These dark background music tracks are suitable for mysteries, horror, sci-fi, or perhaps if you need good quality royalty-free horror music for dark thrillers. These mysterious stock music tracks can also work great for drama and introspection, contemplation and perhaps regret or sorrow. These curated, hand-picked tracks are Royalty free music without a beat, or with a more floating or ethereal quality, while leaning towards dark and ominous.
A creepy, spooky and atmospheric track arranged for strings section. Classic horror or mystery feel. Think classic murder mysteries, Sherlock Holmes, Yorkshire Ripper, Tim Burton films etc. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A dark, somewhat malevolent and mysterious music with synth bass pulse combined with occasional guitar. Edgy and ominous music, this track can work for scifi, future, dark corporation, building tension. Half-time rock drums join in toward the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 122 BPM]
A very dark, cold and ominous underscore track for mystery, horror, thriller and dark drama. A classic mystery feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A sweet, simple and ambient melody played on piano that has a Thomas Newman / Brian Eno / Erik Satie feeling about it. Good to use in moments of reflection to heighten the emotion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 67 BPM]
Electronic, mystical pulses with a classic Electronica, dark, retro synth theme. Sci-fi mystery, futuristic technologies. Suspenseful / Dark / Cold. [Tempo: Slow / 90 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]
An experimental post-rock, cinematic underscore cue. Based around a delayed guitar arpeggio, synth pad melodies, some modern dance risers and pulsing kick drum pushes the end of this cue into a modern vibe. The Vibe is a dark, mysterious, and flowing at the beginning, with a big pushing pulse towards the end. Also available without the kick drum. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A sickly, cold, dark and trippy horror / thriller / mystery underscore with deliberate disharmony and a sense of confusion or madness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 45 BPM]
A hazey, somewhat melancholy Americana / Acoustic music track with a dreamy, slightly dark feel. Has an almost earthy sound. Available with or without a drum beat that joins in towards the end. Can work well as music for storytelling, drama and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
Warm and atmospheric arpeggiated synth. Melodic and hypnotic. Insightful and positive. Great for science, technology, waterworlds, travel, space, numbers, data and much more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
A very dark horror / sci-fi sound design track. Ominous, threatening, gloomy, malevolent. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A haunting melodic royalty free music track with an otherworldly feel evoking a shivery, nightmarish fantasy laced with mythical spirits, spooky happenings and a very wicked sense of humour. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A mellow, melancholic and dreamy music ballad track lead by female vocal, piano and acoustic guitar. (Also available in an Instrumental version). Big thunderous drums lift up the chorus for an almost epic, yet emotional feel. Floating ambient synths fill out the track and add a dreamy quality. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Electronica infused orchestral music. Synth low pulse drives the music with anticipation, joined by low drones and epic percussion. Good music for war preparation, rendezvous scenes, crime investigation, video games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Something foul is lurking. Slow dark jazz with some scary FX and pads. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Abstract ambient guitar soaked in reverb and delays. Very atmospheric and thought provoking. Great for space, exploration, reflection, discovery, ascension and more. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Subtle minimalist synth melodies. Great for investigations and data mining. mysterious, melodic and insightful. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Modern and precise hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. Glitches and sound design elements. Beat joins in at 0'54''. Think current technology, science and innovation. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
An eerie or slightly dark suspenseful track made with chamber orchestra. Simple structure, evolving. Suspense / Cinematic / Classical. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Suspenseful and mystical music backdrop / underscore. Pulsating rhythm and echoey sounds create an eerie, cold and mysterious ambience. Works for undercover spy / secret agent, criminal investigation, forensics and analyzing, thriller / mystery music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
Suspenseful and mystical music backdrop / underscore. Pulsating rhythm and echoey sounds create an eerie, cold and mysterious ambience. Works well as music for undercover spy / secret agent, criminal investigation, forensics and analyzing, thriller / mystery music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 122 BPM]
