Go here for music to support scenes of forensic investigations, information analysis and investigations / detective work. This music often has a sense of mystery and 'puzzles' combined perhaps with feelings of technology and cutting-edge investigation techniques and tools. Shows like CSI, Silent Witness, real-life crime documentaries, criminal investigation programs and films often use music in this genre. In some of these tracks, you can almost hear the ticking of the machinery, the thought processes that solve the conondrums and find that vital part of information that solves the puzzle.
Distorted ambient screeches, deep booming drone, reverberant pipe hits. Scattered congas. Dark, horror. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
A soundtrack for mystery and intrigue. Uneasy stirrings. Suspicion, underlying tension. An elegant mystery theme in classic TV/film style. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Ambient/Electronica with guitar. Moody, developing. Slight Peter Gabriel influence. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Jazzy, urban, electronic, downtempo vibes. Somewhere between Chill-out and Acid Jazz, with strange soundscapes and retro, slow'ish jazz-funk grooves. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Downtempo, rough hip-hop track with a sense of mystery, danger, maybe undercover mission, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Minimalist piano and glockenspiel, atmospheric percussion, melodic and mysterious. Slight medieval fantasy, foreign, adventure feel. Also a little mischievous, playful. Good for fantasy games, RPG/Role Playing games, fantasy worlds etc. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
An uneasy, unsettlilng and somewhat mystical film score / soundtrack with an edgy sound combining synthesizers and piano. Mystery / Intrigue / Crime / Regret / Forensics / Analytics / Criminal Investigation. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
A smooth lounge chillout track with a mellow and nostalgic trumpet lead. Slow, longing but also optimistic trumpet melody. Reminiscing, memories and reflection. The underscore version of this track leaves out the main trumpet lead. [Tempo: Medium / 93 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 / 90 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]
Beaty, driven, electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively with great momentum. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Slow, spacey, ethereal, cinematic piece. A plucked string pulse is overlaid with simple beautiful piano lines, acoustic guitar chords and emotive strings. Would suit filmic/cinematic/detective/thriller type projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 144 BPM]
Spacious, groovy, insistent, catchy, driven, curiously intriguing & slightly dark electronic track combining syncopated beats, fat bass & repetitive synth hooks. Would suit corporate / news / science / discovery / detective type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Playful, mid-tempo swingtime live jazz quartet. Cheeky, groovy feelgood acoustic jazz. Drums, upright bass, piano, tenor saxophone. [Tempo: Medium / 148 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]
Smooth and Dramatic Music. Features synth keyboard along with modern hip-hop drums to give a mysterious, slightly edgy feeling. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
A slick, modern mid-tempo music track with a strong sense of technology, science and innovation. Confident and classy music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Staccato and nervous, semi-orchestral tension underscore. Undercover, dangerous mission. Few guitar notes mixed with symphonic elements and a pulsating rhytmic backdrop. Movement, getting into position, primed and ready for action. Great for spy, mystery, thriller, crime, secret mission, military or swat team etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
A pulsating and pensive, dark underscore. Good for thriller, crime, forensics, investigation, dark subjects. [Tempo: Very slow / 60 BPM]
Cold, dystopian music. Foreboding. Ambient, haunting beginning and end parts and a more harsh middle section with violent, distorted stabs. Methodical, lost, spacey. Good for scifi, dark futures, space music, extraterrestrial exploration, etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
Chilled out ambient electronica. Spacious and warm synth melody, filtered percussion, cool tripped out beats, sliding sub bassline and uplifting strings. Atmospheric and reflective. Great for night time scenes, exploration, contemplation and much more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
Low-tempo drum track, with a jazzy feel to it. It creates an intense, atmospheric and sophisticated backdrop. Its variations get listeners into a voyage from steady to shaky, with a sense of anticipation in the last third. Suitable for productions that require a minimalist, yet elegant soundscape. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
Slow, mysterious electronica/chillout – spacious synths and hypnotic bassline. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A nice mystery theme, slightly inspired by films and series such as The X-Files and many others. Think crime investigation, forensics, mysterious evidence, detective cases. CSI meets X-Files meets Forensic Investigatons meets Missing Without a Trace etc. Would also make a great theme for a game show, drama, or a commercial. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a mass epidemic. Orchestral with piano, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Slow / 77 BPM]
