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.
Dangerous, nervous, dark thriller underscore. Twitchy synth just underneath the surface of a dark string- and piano texture. Sneaking, hiding, stakeout, mystery, secret mission and grave danger. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Dark and subtly dramatic underscore for film, tv, game or any visual media. Foreboding, serious, perhaps political or law thriller, undercover or dangerous mission. Pensive, mysterious piano notes, nervous strings, brass crescendi and an understated rhythmic pulse. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
Dark thriller underscore. Slowly moving pads and rhythms, reverberant percussion, seriously deep bass notes. Impending, pensive, foreboding, tension, signs of danger and mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 85 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]
Dramatic film score type track with a sense of impending conflict, danger, struggle, political or military conflict. Big Hollywood sound, and great for action, thriller, mystery, spy, military drama, political drama, international conflict and much more. [Tempo: Fast / 120 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]
A very smooth and relaxed pop / R&B groove with a relaxed, mellow, swaying feel. A sense of bliss and relaxation. A nice track for commercials, presentations, properties, travel & holiday, relaxing days at the beach or at the spa, or a visit to a tranquil place. Delicate and classy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 73 BPM]
Pulsating and pensive, film/TV-score. Combination of orchestral and electronic elements. A sense of danger, urgency, dire situations. Good for dramatic Reality-TV, film score, movie soundtrack, film trailer or game trailer. Dangerous situations, emergency, build-up to a confrontation or hostile encounter, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 76 BPM]
Mystery, information dissection, ideas, data flow, crime laboratory, science or forensic examinations. Looking for clues. A slow heartbeat-like bass drum sets the pace for this quiet, intense track while delicate, urgent melodies dance on top surrounded by eerie Fx. Perfect for a CSI or E.R. style Lab scene. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
A mysterious guitar arpeggio over an hypnotic drum beat and eerie pads. 3 minute cut with added parts, intro & outro. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
A relaxed, catchy electro lounge track. Synthesizer and experimental beats. Hopeful character [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Funky smooth jazz ballad, like Randy Crawford or other blues / R&B / funk / jazz crossovers. Muted trumpet lead, soulful electric piano, jazz solo. Also available as an Underscore version, without the lead instruments. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A grand, pensive adventure or fantasy track. A short fanfare like opening leads the way into an epic sounding film score with a mysterious, mystic, ancient or foreign feel. The track closes off with several waves of ominous, grinding, stony swells. Great for movie trailer, game trailer, sci-fi drama, history/documentary and much more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 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]
Playful, mid-tempo swingtime live jazz quartet. Cheeky, groovy feelgood acoustic jazz. Drums, upright bass, piano, tenor saxophone. [Tempo: Medium / 148 BPM]
Softly swaying, live acoustic jazz built on a repeated bass pattern. Instrumental interplay, mellow and breezy style with some jazz improvisation. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Downtempo hip hop beatz, strange, weird, a little trippy or dreamy. Slightly jazzy elements with skewed chords and very subtle hints of a jazz sax. Warm, dreamy electric Rhodes piano overlays. Dark and dramatic. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A pulsating and pensive, dark underscore. Good for thriller, crime, forensics, investigation, dark subjects. [Tempo: Very slow / 60 BPM]
Uplifting and emotional rhodes piano, accordian and Cocteau Twins style guitar over a spacious and atmospheric shoegazer backing. Poignant and inspiring. Tv and Film, travel and living, documentary, drama, advertising, [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
Subtle use of piano, bells and pads. Positive, inspiring and informative. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Warm, lush and evocative atmosphere, uplifting and textural synthpads, subtely syncopated and filtered white noise. Good for scenes of beauty and discovery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark and mysterious soundbed, psychological terror, isolated fear, social drama, malevolent and sinister. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Male voices chanting in a reverberant space, with strange piano and odd sounds creating a background ambience. Religious chanting, prayers, meditation, vocalizing monks in a temple, monastery or place of worship. Great for fantasy, adventure, history, cultural, religion, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 51 BPM]
