A sneaky and creepy semi-orchestral soundtrack piece. Twitchy and nervous strings, scattered piano notes, metal clanks, subtle pulsating rhythms. Suitable for horror/scifi as well as for documentary, forensics, murder investigation etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
An evil, Far East / Oriental style 'bad guy' theme that moves slowly, but threateningly to create a sense of anxiety. The Erhu is backed by a deep chanting male choir, drums and tense strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Electronic pulse with a rough, cold, determined music groove. Think spy, secret agent, police operation, criminals, crime in progress. Can also be machinery, industry, technology, moving parts etc., or gearing up, getting ready for battle or contest. Music for building up the tension. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Funky clavinet style synth starts this shuffley groover of a track. Non-stop bounce and energy from start to finish. The mid section brings a slight breakdown as ethereal voices and synth pads fade in and out. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A whimsical, slightly tense but very quirky theme, emphasizing the tension between a young couple trying to buy their first house. A staccato orchestra moves along at a marching pace, repeating the theme to a small climax when the couple reach breaking point. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Huge drum n' bass percussion collides with orchestral breaks and extreme FX stabs. Evoking visions of speed, excellence and hybrid technology. Well matched with the Elliot Simons track 'Metallic Wasteland'. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
A mystical world / exotic music track made with atmoshperic synths, epic drums and eastern native instruments. Dark / Hot / Foreboding Music. Can be ancient Africa or Middle East. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Low, rhythmic bass sequence. Spatial, unsettling effects. Overdriven percussion. Ideal for science, mystery, darkness, laboratory, criminal mysteries. Science / Mystery / Tension. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Dramatic accented strings, heavy percussion, blasting brass and pulsating synths give this track a dramatic, epic and futuristic vibe. Intended for epic promos, video games, sports, trailer and dramatic radio cues. Also ideal for breaking news, tragedy, turmoil, tension and struggle in reality TV shows like Celebrity Apprentice, The Ultimate Fighter, Survivor, Fear Factor and The Bachelor. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Battle drums / marching percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 120 BPM]
Electronic underscore with warm piano, spacey synthesizer and lush pads. Explorer, keep moving forward feel. Mystical, eerie. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Mangled and glitched sounds of jungle animals infused with atmospheric drums erupt into a monstrous Drum n Bass groove in the vein of DJ Fresh and Rudimental. Ideal for extreme sports, cutting-edge urban or futuristic chase scenes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 175 BPM]
Disturbing and dramatic piece uses all new sounds and textures. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 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]
Slow brush drums hitting softly with distorted long sounds and some scary sounds. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Industrial and epic action trailer. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 85 BPM]
Bad Ass Big Beat track. Distorted bass and synths combined with a slow yet very powerful breakbeat. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Sweeping chords dip & weave through an atmospheric wash of sound. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 180 BPM]
Racing down the freeway, guns blazing. A huge combo of electric guitars, orchestra, choir and rock drums. Epic trailer feel, suitable for intense action or promos / trailers. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 167 BPM]
Medium tempo epic trailer music featuring synthesis of electronica and orchestra blended in suspense and mystery. Awe / Amazement / Wonderment / Grandeur. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A dark and intense music track, slowly building from a quiet and suspense atmosphere. Evolves into a big, and powerful track loaded with orchestral and hybrid sounds, accompanied with choir. Epic / Sci-Fi / Future Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A grand, sweeping track that tells of amazing world journeys. This track is not tied to one specific country or culture, but has Eastern European / Baltic as well as more Oriental / Eastern / Persian elements. Use for world discovery / amazing journeys, ethnic / foreign drama and travels. Features Psaltery, Mbira, Dulcimer, Gaohu, Morin Khuur, flutes and various ethnic percussions. Available with or without a sorrowful, female ethnic vocal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
Horror Mystery Soundtrack. First sneaky, then more urgent, desperate. Chaotic / Lost / Panic / Can't breathe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A slow, restrained and understated, hip-hop style beat provide the basis for this somewhat dark track somewhere between electronica, hip-hop and cinematic soundtrack. This track will go well with a dark corporation or with forensics / investigation / crime solving etc. Has a slightly ominous or malevolent feel, combined with the methodical and calculated. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
A percussive and exotic film soundtrack underscore featuring Taiko drums. Pensive, with a sneaky sense of mystery and perhaps impending danger. Sense of urgency increases throughout. [Tempo: Medium / 146 BPM]
A fast and hectic, slightly chaotic industrial techno-trance track with an underground vibe. [Tempo: Very fast / 160 BPM]
