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.
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]
A very nasty industrial-electronic track with vicious, pounding percussion and a violent, edgy and gritty sound. Violence / Horror / Sci-fi / Destruction / Alarm / Madness. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
Dramatic, intense, powerful, groovy, dark, primitive, moody & visceral. Dangerous & brooding hard rocker with a malevolent, menacing blues edge to it. Slowly builds in tension and power as it goes. Mean, raw & calculated. Would suit action / thriller / horror / halloween type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 144 BPM]
Driven and determined electronic track featuring hard and edgy synth sounds. Constantly moving with a tense and dramatic feel, perhaps for spy, undercover mission, action, chase etc. 130 BPM. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
A tension building track great for action and adventure scenes or reality game show programming. Features unique drum rhythms, a harmonic piano ostinato, synth motifs, and string riffs. [Tempo: Medium / 64 BPM]
Cool, laidback yet uplifting retro funk track perfect for accompanying any 70’s themed project featuring wah guitars, organ, bass, drums and synth. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Uniquely intense riff-fest with a Japanese flavour to it. Interwoven koto lines begin the track and are soon overrun by a huge deluge of distorted guitar riffs, bass and drums. These two groups of instruments dual and parry through the tune giving great dynamics and drama. [Tempo: Fast / 121 BPM]
An edgy and energetic rock track that oozes confidence and swagger. A solid and gritty bassline is at the heart of this track that is full of passion and confidence, reminiscent of Nirvana and grunge music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Spacey & atmospheric electro-groove-rock track. Leslied guitars combine with plucked santoor, staccato organ & synth pads to make a fun & slightly exotically Arabian beat-fest. Very hypnotic. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 127 BPM]
Filtered and distorted bass guitar, processed drums and biting guitar riffs. Similar to Crystal Method or The Matrix etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
Beaty, bouncey, electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively and driven. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
Dark, spacey, ethereal and slightly menacing electronic track.Synth pads and noises create a black & sinister soundscape as slow-grooving drums and bass creep towards you. [Tempo: Slow / 106 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]
Fun and heavy pop rock song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumentalversion. [Tempo: Fast / 133 BPM]
Percussion only track / Battle drums. Tracks with Drums only are useful for action sequences, fight scenes, war and battles, macho sports and exertion, powerful imagery, dramatic trailers and more. Also available as seamlessly looping Drum loops / Percussion loops. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 94 BPM]
Raw and gritty sound design with an industrial mood. Cinematic / Power / Action / Violent music track. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 90 BPM]
Intense, mechanical-sounding dubstep with a relentless industrial beat and raw synths. Chaotic and wild, suitable for extreme sports, action, sci-fi and computer games! [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 140 BPM]
Slightly dark electronic drums and synths. It's slow tempo works well with slow motion scenes, or in an underground nightclub montage scene a la Blade. Also for crime investigation etc. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
Crushing, pumped, mean, no-nonsense, riff-heavy, groovy, go-for-the-throat metal track with great shuffle feel. Thrilling, intense, powerful & loud! Would suit extreme sports / combat / action thriller type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 142 BPM]
Ethnic soul - stirring Indian music. Depicts spirit, character, attitude, outlook, approach, essence of a situation. Tabla, dholak, duff, sitars, santoor, morchang, udo pots, flute. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Sneaky, suspicious underscore track for film, tv, media. Spy / Secret Agent / Crime. Sneaking, hiding, stalking, searching. Perhaps investigating or finding clues, or possible track and follow mission. Dark and mysterious. [Tempo: Slow / 92 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 dramatic, serious electronic track featuring elements of dubstep and electro. Atmospheric and groovy. Useful for new technology and scientific as well as automotive kind of productions [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
Ominous and arid western atmosphere, inspired by modern TV drama like Breaking Bad, CSI and Banshee. Slide guitars over a driving rhythm. Crime and gangster feel, as well as police investigation mood. Cinematic / Western / Crime Music. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A 1970's style retro crime or spy funk underscore. All the ingredients are here... The repetitive bass line, the lo-fi funky drums, the mystery guitar and the suspended chords. Great for spy, crime, police, or any cool, rough presentation. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Bold, edgy, atmospheric, adventurous, confident, dramatic, rhythmic, sinister, driven, tension-filled cinematic rock royalty free music track with great forward momentum & suspense. exciting, dynamic, groovy, animated & powerful. would suit filmic / action / thriller / sports / combat type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A dark, staccato, mechanical sounding orchestral movie soundtrack theme. Industrial, futuristic, menacing. The track builds up several times and at one point cuts it down to only grinding metal and huge percussion slams. It then builds in tension with a sense of increasing danger and urgency. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