An intricate and evolving piece of music that moves into more energetic sounds. Has senses of exploration, mystery, adventure and wonder. Slight 1980's influence. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A sweeping, softly swaying, romantic chillout music. Orchestral strings and piano, joined a little later by a laidback,subtle, Enigma-like beat. Flute also joins in later. Sensual and emotional. A mix between the classic (string orchestra, piano, flute) and the modern (laidback drum machine beat). Classy, elegant, delicate. [Tempo: Slow / 60 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]
Dramatic, hypnotic & edgy electro-rock track with great nervous tension and forward momentum. Would suit medical / spy / mystery / thriller type drama projects. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
Ethnic flutes and duduk, orchestra and percussion. Someone is on a long journey and is in a cold and foreign land. Great for travel documentaries or suspenseful scenes in TV and film. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
A unique combination of processed piano, bowed banjo and strings. A mood of reflection, sadness and a sense of time passing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
This track starts with subtle, mysterious bells before sweeping up to a massive, epic, grand orchestration. Suitable for fantasy, sci-fi, war & conflict, movie trailer, film or game intro scenes, getting ready for battle, etc. This track is recorded with a live philharmonic orchestra. [Tempo: Fast / 115 BPM]
Ambient background music for science, research, technology, development. This track is rather subtle, neither "major" nor "minor" but neutral in mood and slightly mystical. Neutral / Imaginative / Spatial / Insightful. The 'Alternative Mix' version uses a different, brighter and clearer sound for its main melodic pattern, which gives it more 'presence'. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
This cue is a dark tension builder that is designed to set a suspenseful mood. It is reminiscent of eerie soundtracks such as Saw, Dexter, Silent Hill etc. It has paranormal overtones and peaks with a massive, intensely cinematic stinger. It would be well suited to horror, psychological thrillers and scenes requiring an unsettling suspense. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark, determined and forceful techno / mech / hard core / industrial rock track. Gutsy, gritty guitar riffs with Big Beat drums and squelching, acidic synths. Show of force, dirty and gritty racing and power cars, film/movie car chase scene, extreme sports and motor sports etc. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Slow technology pulse with an aire of importance, truth and serious business. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Royalty free Ambient New Age music. 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: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
Cinematic track with a mysterious and dark atmosphere full of anticipation. Great for crime films, documentaries, investigation news and videos. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark and mysterious soundbed, psychological terror, isolated fear, social drama, malevolent and sinister. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A orchestral hybrid royalty free music cue, the use of 70's / 80's synths in combination with the common orchestra, this piece has a modern Sci-Fi feel with an A-list Hollywood production. The use of orchestral hits throughout this cue gives momentum and pace to any scene, as the piece concludes it ranges in dynamics to give the most dramatic end. Dramatic / Tension / Apocalypse Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 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 suggestive track for mystery and intrigue. Piano and strings give this track a classic mystery feel, and can also work for contemporary drama. A story unfolding… all is not what it seems. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Secret Agent or Spy Thriller material featuring funky riffs, horn sections and the unmistakable melodies of international mystery and intrigue. Inspired by James Bond 007 and other spy thriller films. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Piano, docu-style atmosphere. Eerie, tension, futuristic. [Tempo: Slow / 50 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]
Tinkling, synthetics and filtered, pulsating drum beats. An eerie atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Chilled out mid tempo electronica. Distorted 909 drums, lush pads, bright pulsey synth, rolling sub bassline, wide gritty beats. Atmospheric, reflective, soaring, meaningful and cool. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
An emotional but subtle film soundtrack score. Strings and piano, good for drama, personal reflection. Introspective, hopeful but apprehensive. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
A moving, liquid, driving underscore, hybrid, combining electronic and orchestral elements. String and piano leads with percussion and synthesizer elements. Futuristic and organic feel. Tense, ominous. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
This tranquil ambient music track is sparse but vast – easily blended with themes of technology music, science, medicine and the future. With its reverb-drenched synth pads, looming drone and arpeggiator, this track ebbs and flows, keeping a steady pulse and evoking confidence and positive outcomes. Its ambiance is excellent music for medical, tech, corporate videos, scientific-based podcasts, drone shots, exploration, docu-biographies, and travel. [Tempo: Slow / 119 BPM]