A dark, brooding piece. It starts with a low synthy bass. The melody is subtle, but grows with each iteration. It builds as it repeats itself. The last section adds a subtle rhythmic element, insinuating a growing nervousness. Perfect for a documentary or horror film/tv show. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
A brooding theme for a dystopian world. Unsettling, yet strangely evocative. Would suit a TV thriller style title sequence, Sci-Fi game or futuristic commercial. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
An extremely violent and fiery metal music track with guts and fury! Melted face! Melted face! Dangerous / Crazy / Powerful Music. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 119 BPM]
An edgy, tense, and urgent Hybrid electronic / orchestral track with a serious, cinematic feel and a sense of danger, critical situation. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Symphonie fantastique in G minor, Op. 14 IV. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold), by Hector Berlioz. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Fast and pulsating Drum'n Bass. UK urban style, with a hard edge and a mangled, chopped up metal guitar riff making an appearance halfway in. Fast and funky, energetic. Good for sports, extreme sports, action filled footage, commercials, hectic activity and more. [Tempo: Very fast / 170 BPM]
Ominous, semi-ethnic, percussion-only track. Combat, battle, fight, conflict. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 148 BPM]
An evil soundscape evoking the image of psychos, stalkers, serial killers, crime scenes, murder, twisted plots and Investigation Discovery shows. Images of occult events, crime scene flashbacks, ghosts and monsters on Halloween and supernatural freak show circuses. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 114 BPM]
A dark and cinematic industrial piece, with pulsing percussion, nerve wracking metallic sounds, and heavy electronic synth tracks. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Dramatic, nervous piano arpeggios and melody lines give this track a slightly unsettled feeling to it's intro ...but then a wall of guitars, bass and drums bursts in and brings you to energized life. The cycle begins again only this time with searing lead guitar solos playing over the top. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Funky and gutsy instrumental guitar rock. A bit dirty, with attitude and confidence. Combining elements of rock'n roll from the 1970's, 80's, 90's, 00's and beyond. Good for powerful media, action, fire and destruction, nascar racing, extreme sports and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 102 BPM]
A powerful piece of epic action music with elements of dramatic power, full on soaring melody lines, and hard hitting percussion patterns. Great for that modern hybrid epic dramatic style sound, and to give your visuals that big Hollywood edge. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
Powerful, dramatic orchestral track with a sense of an imminent attack about to happen. Danger, conflict, tension, preparing to go to battle, not knowing what awaits. This film score style track has a cinematic, epic sound, great for action, adventure, thriller type productions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Battle drums / marching percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Slow, spacious, brooding, atmospheric, heat-soaked, sinister, cinematic, edgy, suspense-filled soundscape that makes you feel like you've been out lying in a sun-baked desert for days, desperate for water. Would suit filmic / crime / documentary / dramatic type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
A grand, epic track that is not very aggressive or dark, but rather more illuminating, sacred, expectant. Rousing and regal, with a victorious / triumphant 'resolve' at the end. Good for fantasy, sci-fi, historical/cultural, grand entry, rising force, etc. Amazement / Heroism / Illumination / Uprising. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 150 BPM]
A gritty and harsh, semi-orchestra, semi-electronic music track with a very edgy futuristic feel. Dramatic and ominous music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Very sparse underscore, almost a void. Scraping pads, unrecognizable, resonant sounds. A place of unease and disease, sneaking, hiding. Great as a sci-fi, thriller or horror backdrop. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Eerie, tense, percussive soundscape with a relentless spooky melody, dark metalic FX and flute sweeps. Atmospheric with a sense of suspense and imminent danger. Menacing and sinister. 48 hours, The Mentalist, Castle, Alien Invasion, crime drama, horror, Sci-Fi. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
A pure percussion only action thriller track. Big cymbals and big orchestral percussion combine with conga drums, for a tense action feel. Great for battle, chase, fight, sports, extreme sports, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 80 BPM]
High energy electronic beat mixing elements of hip hop, house, pop and ethnic music, creating an exotic and mysterious feeling. Very modern, groovy and dark. The piece can find usage in action scenes, extreme sports, adventure, high impact footage; as good as for night club, sexy scenes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Dark, dramatic, evil, climactic, spacey, malevolant, sinister, mean, tribal, foreboding, scary rock track with atmospheric and menacing synths meshing with pounding, dynamic, heavy drums. Would suit thriller / action / crime / horror / halloween / space / cinematic / extreme sport type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 112 BPM]
Pensive / Active / Uneasy / Hurried Music. Neo-classical, light orchestra arrangement, suitable as music for film, drama, TV and other media. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 156 BPM]
A very intense, dramatic and action filled, orchestral / symphonic film soundtrack piece. Hard stabbing horns, marching drums, tense and dramatic orchestral movements. Great for sci-fi, military, action, chase, battle, war, conflict. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
