Music for space exploration, science fiction films and futuristic / space / science related content. From the obvious "The Planets Suite" by Gustav Holst and "Also Spracht Zarathustra" by Strauss, to ethereal, spacey, ambient soundscapes that brings our thoughts to alien species and far-away galaxies. This area is by no means limited to a single music genre, but draws on classical, choral, experimental, ambient and electronic music influences.
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]
A dramatic and quite evil dub step / breakbeat music track gives an uneasy feeling of science fiction and alien encounters. Crescendoing synth keys filter up into a monstrous half-time dub step style beat before the track breaks down and the finale is a complextro breakbeat section. Great for use in sci-fi, extreme sports music, technology or any type of modern urban scene. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Fresh, downtempo hip-hop. Brass licks join in after about a minute. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
This track opens with a distant choir and low strings set the mood for a dark apocalyptic theme. Strings and choir build up to a massive dubstep drop. The track continues in a hybrid style mix of orchestral and dubstep to a final rise of epic strings and choir towards the end. This track is great for video game and movie trailers, as well as battle scenes and action sequences. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 65 BPM]
Neutral and forward-moving tech / industry / production type music bed. Active / Busy. Business, industry, science, technology, research etc. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark and mysterious Score track with strings, horn section, sound effects and energetic percussions. Very atmospheric, dramatic and highly diversified. Ideal for thriller and all kinds of suspense. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 165 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Ambient tech track with pulsing arpeggios and piano. Kick drum comes in at 0'38'', full arrangement at 1'16''. Sparse and atmospheric. Minimal bed for science, technology, news and factual documentary content. [Tempo: Medium / 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]
An epic and rousing track for fantasy, adventure, scifi, epic trailers. Relentless pounding rhythm, with an ever increasing intensity and ever building, growing chords, rising towards a crescendo / climax. Big orchestral sound with battle percussion and choir. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
Slow electronica track, with a simple bass line providing the spine for swirling strings and a slow urban style groove. A sense of technology, future, strength. City, transport, traffic, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Wistful, elegant ambient / electronica crossover track with a subtle hint of acoustic guitar. Echoes and soft pads. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Simple and neutral track combining corporate, chillout and electronica. With piano, distorted synths and punchy drums. Good for technology, sales presentations and science. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 69 BPM]
Epic, atmospheric, sinister & sometimes menacing rock track with electronic elements & strings. Stadium rock with a really glorious dark side. Would suit thriller / action / horror / mystery / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
A very confident pulse with a gentle breeze and a modern theme. [Tempo: Medium / 107 BPM]
A truly grand and epic track. Hybrid orchestral, with electronic percussion and electric guitar and a choir joining in later. A sense of high drama and epic journeys. Amazement / Heroic / Determined / Grand. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 125 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]
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]
Easy Chillout track, brass arrangement, oboe, tuba, electro beat. Bright, relaxed, positive. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A stylish interesting and modern take of electronic music. Uniquely creative and original. Will work well in themes such as modern creativity, style, design, fashion, interior design, technology and also unusual themes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 109 BPM]
Aggressive & atmospheric Drum'n Bass. Dark, energetic and aggressive. [Tempo: Fast / 166 BPM]
An ethereal, contemplative opening on synth pads leads to a hard-nosed and edgy guitar based rock track with insistent, driving percussion leading to an epic climax. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
This chill, downtempo trip hop track has a nice ambient atmosphere that is chic and remeniscent of artists like Thievery Corporation and DJ Cam. It has a late night mood that is elegant with a nice soulful groove. It would work well in nightclub scenes to commercials and promos, reality clips and web video. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Downtempo chilled and cooky sounds direct from a smoke filled club. Melodic layers build across a tight framework of beats and bass. Technological, jazzy & quirky. [Tempo: Medium / 125 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]
Grand, adventurous. Good for Fantasy and Scifi and tales of amazing feats. Perhaps space travel, amazement, grand scenery and incredible sights. Epic journeys, stars and planets, awesome revelations. [Tempo: Medium / 136 BPM]
A frantic, drums and percussion driven music track for a chase, battle or fight scene. Highly suitable for trailer, game, thriller or action film. (Note, this track starts with a very long, very slow crescendo, so you won't hear much for the first minute or so.) [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 158 BPM]