Dark and disturbing soundscape. Horror, scifi, creepy, sound design. An uneasy drone and distant, reverberant hissing noise develops into a climax at about 35 secs. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A creepy and nervous thriller/chiller underscore. Uncertainty, tension. Pensive, high piano notes over slowly oozing background textures. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
TV or film soundtrack/underscore in two sections. The first part features strings and piano over a slow, pensive rhythm. Introspective and thoughtful. Reflection and personal thought. The second part of the track is more optimistic, bright, hopeful and even joyful. Suitable for drama, adventure, film/TV, storytelling. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
A pulsating, pensive, semi-orchestral track with a nervous tension. Suitable for thriller, crime, spy conspiracy. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
Uplifting and euphoric melodic progressive house track, Balearic feel, tight and cyclic beats, subtle bell sounds and synthesizer, grinding synth bass amidst spacious atmospheres. Culture programming, travel and clubbing, advertising and marketing. Have a little patience with this one - it takes almost 3 minutes before the main beat sets in. [Tempo: Medium / 113 BPM]
Film soundtrack / underscore suitable for drama and adventure, city streets, urban living, mystery and personal stories. Lush strings and acoustic guitars. A jazzy saxophone joins in after about 1 minute. Reflection and storytelling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Slow pads with saxophone. Classic 'private detective' or late night jazz bar sound. City night, soft jazz. Surly, erotic, sensual. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 47 BPM]
A somewhat dark and moody chill-out track. Darkly pulsating bass line with swirly pads and subtle melodies. Sultry. A little bit inspired by the sound of Massive Attack. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Trancey synth sequences and an irresistible beat grab you straight away. Hypnotic dance beats and fat bass lines add to the momentum as this tune gets moving. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Fun and groovy guitar based track with a lively, bouncy shuffle feel. Verses are light and funky. The chorus brings powerful but still groovey guitar riffs. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
Tough to describe in words. A hypnotic dance throb runs through this fairly avante garde track as various synth leads come in and out. Very spacey and yet relentlessly trance inducing. Brings visions of an underground pumping, sweaty nightclub scenario to mind. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
Beatty groovey techno-synthy verses mix it up with intensely heavy rock choruses to make one mean mother of a riff-fest. [Tempo: Fast / 122 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]
Spacey, gloriously atmospheric electronic track with great dramatic drive & momentum. Would suit corporate / dramatic / mystery / documentary projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 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]
Groovy, tension-filled jazzy track utilizing tremelo'ed strings and brass for maximum drama and suspense. Theme to a city slicker's high finance dealings or to a spy's exciting & dangerous mission. [Tempo: Medium / 0 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]
Cool mid tempo minimal techno. Tight kick drum, delayed loops, bubbly pulsey synths with delay effects and squelching filtered synth bass. Dark and atmospheric. Great for sci-fi, technology, videogames, science, space, cyberspace and much more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 112 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]
Beaty, driven, electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively with great momentum. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Tensile, unearthly washes stretched over a deep sonic rumble. Ominous, discordant & menacing. Very uneasy, sneaky, mysterious, a little bit psychotic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A lonely wash drifts across a desert landscape. Sweltering, torrid & extra dry. Mysterious, haunting, uneasy. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
Smart, modish and distinctive electronic music. With a smooth and punctuating beat A.I conveys themes such as style, design, electronics, computing, new cars, future, intelligence, robotics, dynamics and fashion. Pure electronic music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Short but poignant piece with an ambient piano backed up by strings and synths, creating a sense of regret and sorrow. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A tense and threatening track that's great to use in a teaser trailer. With big percussion, synths, acoustic guitars, underlined by penetrating strings and brass. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 114 BPM]
A blast of electronics and acoustic percussion. Great to use in a chase scene, particularly if it's a chase on foot. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]