Royalty-Free Music for crime mysteries and crime thillers; in particular, the tracks we've put in this area represent the music that we felt would go well with Gangsters, Drug dealers, Tough guys and general Bad-Asses. The music will tend to have a slow, mean beat, sometimes Hip-Hop or Urban based music but also sometimes more Orchestral / Classic style music that can be used to illustrate the Bad Guy in your production. This music will tend to have a cold, ruthless edge to it.
Edgy, rough and determined electro-funk / techno crossover with a Big Beat sound. Hard edged staccato synth licks. Aggressive, dominant, mechanical and forceful. Good for car chase scene, mech warfare, modern war machines, fights and brawls, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Fast, heavy, high adrenaline, straight for the jugular, metal bruiser. great energy, motivation & relentless momentum.Verses are spacious and atmosperic. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
If you want dynamic heavy rock ,then this is it ! Unusual track that starts with a very spacey mellow intro and then explodes into anintensely powerful and heavy riff-based chorus part. In the mid, the peaceful and trancey intro returns only to be blown away once more by walls of guitars and drums. Contains guitars, bass, strings and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 136 BPM]
Super Cheezy groovy theme to a non existent cop show. The mood is a cross between the Inspector Morse, Bergerac and Starsky and Hutch. Lots of strings, brass and jazzified drums. [Tempo: Medium / 85 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]
Mexican trumpet over guitars and solemn church bell. Dark, sinister and dramatic with a pulp / Tarantino'esque feel. [Tempo: Slow / 74 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]
Very staccato, urban hip-hop inspired beatz with a sense of mystery and intrigue. Good for urban scenes, film/background, inner city stories, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Classic blues sound. Wailing blues guitar, with a slowly grinding electric guitar riff. Only two guitars, no drums or anything else. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
A sparse, cut-down, deep & funky hip-hop track. Pop-corn like cheesy synth, orch riffs, sub bass. [Tempo: Fast / 95 BPM]
Fresh and funky hip-hop beats. Dancing, party, feelgood vibes. Cool and funked. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Stripped-down, funky hip-hop. Dry and transparent, sub bass, crisp electronic drums, occasional orchestral licks and subtle voices. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Hip-Hop track with a mysterious / mystery feel. Scratching with howls, sinewave synths and later a deep swelling bass. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Hip-hop track with a sort of sinking feeling. Downwards spiraling, subte synth lead, sparse hiphop beat, sub bass. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Downtempo hip hop, urban style beat with a dramatic edge. Orchestral strings over downtempo, gritty hiphop beatz. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Techno / breakbeat choppy and processed beats meet up with heavy metal guitar riffs in a gritty, grindy, industrial, techno-rock mash-up. Hectic / frantic, nervous and twitchy. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Hectic, stressed and frantic techno-rock mashup. Gritty and dirty, stressed and unnerving, the guitar riff bites relentlessly like a nasty attack dog. This track would go well with fighting and brawling, extreme sports footage, hellish and painful endurance, post apocalyptic metal hell, chase scenes, destruction and mayhem. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A dark and melancholic electro-ambient track with swirling synths and a powerful, pounding beat. This track has a dark side but also a hint of hope, while remaining edgy and strong. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
A staccato and forward driven, mid-tempo urban beat. Strong beat and slightly "off key" guitar and Rhodes licks give the track a somewhat dirty streets or underground feel. Constant synth pulse bass gives it a nice and funky rhythmic drive. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A different job every week is the life of someone "down for the hustle". An upbeat rap song with bright synths and piano stabs keeps this one interesting. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
A gritty, quirky, nu-retro, slightly psychedelic track perfect for action/crime films and tv. Think Oceans 11 or CSI, heists and carefree bad guys on the run. A powerful, edgy groove featuring distorted electric piano and bass, guitar, drums and synth. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
A mellow, funky trip-hop track with spacey moog synth, spoken vocals, vinyl scratching, sax samples and laidback beat. Perfect for creating a dark, lounging, contemporary vibe. Available with or without a female vocal occasionally saying "I'm Feeling You". [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Hip Hop meets Miles Davis in this irresistibly groovy, funky Acid Jazz track. Great for any project in need of an urban vibe with a touch of sophistication. Features Trumpet, Electric Piano, Bass and Drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Relaxing by the pool or on the beach with a bbq, beer and sunshine. This is the perfect contemporary reggae groove fused with soulful, jazzy melodies to give you a groovy, sexy summer vibe. Features live horns, organ, piano, drums, bass, mouth harp and clavinet. NOTE: This track has a deliberate “old vinyl record scratching” sound throughout. This is on purpose and is not a problem or error with the file. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Powerful and dramatic future retro Funk perfect for action scenes, spy's, superheroes, impossible missions, confrontations or any project looking for a contemporary track with a retro twist that packs a punch. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Uplifting and Funky Disco track with an authentic 70s vibe. Features Horns, Slap Bass, Guitars, Keyboards and Drums. Great for any project in need of a retro soundtrack from the 70s. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Fresh, funky and catchy track. Smokin' funk-rock track performed on guitar, bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
