Look here for royalty-free underscores for Mystery and Suspense. Whether you're working on the scene where a mutilated body is found, or you're designing a video game where the hero sneaks around a deserted space ship, this area will provide sneaky, creepy and suspenseful music tracks. Much of this is orchestral music, but not all. Also electronic and more experimental musical sounds are used to create these tracks; most of which are subtle, ambient underscores, rather than up-front, brash compositions.
Dark and ominous, foreboding and hard pounding, cinematic track. Orchestra, choir and big drums. Dramatic / Epic / Edgy / Powerful / Dark. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
A mysterious and pensive track with an uneasy, slightly psychedelic feel. Like classic murder mysteries or a sneaky scene in a classic horror type production. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Steady, understated background groove. Electro bass and drums keep a nicely flowing, subtle tech groove going, without any real development or outstanding melody. Good for background / underscore and media use, including corporate, technology and more. Masculine, with some sense of mystery / risk. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A lush, cinematic, instrumental rock music consisting of electric guitar, bass, drums, and synths. The track starts with a solitary guitar riff, but melds together in a groove until the dynamic build up and exciting conclusion. Orbital can help create suspense, highlight a dramatic crescendo, or reinforce your cinematic environment. Moody / Atmospheric music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A suspenseful, pulsating music track featuring plucked synths, background guitars, and simple piano melody. Very dramatic and tense mood with a touch of ambient electronica. Elegant / Flowing / Mystical Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Semi-orchestral, neo classical track with a sense of expectation, something stirring, something coming this way. A very cinematic and inspiring track that gives the listener a sense of something happening, a story unfolding, a new thing arriving. Positive and developing. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
An intense and powerful blend of orchestral and metal music, with loud, heavy metal drum section. Forceful / Tense / Dark music. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
An orchestral cinematic mystery background track. Classic movie soundtrack / film score sound, with piano and orchestral elements create an eerie, suspicious, investigative feel. This rather dark and foreboding background music will go well with drama, mystery, crime, detective investigation, solving riddles, finding clues, or just following a developing story of intrigue and enigma. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
Battle drums. Pounding percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, brawls and action scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 66 BPM]
Electronic pulse with a rough, cold, determined music groove. Think spy, secret agent, police operation, criminals, crime in progress. Can also be machinery, industry, technology, moving parts etc., or gearing up, getting ready for battle or contest. Music for building up the tension. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
An ominous, dramatic and tension building music track featuring hybrid orchestra, combined with classical orchetra and deep synths. Growing into big, epic trailer music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A dark and dramatic, cinematic trailer or action / tension score. Doom-laden / Foreboding / Serious / Tense. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Romantic, slow and relaxed piano piece. Reflective, peaceful, dreamy, easy, romantic. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Epic and dramatic with many suspense and action sections. Strong and catchy melody. Orchestral with contemporary percussion grooves makes this piece very accessible and suitable to a huge range of productions and media applications. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A foreboding and tension-building music track combining Cinematic and Electronic elements, using a blend of synths and symphonic sounds combined. Suitable for mystery and dramatic scenes. Awe / Amazement / Mystery / Drama / Darkness Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A quirky and offbeat underscore that is designed to fit in well in projects ranging from documentaries to corporate video to travel tv and unique advertising campaigns. It’s a great cue for projects in need of a track that stands out as distinct and uniquely memorable. It’s clever, fun and perky. It features marimba and kalimba alongside an upbeat and energetic electronic and orchestral percussion bed. This track suggests simplicity, success and an easy and breezy lifestyle. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Edgy, pulsing, rhythmic and pounding electronic trailer music track. In the second part - urgent and energetic, percussive dramatic action. Danger / War / Assault. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Cool, deep, dark and modern. A brazen beat and subtle dark dub sounds combine to make this a great track for drama, film or documentary. Will also work in other areas such as art, design, technology, night scenes, cityscapes. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A dark and powerful film / cinematic soundtrack that incorporates edgy, electronic, dubstep influences. Emotive, grand and lush, with a cold, dark undertone. Perhaps a dark hero. Use with action adventure, thriller, crime mystery, science fiction, armed conflict / military, and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
A dark and dramatic, tense and uneasy music track for danger and dramatic scenes. This track has an underlying nerve, a building, increasing arrangement that grows into an all-out action track from about 01:15. Intense, fiery, and good music for extreme danger, battle, critical situations and more. This track has a lot of starts, stops and sections, parts and "edit points", making it highly suitable for editing to fit the timing of your own footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A dark and suspenseful music track featuring ambient cinematic mood, tension building orchestration and modern sound created by orchestral elements and synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
An uneasy, ambient rock music track with noir and electronic shades. Obsessive piano theme is gradually enriched with synths and groovy drum pattern that lead to a nervous and restless outro. [Tempo: Slow / 138 BPM]