Subtle, but poignant, this Trap-informed Pop music track easily summons feelings of curiosity, enveloping intrigue and mystery. Like a snake, its arpeggiated synth slithers around an 808 bass and trap drums, while wispy pads and effects contribute to a rich flow between arrangement parts. This track is excellent for dramas, serious documentaries, bio/tech related content, and adverts. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A dark, cold and evil, orchestral soundtrack influenced by classic horror movies. Sneaky, then violent. Foreboding, then murderous. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Orchestral, cinematic, background music for drama and storytelling. Contemplative, questioning and mysterious. Thoughtful and introspective. Great music for a mystery drama, fantasy, crime drama, searching and contemplation. A brooding and intriguing story evolves. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
A ghoulish groove shrouded in mystery, atmospheric and forward moving. Ideal music for scenes in the sci-fi, horror or mystery genres. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Disturbing but exotic and intensely moving. Electronic pads accompany Indian slide guitar in a dark environment. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Excitement / Mysterious. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
A dark and suspenseful music track featuring ambient cinematic mood, tension building orchestration and modern sound created by orchestral elements and synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Deep drones, dark synth pulse, glass pads. Horror, scary, science fiction. Airy, ethereal strings over deep piano wire clanks. [Tempo: Slow, Very slow / 96 BPM]
A kind of modern spiritual song. Spacey synth pads float in the atmosphere as bluesy lamenting vocal samples ascend into the ether. Calm, mellow, emotive, and relaxing. Contains synths, organ, vocal samples, violin and drums. [Tempo: Very slow / 110 BPM]
Ambient, downtempo, minimalistic electronica with a 'strange' feel. Original and indefinable, odd and quirky. It's ambient, but it also has a sort of ticking rhytmic feel. Sweeping and swirling, grainy textures and voice fragments. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
A bone chilling, minimal score of sound design and heavily effected, droning instruments perfect for horror, crime and mystery. Very tense, serious and dark. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Ambient, Atmospheric, soft and intricate. A minimal piece that flows and has an interesting energy. Progresses into a mildly rhythmic and energetic composition. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Chilled, sparse, spatial, cinematic ambient music with a hint of mystery, wonderment and anticipation. Piano, synths, electric guitar, light percussion. Aerial / Floating / Positive tension music. [Tempo: Slow / 75 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, Medium / 0 BPM]
Downtempo, lush electronic ambient. Rich sound textures over a delicately grooving background beat. Amazement / Wonderment / Beauty. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music for video productions and other media. Modern hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. A strong sense of technology music, science and innovation. Precise and technical beats, glitches, sound design elements. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Ambient / New Age. Cosmic, peaceful, softly flowing. Good for yoga, meditation. Also for images of space, future and sci-fi, stars and cosmos. Possibly nature or underwater / deep sea diving. Can also be for science, DNA etc. Reflective / shimmering. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 58 BPM]
A calm, meditative ambience with entrance of subtle rhythm. World music feel with a warm sense of resolution. Mystical, glowing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
World inspired new age music, with some galactic outer space aura. Suitable as music for space oriented documentaries, as well as for ambient / atmosphere / hypnosis etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark, threatening and at times violent royalty free music track for horror, mystery and suspense. The track features a staccato, nervous rhythm of dark hits. The middle of the track sees the tension build up to some "drama hits" (which can be cut out and used in isolation), before going into a final third with a slow hip-hop like rhythm, to give the track a spy / thriller edge. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 107 BPM]
Light, digital soundscape. Hi-tech, futuristic, mechanical. Ambient industrial corporate use, or science/research. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
Eno inspired piece. Music for Airports in style. Similar sound to the start of U2 "When the streets have no name" Swirling, beautiful and ambient, suitable for multiple uses. Perfect underscore and atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Eerie, floating, bizarre ambient soundscape, strangely light and dark at the same time, like a mysterious, surreal fairy or banshee presence. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Clean electric guitar textures. Ambient, dreamy, easy. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Ambient piece with live electric guitar, synth pads and vocal. Its very warm, welcoming, positive, dreamy... heaven. Of course, it can fit any internet project, TV/Film/Movie/Video game, intro, promo, trailer. Anything where u need such a beautiful, calm background music or even soundtrack. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ambient Chill track with soft, lush keyboards that portray multiple levels of high and low melodies and harmonies joined by a variety of complexly textured percussion grooves. [Tempo: Slow / 89 BPM]
Soft, warm washes of ambient pads, with a few lost notes of a very organic sounding electric piano. Ethereal / Ambient / Floating / Otherworldly. Comes to a sort of climax/close at 02:12. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
