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.
Orchestra and drums pound out an aggressive theme perfect for a super villain, or a tense scene in a film or TV show. Could work well for sports action: down but not out, making the final push against adversaries. Or also a street battle brewing in a dark and sinister city late at night.Choir blasts in the last section to add an epic swell right before the music abruptly ends, in the style of film trailers. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
It’s about to go down! Mixing hip hop breaks and orchestral brass and strings to create that classic ‘fight night’ sound. Features the vocal hooks, 'Getting ready for showtime' and 'Y’all ready? Let’s go' - Ideal music for combat sports, gangster theme tunes and games as well as advertising masculine products. Exciting and powerful music. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
A dark blockbuster type music track filled with metal percussion, dramatic string section, and loud, mixed choir at the end of the track. Suitable as music for trailers, tense times, fantasy, sci-fi and war. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A gutsy and groovy power rocker music track with a high speed, a mean riff and a bad attitude. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 188 BPM]
A slow and mean, gutsy and powerful music track, hard rocker with a stinking attitude and a huge sound. Gritty / Powerful / Mean / Determined Music. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
A dark and atmospheric Trap / Drill beat with monstrous brass stabs creates a feeling of impending doom. Great for use with combat sports, crime, gaming, sci-fi and animation. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Big, rugged action track, with mystery. Evokes a feeling of a inspired group marching toward a common goal. Also good for crime / crime in progress / criminal investigation, etc. Features large Epic Percussion. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Mysterious and exciting score track with a modern sound featuring synths and strings. Good for mystery, thriller and suspenseful action movies. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 160 BPM]
Dubstep beats and bass topped with beautiful ambience and haunting piano to create a unique sound. Note; There is some deliberate fuzzy glitches / scratchy type sounds in this track. This is done on purpose, and is not an error with the file. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 136 BPM]
An atmospheric groove and guitar track that's calming and inspiring at the same time. A repetitive, jazzy bass pattern supports floating pads and sensitive guitar melodics. Somewhere between lounge, chillout, smooth jazz and blues. Tasteful and appealing. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Smooth, warm, pulsating and delicately groovy electronica. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 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]
Classic 1960's pop-rock sound. Surf rock style with twangy electric guitars and retro organ. Swinging 60's. Groovy, baby. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Crime or conflict oriented piano and orchestra music track, with a lot of metallic percussion and powerful blasts. Mystical, eerie, tense and with an underlying sense of threat and unease. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 145 BPM]
A hard hitting Big Beat track featuring a determined, although downtempo, methodical rhythm with rough and touch, gritty and nasty riffs. Suitable for tough guys on the street, mean machine, high tech warfare or battle / brawl / fight. Also inner city chase, tough guy cops / secret agents / undercover spy, moving into position. A sense of determination, never-give-up siege mentality. Relentless, groovy and funky. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A hard hitting metal rock / hard rock track, with a heavy impact and big attitude. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Doom-laden, strong, determined, epic Hip Hop / Trap. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A-tonal Techno stabs and synths dance over a grooving bass line, mechanical and wonderfully weird, great with technology, sports music, urban / streets, extreme sports, funky machinery and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 107 BPM]
Heavy metal style guitar riffing and squelchy analog synths. Gritty and punchy. [Tempo: Fast / 104 BPM]
A mix of orchestral and electronic elements, bringing a track full of suspense and tension. Underscore track for intrigue, crime, conspiracy and troubled times. Film soundtrack style track, with both a dark and a light side, with a strong foreboding sense of impending conflict. Pensive, dark. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Pounding live drums and heavy metal guitars combined with distorted synths. Funky metal groove, ideal for radical sports, fighting, MMA, Military and any other masculine subject. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Cool and confident swagger rock music track with a lot of attitude. Medium tempo. Infectious guitar riffs, clapping and wah-wah guitar licks. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Dramatic, emotional and determined cinematic rock track featuring piano, distorted guitars and strong drums.Good for films, trailers, action TV and more. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Pulsating, monotonous bass. Occasional repetitive piano melody. Minimal percussion, building sound effects. Evokes a sense of menace, mystery, uncertainty and tension. Suitable for dramatic films, spies and undercover agents, criminals / crime in progress and stakeout operations. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
Action, dramatic and epic track made with percussion, orchestra and more. Great for creating tension and a dramatic atmosphere in your project. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 70 BPM]
Powerful and doom-laden Hip Hop beat music, with ominous stabs and orchestral elements. Strong stoic feel. Good for sports and epic stuff with an urban twist. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 81 BPM]
