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.
Frightening dark ambient horror music bed featuring the sounds of sinister spirits knocking, broken piano, and scary choir. TV static and plenty of door smashes for that extra eerieness well suited for horror, thriller, suspense and fantasy footage, as welll as video games. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Pulsing and tense music with rhythmic, electronic beats and synths. Mysterious / Progressive / Inventive. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Restrained and mysterious underscore music featuring a pulsing bass and warm synth pads, percussion and atmospheric textures and underlying strings create a mellow yet dark mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A pulsating and pensive, dark underscore. Good for thriller, crime, forensics, investigation, dark subjects. [Tempo: Very slow / 60 BPM]
A mysterious and informative piece of music. Has an atmosphere of surveillance and a sense of unreality. Will work very well in documentation, mystery, sci-fi and fantasy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 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 nice mix of Jazz, Funk and Hip Hop. Laidback, positive and cool. Featuring Rhodes, vintage synths and a terrific drum and bass groove. [Tempo: Medium / 91 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]
Exciting, mesmerizing industrial sound design action underscore. Composed entirely of unique sounds. [Tempo: Fast / 127 BPM]
Stylish, minimalistic techno / trance. Technology, space, future, underground club / subculture / youth culture. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
An ambient film soundtrack cue with a very mysterious edge. Pensive, slowly moving soundscape, like hiding, sneaking, or breaking and entering. A subtle rhythmic element enters about half way through along with a deep drone, giving the track a darker, more ominous edge. Great for crime thriller, investigative documentary, a tense moment during reality show or forensic investigation, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 109 BPM]
A building and pounding action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a heist getaway to a battle between man and machine. Very much in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Fast / 75 BPM]
Contemporary funk, with a strong retro accent. Groovy and cool. Synthesized bass, live drums, funk guitars and clavinet. [Tempo: Medium / 104 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]
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 sweeping, softly swaying, romantic chillout music. Orchestral strings and piano, joined a little later by a laidback,subtle, Enigma-like beat. Flute also joins in later. Sensual and emotional. A mix between the classic (string orchestra, piano, flute) and the modern (laidback drum machine beat). Classy, elegant, delicate. [Tempo: Slow / 60 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]
A disturbing, constantly moving soundscape of scraping strings and odd sounds, as if sensing the presence of a malignant power, lurking monster or perhaps alien being. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
Clean electric guitar textures. Ambient, dreamy, easy. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
A pulsating, pensive, semi-orchestral track with a nervous tension. Suitable for thriller, crime, spy conspiracy. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
Dramatic and mystical film score/soundtrack made with orchestra and synths. Spy / Mystery / Crime / Action Music. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Loungy Funk Pop with a positive mood and groovy funk elements. The catchy sounds and some melodic variations fits well with advertising. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Dark synth pulse, gritty pads and a slow but powerful breakbeat style rhythm creates a gloomy, urban soundtrack. Great for crime, thriller and urban drama. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A contemporary, cinematic music track with an intriguing and captivating vibe. Featuring piano, strings, glockenspiel, atmospheric pads and orchestral percussion. Great for dynamic action scenes in films, TV and documentaries. [Tempo: Medium / 125 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]
A solid, reliable and steady sounding, electronic corporate pop royalty free music groove. Good for business, industry, innovation, science, technology, construction, background music for videos and progress. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A slow, pulsating, rather ominous and pensive rhythm sets the scene for a track that develops into an expansive, open aural vista. It has a sense of something important happening, something amazing approaching. It keeps growing into a glorious crescendo until finally all is revealed at the climax. A great track for when you want to build expectation and excitement towards the revealing moment. [Tempo: Medium / 120 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]
Dark, ominous, ghostly, slowly turning and twisting soundscape, later joined by gloomy strings. Great horror or sci-fi underscore. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A somewhat melancholic, yet hopeful ambient/contemporary track with swirling pads, piano, strings and guitar. Slow, swaying rhythm. A bell melody sings out nicely above the top, while a string section finishes off the track. Thoughtful and introspective. Warm and sincere. [Tempo: Slow / 98 BPM]
An electronic track with influences from ambient music, but with a somehow dark or sad undertone. Sparse drums, deep bass and a melancholic melody create a futuristic atmosphere. Good for sci-fi movies, crime investigation, thriller and mystery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
Hip-hop, urban, inner-city track with a spooky, haunted, scary feel. Fat drum beats, and synth licks with a middle-eastern taste. Upbeat, catchy piece. Suitable for productions about urban gangs, crime, action and chase, night clubs, investigation, CSI-style. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
Chilled, atmospherical, slightly edgy electronic background track with spacious synths and subtle arpeggios. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Ambient and reflective, this track creates a mood, mysterious, with ambient guitars and pulsating synth soundscapes. Clicking electric guitars play a rhythmic groove underneath a bed of sound. Mysterious and insightful. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Soft, slow but very powerful track full of emotion and pathos. Simple piano chords are overlaid with tragic strings and a hypnotic military march style drum pattern. As the tune unfolds it grows in intensity and draws the listener in. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
An intricate and evolving piece of music that moves into more energetic sounds. Has senses of exploration, mystery, adventure and wonder. Slight 1980's influence. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Ethnic soul - stirring Indian music. Depicts spirit, character, attitude, outlook, approach, essence of a situation. Tabla, dholak, duff, sitars, santoor, morchang, udo pots, flute. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A slow moving background track for drama and fiction. Serious subject matter, perhaps crime, criminal investigation or dark urban subjects. Slightly dreamy. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Turmoil 1 Suspicion' and 'Turmoil 2 Activate'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 48 BPM]
Tinkling, synthetics and filtered, pulsating drum beats. An eerie atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
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]
Modern and moody ambient electronic score. For crime and mystery drama such as CSI or Bones as well films, corporate projects and documentaries with an analytical, investigative, explorative or scientific theme. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Rhythmic, driving electronic bed with a technological feel. Business music, industry, science, technology. [Tempo: Medium / 135 BPM]
A dark, pensive and very tense film underscore track using staccato string section, unintelligible whispers, ethnic percussion. A very serious tone which sets the scene for crime, thriller, international conspiracies, terrorists, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
TV or film soundtrack/underscore in two sections. The first part features strings and piano over a slow, pensive rhythm. Introspective and thoughtful. Reflection and personal thought. The second part of the track is more optimistic, bright, hopeful and even joyful. Suitable for drama, adventure, film/TV, storytelling. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
Dangerous, nervous, dark thriller underscore. Twitchy synth just underneath the surface of a dark string- and piano texture. Sneaking, hiding, stakeout, mystery, secret mission and grave danger. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Somewhere between music, soundscapes and sound effects, the 'Toxic Air' series consists of 15 parts named after toxic gases. The music is almostly entirely without any recognizable rhythm or structure. Useful for sci-fi, horror, etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Soft, calm, beautiful and spacey tune with a slow, constant throb of a beat. Synth pads combine with slow, hypnotic plucked harp lines and strings to make a very melodic track with a nice momentum and relaxed vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A subtle and transparent movie soundtrack, suitable for film or television. Somewhere between light and darkness, this track provides a slightly pensive background for personal reflection, waiting, forensic investigation, crime scene surveillance, or a time for interpersonal drama, thoughtful moments etc. Also great for reality show, emotional scenes, or piecing together clues in a mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Sneaky and darkly pensive underscore for drama or dark mystery. Perhaps crime scene investigation, criminal activity, lurking danger. Suitable for documentary, film score, TV drama or nervous tense moments of reality show etc. Sneaking pads, dark bass undertow, unnerving and twitchy strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