A light, mysterious and easy track made with percussion, in a style and sound similar to Thomas Newman. Will work well for scenes of the passing of time, or a story developing, progressing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Floating and building music track, featuring pulsing electronic elements, dark atmospheric textures and dramatic percussion that creates tension. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Orchestral hits and numerous rises and falls make this a dramatic track that tells a story. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
A sparse and somber Trap background music track with dark and mysterious vibe that would align well with mystery, crime, investigation or forensics, but can also be used for edgy sports footage, masculine product presentations, and more. Dark / Urban / Edgy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for technology, industry, science, research etc. Future bass elements. Deep bass and percussive-driven, sequenced synths. Lifestyle / Technology / Industry / Future music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A dark, brooding underscore for mystery and tension. Sci-fi / Futuristic; can also be desert / wasteland, abandoned warehouse or other location. Doom laden, cold, desolate. Threatening / uneasy. There is also a "No Drums" version which works well as a dark ambient background track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Mystery, intrigue and magic in this deep, tense / pensive fantasy underscore. Creepy, sneaky, underlying tension. Good for adventure, exploring, lurking danger. Use in fantasy games, sci-fi / horror film, mystery and suspense. Full orchestra; available with or without choir. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Dark, very slow-moving track with repeated chords, slowly building. Reverberated, sparse drums. A grimy, gritty guitar- and drum riff comes in later. Grimy, methodical, forceful, dark. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
A mysterious, modern tension track. It features marimba, synth ambience, electronic loops and guitar harmonics. This track has a certain 'outback' feel and can be used for the deep south USA, as well as Australia, or really any other swamp / jungle / outback type setting. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Minimal and brooding synths and beats giving future technology and sci-fi vibes combined with a Hip-Hop / Trap feel. Great music for data, tech, science, I.T. and industry. [Tempo: Slow / 145 BPM]
A dark and suspenseful hybrid music featuring a combination of growling distorted bass, orchestra and synth sounds. Tension building / Danger / Ominous / Determined. Sense of urgency and foreboding. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Intriguing and informative electronic mood with piano, pizzicato strings, percussion and deep bass. Science / Future / Technology / Signals. (Stem files available). [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A wide open musical soundscape featuring ambient guitars and textures. Pensive and thoughtful. Introspective. Intimate, but also with a distant feel. Good as an underscore for drama and film. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 86 BPM]
A dark, edgy and suspenseful music track featuring epic percussion ensemble, strings and brass. Suitable for tension building and dramatic events. Brooding / Ominous music / Urgent / Threat. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
A slow opening emotional cinematic music track with a simple piano melody and a large string ensamble orchestration. Minimal drums and analog sub bass give this track a modern feel, while orchestral elements bring a sense of an epic crescendo. Great music for motivational videos, emotional trailer or investigation / mystery / crime. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
A dark, suspenseful and pensive, ambient track made with various synths, male monk voices and other pad based effects. Suspense / Dark / Apocalyptic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 78 BPM]
Thoughtful / Light / Contemplative / Quirky / Neutral Music, like time passing. Neo-classical, light orchestra arrangement, suitable as music for film, drama, TV and other media. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Heavy foreboding percussion signals something big is coming. Deep brass drones and strings providing the tension. Distant choir add to the emotion of uneasiness. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Dark and pulsing music track, featuring tense strings, electronic textures and sparse punchy percussion creates a foreboding and fearful mood [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A dreamy and ethereal, cinematic music royalty free music track. Mysterious melodies performed on piano, strings, ethnic percussion, electronic drum beats and atmospheric pads. Elegant, timeless music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A slowly rising, epic music track - developing into melodic anthem. Suspenseful, uplifting, orchestral. Amazement / Wonderment music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 145 BPM]
A suspenseful and mysterious tension track. Pulsating underscore suitable for action thriller, psychological thriller, spy mystery, dark films and TV series. A sense of foreboding and unease. Mystical / Tense / Ominous. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An intense sequence of pulsating rhythms that indicate action and risk. Electronic / Undercover / Technology Music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A dark and suspenseful trailer style music track, starting as a quiet, dramatic piece, that later erupts into a tense, ominous blockbuster track. Suspense / Tension / Ominous / Dark. [Tempo: Slow / 140 BPM]
Moody ambient track with deep repeating bass notes and soft spacey string clusters. Low bass synth brings a dark undertone, yet a sense of hope is established with light vocals and bright ambient synths. Angelic, yet dark and mystical. This track is part of 3 'Element' series tracks that have interchangeable stems. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 111 BPM]
Modern hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. A strong sense of technology music, science and innovation. Precise and technical beats, glitches, sound design elements. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Pulsating low bass, rhythmic low percussion toms. Merging the aesthetics of tension with trailer music elements. Conveys a sense of threat, uncertainty, and horror. Suitable for dystopian sci-fi, action thrillers, crime dramas, spy / undercover agent, military operations or horror movie trailers. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Emotional, nostalgic, Film Noir style music track. Sounds as a soundtrack from spy / drama vintage movie. Noir / Vintage / Moody Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