A slow paced, dark theme track with cold piano and static noise elements. Made in a genre of chill step or liquid dubstep, this track creates a great dark or disturbing atmosphere without sounding too dissonant. The deep, low bass is riddled with distorted effects. Haunting piano sound distant and eerie. This track will work well for scenes of separation, depression, dark times etc. Also works in CSI investigation or crime scene / undercover etc. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Steady, rhythmic electronic tension with cinematic impacts and big drums elements and Techno music influence. Power / Edgy / Future music track. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Intense, driven, exciting, adrenalised, thrilling progressive rock track with great urgency & forward momentum. A sound like Dream Theater or Symphony-X with some super heavy riffs and some parts more melodic. Also some use of 7/8ths time signature. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
A swing jazz track with sneaky energy, ideal for setting the scene for a high-stakes bank heist. Its playful yet suspenseful mood captures the essence of a daring escape, making it a perfect fit for action-packed sequences, capers, or any thrilling moment where the characters outwit their pursuers in style. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 130 BPM]
Royalty free gutsy, gritty and heavy power-rock. All-out blazing guitars, taking no prisoners. Tough and unruly. [Tempo: Medium / 165 BPM]
Gritty, slamming Blues-rock, Rocktronica & EDM fx, with a mean streak. Great for things like action, chase, crime in progress, criminal activity, sports and action-sports, motorsports, anything macho, big cojones, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Powerful, hard-hitting trailer music - hybrid rock meets gritty electronica. Infectious guitar riffs and pounding drums. Bold / fearless / urgent / tough music. [Tempo: Fast / 176 BPM]
Powerful, intense, mean, dark, atmospheric, epic, foreboding, determined, thrilling, brutal, menacing, rock / metal track with immense malevolant energy and raw, gutsy, gritty drive. Would suit action / thriller / combat / war / extreme sports type projects. The main beat and drive sets in at about 01:23. [Tempo: Slow / 146 BPM]
Apprehensive and dramatic sound design intro growing in power and confidence with orchestra and percussion. Strong / Epic / Powerful. Very dark music track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
A hard hitting, wall of noise type, guitar rock track drawing on classic and modern rock styles. Heavy chugging guitars, blasting drums, high energy level. Exciting, rough, dirty and grinding, with a dark edge. Good for things like dangerous stunts, wild sports, raw Nascar racing, extreme engine power, ultimate fighting championship, and much more. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
Spacious, moody, dreamy, atmospheric, other-worldly synths combine with simple piano lines & a steady beat to make tense, eerie, thoughtful & slightly unnerving music that would suit documentary / thriller / mystery / crime / spy / horror type projects. Dark & haunting. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Blues banjo riffs over a dirty breakbeat, with a solo slide guitar on top. Great for modern western, american drama and desert or muddy reality shows. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
Retro rock. Twangy guitars with tremolo, cool, genuine and accurately recreated 1960's or early 1970's sound. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A super heavy, aggressive metal track with exotic, middle eastern and classical influences. In the style of Meshuggah, Korn, Survival by Muse, Periphery, Deftones and Dream Theater. Lead by distorted 8 string guitar riffage for huge, intense and dramatic uses like UFC, NFL, WWE and extreme sports. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 166 BPM]
A powerful and gutsy hard rock / metal track with guts and attitude, and with a bluesy edge. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 122 BPM]
Mid- to down tempo hip-hop with urban / R&B flavor. Confident and slightly dramatic with strings. Good for urban drama, hip hop, city stories, police drama, crime drama and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 102 BPM]
Gritty, gutsy, intense, lively, raw, aggressive, wicked, heavy, driven and uncompromising modern metal track. A groove that would suit action thriller / extreme sports / motorsports / combat type projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 138 BPM]
Distorted vocals, fuzz guitars and heavy drums, on a slow yet powerful blues rock groove, in the style of The Black Keys and John Spencer Blues Explosion. Lyrics are about drinking and forgetting your problems. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. 70's / Aggressive / Bluesy Music. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Slamming, aggressive electro-rock with an industrial edge. Mangled and processed beats, distorted guitar licks. Busy, fragmented. Extreme sports, fighting, dirty/grinding footage etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
A cutting edge mash-up of Funk, Drum'n Bass, Tech-Step and Breakbeat. Good as an action theme, or a theme for Crime / Spy / Secret Agent. Up-tempo beats with funky bass and guitar with more swirley, trippy synth pads, give the track an Edgy feel. Also good for sports, X-sports, mechanicals / motorsports and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Staccato, busy hardcore electro breakbeats. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Synth and orchestra, in the style of modern thrillers like the Bourne movies. The music keeps the suspense going yet doesn't get big or overly busy. Perfect under dialog. Perhaps someone is being followed, without their knowledge. Things are quiet now, but conflict looms ahead. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
Rough and gritty electronica combined with a heavy metal guitar riff. Downtempo, processed rock style drums and glitchy synths & samplers combine to create a funky and rough electro-rock track with a big, massive sound. The dissonant piano patterns give the track a somewhat trippy / psychedelic feel. For a more straight feel, the Underscore version is also available, without the trippy piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Hip Hop styled theme to the urban underworld. Groovey beats combine with plucked strings, synth pads and leads to make a hypnotic and unnervingly atmospheric soundscape. Don't look behind you. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
