This is the area for dark, ominous, foreboding, cinematic music in our royalty-free music site. The tracks presented in this genre are suitable for mystery, suspense, tension, horror and dark drama. These tracks will stay in the background and just provide an uneasy atmosphere in your media project such as films, YouTube and social media, games and more.
A sharp hit begins this brooding, sinister horror track, which features suspenseful, ambient synth swells and atmospheric string effects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
Dark and desolate film underscore. Haunting / Mournful. Quirky and unique sound design with acoustic piano and strange synthesizers. Otherwordly / Poignant / Fragile / Dark. Think Donnie Darko. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Atmospheric and spacey electro-rock track with a great feeling of excitement, good forward momentum and great sonic colours. Music to cruise and discover the cosmos by. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A feeling of suspense and eerieness. Chase, suspense, urgent, uneasy, tension, anticipation. Sneaky tension. World percussion, strings, horns, synths. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
Slowly revolving synths and bubbling atmospheres, atmospheric and insightful, good for space travel and science and technology. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark and sombre background music based on strings and piano. Very cinematic piece suitable for any dark, ominous drama or fiction. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark and disturbing, horror underscore. Dark sound design with twitchy musical elements. Sickly / Confused / In disarray. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Ominous and tense. Orchestra, drums and haunting textures build suspense throughout. [Tempo: Medium / 156 BPM]
Edgy rocky, heavy ambient industrial. Sort of ambient electronic at the beginning. Kicks off towards the end of track with a build up. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 105 BPM]
A tense and nervous underscore with ominous strings, occasional deep booming drums and a few spy-like guitar notes. Highly suitable for thriller, spy material, tense film underscore etc. [Tempo: Medium / 69 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]
Atmospheric horror. For dark, brooding scenes, especially sci fi. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Disturbing, distorted, uneasy and malevolent. Highly suitable for scifi, game, thriller or action film. String lines nervous and staccato, dissonant string stabs with busy percussion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
Creepy orchestration suggests an approaching evil menace or a supernatural event. Steeped in suspense, this dark, sinister piece builds towards a horrific & sudden conclusion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This horror underscore has hellish overtones and would be well suited for, horror, thriller, or fantasy footgae about paranormal and occult subject matter as well as video-games and trailers. Its' slow, slithery pace has suggests something evil lurking, and makes for a nice tension builder that features an intense, climactic riser. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A creepy and sinister underscore, suitable for surveillance, stakeout, dark scenes, nightly horrors. Twitchy strings, twisted sound textures and occasional mangled rhythmic beats. [Tempo: Very slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A disturbing horror / sci-fi sound design track. Shock / madness / loss of connection with reality. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark, sinister and brooding horrow/Halloween type piece that combines church organ, tremelo-ed strings and distorted guitar riffs. Hi tension and suspense is blown apart by the chorus part exploding into shining black light. Would suit horror/mystery/suspense projects. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 120 BPM]
Orchestra, piano, choir and drums suggest a foreboding realization. Ominous and haunting. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A tense and uneasy soundtrack cue for a dangerous situation. Dark, ominous, threatening, foreboding. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
An ominous and dark ambient piece, with a sense of tension that rests just below the boiling point and leaves the listener uneasy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Deep and brooding strings establish a mysterious atmosphere before climaxing and evolving into a powerful, confident theme statement. Rich strings and horns make for an epic feel. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 72 BPM]
Layers of synth, strings, and light, echoey vocals create a ghastly mood of foreboding in this ambient track, which ends suddenly and sharply with a shocking, big hit. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A cold, creepy and uneasy track, for horror, mystery, thriller or dark drama. Isolated, tormented piano notes in a cold place. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Mysterious and dark cinematic music, ambient mood with slow passing textures and a French Horn playing sparse notes. [Tempo: Very slow / 89 BPM]
Hypnotic, suspenseful track employs minimal elements like pulsating synts, eerie, distant melodies and electronic percussion to build and grow in intensity, stops for a second and starts slowly growing again till the final boom. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a mass epidemic. Orchestral with creepy piano, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A tense and spooky scene is evoked with orchestra and an optional piano track. Creepy and evolving, suitable for dark, evil passages. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a mass epidemic. Orchestral with piano, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Medium / 86 BPM]
Horror Mystery Soundtrack. Eerie / Cold / Malevolent / Uneasy. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Horror Mystery Soundtrack. First sneaky, then more urgent, desperate. Chaotic / Lost / Panic / Can't breathe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
This track has a haunted overtone and pays a subtle homage to the music 'Dexter' in the theme. This cue would work well for film or television, opening credits, paranormal footage and spooky movie trailers. It features detuned piano and haunting choirs that makes a nice ghostly tension builder. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Inspired by film maker and composer John Carpenter, this is a homage to his masterpiece The Thing, starring Kurt Russell. Ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral horns, with a repetitive tense motif. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
A mysterious suspense music track, with piano and strings and a more rhythmical second part. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
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]
Dark ambient, Horror underscore. Mysterious / Suspicious / Ominous. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
Mixture of synths and eerie guitars, cinematic intro that leads into a downtempo beat with emotional melody, uptempo part follows. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 110 BPM]
A suspenseful and intense cue which creates an ominous, threatening and foreboding feeling. Distorted guitars, piano and electronic elements all come together to create a tense and apocalyptic sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A dramatic and imposing orchestral cinematic track, with a strong sense of the occult and dark magic. Great for the occult, black arts, sorcery, voodoo, devil worship and classic horror content. Dark Fantasy / Malevolent / Disturbing / Foreboding. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 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]
A dark and understated, mystical and eerie, soundtrack for dark drama or mysterious tales. Lurking / Sneaky / Suspicious / Lost. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a mass epidemic. Orchestral with piano, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
An pulsing suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a rescue search to a shocking discovery. Orchestral with piano, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Spacey and atmospheric trip. Exotic mellotron strings and cool drum machine grooves combine to give an eastern flavour. The chorus brings the feeling of travel and forward motion as bass and percussion joins in. [Tempo: Medium / 96 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]
Dark ambient, Horror underscore. Dizzy / Sickly / Uneasy. Rhythmic pulse. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
Sci-Fi effects with dark, rich undertones , deep bass frequency evolving in infinite sound textures soundscapes. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A deep ambient, somewhat mystical, reflective piece with both light and dark elements, like a beautiful but deadly siren of the deep sea. Haunting, ethereal and wondrous. Eerie / Alluring / Cold. Available with or without the water waves sounds. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 46 BPM]
Something foul is lurking. Slow dark jazz with some scary FX and pads. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark and edgy piece with a sense of foreboding and ominous forces. A pulsating deep rhythm with strings, brass and occasional gothic choir chants, like from an occult séance or a dark ritual. Mystical / Tense / Occult / Horror / Creepy / Gritty / Shocking. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