This is a film soundtrack with an epic vibe. Orchestral arrangement with a lot of tension and energy. Ideal for war, battle and fight themed films with a brooding feel. Emotional and Heroic feelings that bring a lot of inspiration to the listener. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
Aggressive track of evolving suspense and tension, odd and mysterious at times, dark and ominous at times. A punch in your face! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
A sad, heartfelt string atmosphere that is ideal for evoking a tender, dramatic ambience. Live and sensitive performance with a sweet expressive melody and a melancholic, passionate arrangement that pulls at the heartstrings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A great track to add excitement and movement to a scene. Big percussion and full orchestra dominate, a huge-sounding trak. Works perfectly with movie trailers, chase scenes, escape scenes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 120 BPM]
A sci-fi oriented track that we had trouble finding the right category for, featuring sputtering, arpeggiating analogue synthesizers, space echoes, weird spacey sounds. Desolate. Isolation, paranoia, horror, space, scifi. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A rather strange mix of battle percussion and old, twangy, tremolo guitars with a slight Mexican "danger" feel. Suitable perhaps as a chase or battle scene in a cult film or film noir. A unique track with a somewhat weird edge. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
Dramatic hip-hop instrumental. Slightly dark and gloomy with R&B feel. Slow tempo, lush string section and deep piano give the track a certain sense of doom or seriousness. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A cinematic / dramatic Hip-Hop / R&B track with orchestral strings mixed with a down tempo urban beat. Good for youth drama, urban stories and more. Classical music meets hip hop. A slight sense of glooom, or at least seriousness. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 102 BPM]
A rough and dirty, guitar riffing rock track with a daring / confident / risky / gritty feel. Has a certain level of energy and aggression, but without going into heavy metal - more classic rock style. Slight retro feel. Good for "rough and tumble" motor sports etc. Rowdy / Sexy / Saucy / Frisky / Edgy. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A sneaky and subtly pensive background / underscore track, suitable for mystery, discovery, exploration and for history / documentary etc. This is music that you don't really 'notice' as it doesn't stand out or grab the attention. It just stays in the background and provides a creepy, uneasy, mysterious atmosphere. Has a sense of dangers lurking nearby. The track is over 6 minutes long with no repetition at all, so it can be played in a loop for a long time without getting too repetitive. Can also be used for crime / criminal police / forensic investigation, puzzle solving etc. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Rough / Classic Rock / Fun Sports: Gritty and edgy guitar riffing with a moderately uptempo rock beat and a good forward drive. Suitable for sports, action, X-games, stunts and pranks, etc. Elements of classic rock and college rock. [Tempo: Fast / 164 BPM]
Predators are closing in, tension builds, an attempted escape, a chase. This is an fully orchestral cinematic score of underlying horror and suspense that builds up. Key of D, 120 bpm. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
Funky, Hard Electronica / Dark Dub. With Grime and Drum'n Bass influences. Machine like / Robotic / Harsh / Gritty. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Dark Dub / Breaks. Downtempo, grimy beats. Machine like, Futuristic, Funky, Dark Electronica. Robotic / Mechanical / Dark & Weird / Strong. Also available without the vocal samples. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A pulsing and pensive musical background for mystery, intrigue, processing, analyzing or perhaps just a story unfolding before our eyes. This music track has a slight sense of mechanical or perhaps clockwork- it starts with a simple pizzicato pulse and develops over time, but always keeps its initial nerve and sense of activity and problem solving. Mysterious / Forensics / Undercover Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Edgy and suspense cinematic music track made with orchestra, synths and other various effects. Action / Spy / Tension Music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 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]
Dark and gritty music featuring an introspective piano melody and underlying guitar riff and drone textures that create a reflective and suspenseful mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
Big rock with big energy and aggressive guitars. This track targets the Rock/Pop genre. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A industrial style percussive track with large bigger than life cinematic production which invites the audience into a story. As the drums become more and more intense towards the end and throughout the cue the use of rhythm and metal industrial percussion brings the music to a climatic, epic and dramatic conclusion. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
Dark and brooding, glitchy and mechanical electronica gives an unsettling feeling, works great for hi-tech and telecoms, futuristic scenes and bad robots. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Rhythmic pulsing orchestral music track with a scientific and anticipation aura. Curious and epic music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
Tense, building free jazz underscore. Pulsing,hypnotic,and intense low-tempo track,with atmospheric synth sounds and a slow build up. It brings to mind a sense of danger and anticipation. Nice for productions that require a dense, dark and a bit scary backdrop, such as features and TV shows. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]