Dark, pulsating thriller underscore. Deep percussion, orchestral sweeps, synthesizer pulses; a great combination of symphonic and electronic elements with big percussion. Suspenseful thriller, crime, spy mission material. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Slightly dark, eerie & sinister electronic rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and guitar. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 119 BPM]
A serious and edgy track that builds in tension. Instruments include electric & acoustic guitars, strings, harp and percussion. Great for full length trailers. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 111 BPM]
The massive brass and string stabs in this intense modern orchestral track will bring an epic jolt of energy to any production. Good for promos, commercials and trailers. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 144 BPM]
Stripped down to a simple pulse, an electronic minimalist beat comes in after 1 min. [Tempo: Medium / 102 BPM]
Uplifting driving energised beat with fat guitar riffs. Foo Fighters meets Satriani with a hint of AC/DC or ZZ Top. All you need is a Mustang and some Arizona plains to cruise across. [Tempo: Fast / 75 BPM]
A hybrid psychedelic metal track featuring haunting and hellish fx vocals over blistering rock guitars and live drums. With lots variation in the arrangement this classic metal vibe is ideal for biker gang scenes and just as suited to mixed martial arts and modern bad ass vampire scenes. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Nervous action / thriller underscore. Stakeout, movement, urgency, ticking bomb. This track has a strong and tense nerve, as if everthing is going to blow at any second. Good tension, helped by severely distorted synths and guitars mixed in with the semi-orchestral textures. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Dangerous but upbeat hip hop track great for television, commercials, ads, presentations about anything urban, street, and modern. Big beats, a strong bassline, and catchy hook vocals. [Tempo: Fast / 116 BPM]
More of a groove, than a song. A monotoneous, ever grinding dark synth pulse, rough rock style drums and a dark, synthetic, almost poisonous groove. Rough and determined. [Tempo: Slow / 77 BPM]
A driving, swinging modern jazz track influenced by Lalo Schifrin's Mission Impossible theme. Features Flute, Vibraphone, Piano, Upright Bass and Drums. Great for action, adventure, commercials, documentaries, live applications or any project in need of some dynamic, cool, sophisticated jazz. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Nervous action adventure underscore. Ticking rhythm, uncertain pulses, mysterious notes. A sense of urgency and impending danger. Suitable for crime drama, thriller, spy mystery, criminal investigation, reality TV, sci-fi drama and more. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Creepy, sinister, beautiful, haunting, heavy, spacious, determined, powerful & intense orchestral metal track with an exotic, slightly Eastern flavour and a hypnotic, slow groove. Atmospheric, exotic and calculated. Would suit cinematic / mystery / foreign / drama type projects. Note: Deliberately 'gritty' sound on the piano. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
A very determined, mean spirited and down-and-dirty power rock music track. Bad attitude, mean, powerful and gritty. Also available as an Underscore music version, without the lead guitars. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Sneaky, gloomy, pensive, dark and suspenseful underscore. Subtle, pulsating percussion, mystery guitar notes, low key staccato strings and occasional subtle marching snare. Nervous strings. Great for spy, thriller, mystery, undercover or secret missions - hiding, sneaking. [Tempo: Slow / 91 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]
A fusion of warm, ambient soundscapes, electro echos and cool melodies gaining momentum with the introduction of drum'n'bass beats. High bass guitars, clean electric pianos and gritty leads complete with breakdowns. Suitable for extreme sports where your action shots are slowed down in HD. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 168 BPM]
Fast, exciting, intense, frantic, driven, edgy, energised, motivated, hectic cinematic rock track combining spacious synths, frenetic drums & walls of distorted guitars. Crazy, heavy, explosive, relentless, highly dramatic music that would suit action / sports / extreme / combat / military type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 111 BPM]
Suspense-filled heavy guitar dance track. Meaty and angular beats combine with synth basslines, sequences and pads. Very filmic, slightly dark and full of tense energy. Contains synths, drum units and distorted guitars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Dark ambient synth pulse, made for tension, mystery and suspense. Besides the main track, this piece comes in many different seamless loops which can be used in combination with each other to 'build' the soundtrack needed for a scene, in a modular way. Simply place the different loops on the timeline, in a way that matches your on-screen action, or blend, combine, crop and join the loop pieces to create your own 'version' of the track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A dark and cinematic industrial piece, with pulsing percussion, nerve wracking metallic sounds, and heavy electronic synth tracks. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Cool and funky instrumental track featuring powerful bass and drum, groove ideal for cop shows, car chases, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A dramatic tension track that opens with rhythmic and melodic synth lines and builds with light percussion, piano, strings, and brass motifs. Perfect for action and adventure scenes or reality game show programming. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