Film Music / Ambient. Curious opening, grand second part. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
An epic orchestral war cue with a constant build to a dramatic climax, underscoring anything from a medieval battleground to the uprising of the ultimate villain. Similar to "Mars" from "The Planets," and perfect for trailers and epic action films. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 74 BPM]
Percussive sound-design trailer. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 74 BPM]
An ethereal, arpeggiated synth line floats over an electro baseline and gives a feeling of confidence and assertiveness. Great for use in communications technology or to give any corporate presentation a lively soundtrack. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Ambient electronic track with ethereal voices and analogue synthesizers. Deeply emotional and full of space, wonderment and mystery. Great for sci fi, future or dark drama / adventure. This track is part of 3 'Element' series tracks that have interchangeable stems. [Tempo: Slow / 111 BPM]
Busy, glitchy, hard and edgy electronic / dubstep track available with or without the vocals. Deep pumping dubstep beats, staccato synths squelching and oozing. Cutting edge, electro step, technology / future. Underground club. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 70 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]
Mid-tempo electronica track based on strong melodies and variation with some electric guitar interludes. Synthesized, slightly retro but also with a space-age futuristic, optimistic and bright view. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Dramatic combination of cinematic orchestral sounds with metallic, destructive, methodical and violent percussion. Apocalyptic / Harsh / Doom laden. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A powerful, booming heroic epic trailer track. Begins with emotional cello and choir, moving into thumping drums and strings at 0:20, with heroic horns entering at 0:33. A breath in the music at 0:59, then the second sections begins which is more relaxed and pulled back. 1:30 sees the music move back into the powerful and epic style once again with the penultimate section beginning at 1:50 which builds until 02:03 when the most epic part begins. Powerful strings, horns and drums dominate this track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A busy, almost frantic, techno dance track with Breakbeat elements. Good for action filled, fun adventures, sports, rave dancing, euphoric dance, and more. Chopped and processed, energetic ecstacy, different / odd and quirky. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Electro wah guitar groove evolves with a triumphant lead synth release and contrasted in the B sections by a heavy electro bass line and ‘phat’ hip hop beat, gives a feeling of being grateful and joyous, happy that things are working out, works well for both technology and industry scenes and underscore version good for corporate breakthrough, new introductions. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
An epic, sweeping, orchestral / cinematic track, performed with live orchestra performers combined with samples. Epic Trailer / Dramatic Trailer type material, high on drama and passion. Contrast between massive / epic and quiet, heartfelt passages, giving you good options for editing to your project. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 104 BPM]
A hybrid orchestral / electronic track, high on tension and edge. Big infusion of energy at about 01:30. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Blazingly fast techno beat with drum'n bass influence mixed with a twisted and mangled guitar riff gives this track a great hook and makes it highly suitable for high energy, high impact material such as extreme sports, etc. [Tempo: Very fast / 186 BPM]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Also Spracht Zarathustra / "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" was written in 1896 by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), and is not in the public domain in some countries. You may not legally license this track unless the copyright has expired in your country of residence. Please consult the following link and make sure that the required length of time has passed in your country, since the death of the composer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_length Shockwave-Sound.com will not be held responsible for any copyright infringement caused by not following this advice. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 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 gritty, semi-industrial Hybrid action music track, with a dark, violent edge and a rough, doom laden feel. Hard, edgy, danger, tension music. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A heavy hitting orchestral track with dubstep elements. Big hits along with epic string bring the track up to a massive drop. Main drop is heavy with low dubstep bass and distorted drums. The track builds up with a string melody to a big final hit with the distorted bass in the end. This track is good for cinematic trailers, scenes of battle and war. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Electronica pop with techy synths, plucked guitar and "Take it Higher" autotuned vocals (vocoder style) in the chorus. A no vocals version is also available. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
A slightly mysterious and analytical piece of music. Modern and inventive. A versatile composition made with mix of electronics, synth sounds and pads. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
