Reflective solo piano music. This music will be great for dramatic, strange, mysterious, and climactic situations. Intriguing and atmospheric. Beautiful acoustic sound. [Tempo: Slow / 49 BPM]
Slow washes of nervous strings with mysterious harp. Pensive, sinister, apprehensive. Sneaking, waiting. Dramatic underscore that provides nerve and tension to film, crime, investigation, stakeout, horror or dark mystery. Solo violin enters later. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Saturn from The Planets suite by Gustav Holst. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A somewhat bizarre, and slightly creepy, 1980's themed instrumental production with big synths and drums. Big and spacious - like travelling back in time. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 74 BPM]
You enter a mysterious and slightly odd shop fill of curiosities and ancient art. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
Hollow synths and eerie sustained vocal notes dominate and then swell together in the revealing conclusion to this suspenseful track. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Atmospheric and ambient chill out track, smooth beats, dubby bassline, and bubbley melodic synths. Good for Travel and living, multimedia and corporate videos. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Slow, spacious, ethereal, textured track with dreamy, exotic, chanted vocal samples. Be whisked away on the calm breeze to foreign lands. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
This track has hard driving guitars and drums with some electronic elements. Also has elements of industrial rock. Very aggressive track. This track has an edgy, dark feel and evokes images of modern day Metal meets Doom. Good for dark, aggressive media shots in need of metal you can make sense out of. [Tempo: Fast / 170 BPM]
An underscore track for use in film, games, and media. Varying intensities of fantasy / adventure background music, good for in-game, in-film, drama, cultural, historical and discovery. Has a sense of dark mystery, exotic mysticism, perhaps ancient dark secrets or undiscovered lands. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Orchestra with plucked guitar mutes give a sense of time ticking by in this playful, yet slightly sinister sounding track.Perhaps we are watching someone sneak around under the cover of darkness. Ironic, yet with a sense of something dark brewing. For mystery, horror or suspenseful scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 109 BPM]
Pure suspense with lots of tension and a thumping heartbeat. Think a horrific crime scene, or a deadly chase through a dark forest. Repetitive motifs but constantly building and evolving to enhance the drama and suspense. Synth swells are presented separately to allow for dramatic placement anywhere in the track. Good for crime, suspense, drama, TV, film. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A red sun rises on a desolate, war torn city in the middle east. A soldier looks out over the smoke clouds and wonders if the end justifies the means. Epic in scope, yet full of space, would be perfect for travel documentaries requiring a moody atmosphere. Also great for understated, brooding trailers and promos. Orchestra, ethnic instruments (duduk), large percussion and atmospheric pads. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Slow, beautiful, dreamy, atmospheric & thought-provoking track with a sense of intrigue & mystery. Reflective, moody, ethereal, hypnotic & sublime. spacious, plucked string synths combine with soft, swirling pads & purposeful drums to create music suitable for dramatic/spy/psych thriller type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 71 BPM]
A piano duets with a sad, crying violin in this piece of music. The violin's melody is super emotional describing a range of emotions including sadness, regret and hurt. You can almost hear the tears dropping from the violin! This could also be used to set up a dark, dramatic, mysterious or emotional scene. It can also work quite well in a horror or thriller film. [Tempo: Slow / 126 BPM]
A dark, evil and emotive score. Very climatic, brilliant, intense and epic. Available with or without the dramatic choir section. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
Industrial strength beats, distorted synths, a hard chopping guitar and occasional big, deep brass swells. It all makes for a hard hitting war/action/battle film or game soundtrack. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Acoustic drum'n'relax music with distinctive tribal flavour. Builds slowly from simple and smooth drum groove with ocassional men chanting up to dense, almost trance like final of ethnic flute. As far as there is no distinct melody, this track should work nicely for travel, wide panorama themes in "Discovery like" manner or other exotic background applications. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
Haunting, dreamy and sinister soundscape. Very ethereal , thoughtful and also peaceful. Contains synth pad, effected piano and string. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A dark and haunting track for mystery, thriller or dark drama. Bleak, haunting, ominous. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 34 BPM]
Powerful, dark and mysterious cinematic piece with Middle Eastern/Arabic feel. Big drums, guitars, driving arpeggiated bass, distant shamanic chants. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Christmas-like bells. Performed and recorded on 100 year old English hand bells. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Dark and disturbing middle-eastern / arabian ambient track with a moving drone, deep drums and eastern wind instrument. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Electric Guitar arpeggios drenched in effects create a haunting, mysterious tone while brooding strings and electronic percussion gradually build throughout. Great for movie and tv dramas with a dark theme, video games, trailers, horror and crime thrillers. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 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]
Deception, intrigue, and suspicion are decidedly within the emotive wheelhouse of this synth-based music cue. Starting with a synth motif, the cue’s intensity builds with density of texture, sound effects and drums. Well suited for action dramas, tension and anticipation scenes, and docs with environmental and humanitarian topics. Anticipation / Synth / Suspicion music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 93 BPM]
Slow brush drums hitting softly with distorted long sounds and some scary sounds. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Spy Thriller Mystery. Lots of percussion and low piano stabs with explosive toms. Tension with suspense and intrigue. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
Hip Hop track with a dark edge. Deep drums, sparse instrumentation and dramatic orchestral hits. Very suitable for urban/inner city productions and teen/pop culture. Skate, snowboarding, BMX, and other extreme sports. Life in the streets. Also suitable for night clubs scenes & afro-american culture. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Film / TV Series / Game underscore track. Both ambient and rhythmic, the track has a strong sense of a stealth mission. Sneaking, hiding, sniping, etc. In addition to the main mix, there is also an 'alternative mix' that cuts out some of the instruments, leaving a more sparse sound, perhaps even better for background use. Of the 8 loops available, the first 5 are taken from the main mix and the last 3 from the alternative mix. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 108 BPM]
A moody and mysterious track with elements of mystery and exotic places. [Tempo: Medium / 200 BPM]
