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.
Smooth chilled out groove in the style of Boards of Canada with a classical feel, minor organ chords, melancholic piano melody and sparkling synth over deep sub bass. Reflective, contemplative and atmospheric. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 162 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]
Doubtful, serious mystery thriller underscore. Spies or undercover agents, international conspiracy, nervous tension. Suitable for crime drama, mystery, spy thriller, FBI, CIA, crime investigation, action adventure and more. A drum beat joins in at about 02:25, giving the track a more urgent feel. A saxophone joins in from 03:45, giving the track even more urgency and a hectic feel. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Ever felt the presence of someone used to be in your life but who has now become your guardian angel? This piece has that kind of vibe. Slightly melancholy and yearning but hopeful. Soft piano and mournful strings combine to make a very soothing and mellow lament. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Beaty, fun, electronic track mixing synths, piano, organ and drum machines. Lively, motivating and with great forward momentum and energy. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Imagine a trip on the Tokyo Subway at night... People watching, studying all the richly varied human specimens that pass in front of you, all traveling along their own paths to fulfill their own destinies. This hypnotic and spacey electronic track contains synths, bass ,strings and drum units. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 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]
Medium paced, high-intensity, adrenaline-filled guitar rocker. Dramatic, atmospheric & passionate combination of monster riffs, synths, strings and hefty grooves. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Crazy, fevered, modern jazz-tinged groovy track with frenetic piano and xylophone lines and machine-gun drum accents. Full of drama and tension. Slightly reminiscent of Zappa if he was writing music for a bank heist. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Dreamatic, slightly dark, cult music, eerie, sinister undertones, alternative. Electric guitar, rhythm, synth, strings, choir, horns. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 116 BPM]
World percussion, strings, low pianos, synth. A piece full of thrills. thriller, chiller, dangerous situation, hair raising, spine chilling, adventurous. Chase, urgent, stressed. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 135 BPM]
A slamming, pumping and sizzling Big Beat track. Determined, forceful, and dirty. Suitable for modern warfare, guts and glory, hard hitting sports, impact sports, tough guys on the street. SWAT team moving into position, undercover Spy / Secret Agent on the move. Mean machines, destructive and rentless robots, hard guys, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 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]
Slick atmospheric downtempo ambient similar to Boards Of Canada. Chilled out beats and loops with spaced out swirling ambient pads and deep bass. Great for night time scenes, culture, videogames, corporate, science, technology, sci-fi and more. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A very rich, lush, and gripping composition. Epic, majestic and somewhat heavenly with a solo soprano voice over dramatic, edgy orchestra and big tribal percussion. Strong, dangerous, determined, yet also with an element of fragile beauty. Good for sci-fi, epic / futuristic battle or struggle, uprising, space conflict, warfare / war and destruction, loss and desperation. Also available as a Rock Mix with added power guitars and rock drums, and as an alternative version without the choir. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
Classic incidental music suggesting an underlying curiosity. Mysterious & intriguing, Watson! [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
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 solemn and mournful melody sung by a boys choir, underscoring the death of a man's brother. An Irish flute replaces the boys choir in the alternative version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 48 BPM]
A Slow and sombre piano waltz that's ideal for anything with history that has a nostalgic mood. [Tempo: Slow / 133 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 moving and sincere love theme with Celtic undertones. Beginning slowly with a harp and Irish flute, then moving into a faster, more playful version of the theme on piano [Tempo: Medium / 90 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]
Eerie vocals, in the vein of Danny Elfman. The slow pace, child-like rhythm and spooky vocals give the track give it a darker edge. Other instruments include the celeste, harp and synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
A bleak and mournful track used in a documentary about the Hungerford Massacre. A crying female vocal works alongside a desolate piano, acoustic guitars, and drums to a very powerful and emotional climax. The variations offer gentler alternatives to the man track. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 64 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]
A dark, grand orchestral climax, dominated by brass and strings. Great to use in a horror scene where the bad guy gets killed, as there is a hint of victory about it, left with a question mark with the tracks abrupt end. Also good for dramatic scenes of emergency, rescue, fire and real-life dangerous situations etc. The track 'takes off' at about 45 seconds in. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Dramatic trailer music that mixes electronic instruments and strings. It is split into two sections: tension/build up and then a full onslaught. This makes it work well in trailers that have exposition in the first half, then fast cuts and action in the second. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 145 BPM]
Powerfully epic, pumping, driven, atmospheric, sinister & sometimes menacing rock track with electronic elements & strings. Stadium rock with a really glorious dark side. Would suit thriller / action / horror / mystery / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Edgy, dark & sinister electronic rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and intense guitar. Would suit action/thriller or sports projects. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Beaty, bouncey, electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively and driven. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
A slow, brooding warning of trouble ahead. Has a dark mysterious but ominous and unsettled feeling to it. Simple piano lines combine with evolving strings and cool drum loops to make you grimace at what might unfold. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
Intense brooding dark malevolant energy is what this track's all about. Uncertainty on the edge of a new exciting but dangerous journey. Great momentum from synth sequences and drums powers the track. Think early Nine Inch Nails meets Massive Attack. Contains synths bass and sequences , drum units and distorted synth lines. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 148 BPM]
Highly dramatic and filmic. Ethnic string instruments and rhythms combine with simple piano and strings. Very hypnotic, mysterious and mesmerising. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Soft, slow but very powerful track full of emotion and pathos. Simple piano chords are overlaid with tragic strings and a hypnotic military march style drum pattern. As the tune unfolds it grows in intensity and draws the listener in. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Soft, calm, beautiful and spacey tune with a slow, constant throb of a beat. Synth pads combine with slow, hypnotic plucked harp lines and strings to make a very melodic track with a nice momentum and relaxed vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A glimpse into the twisted mental circuits of an alien robot killer on the prowl. Synth pads, noises and basslines overlay an edgy drum groove to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand-up. In space no one can hear you beg for mercy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Epic suspense filled orchestral rocker. big guitars mix with big strings and fat grooves. Would suit sports, action or dramatic project. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
Very hypnotic, trance-like and seductive piece full of groove and Eastern promise. A massive groove is coloured by Eastern strings, santoors and percussion slowly builds in intensity until the final climax where huge guitar riffs enter and bring the tune to it's close. Contains guitars, santoor, strings, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
Hypnotic, spacious & groovey track with a strong african flavour. Trance inducing vocals & percussion loops meld with kalimba & epic strings to make a very atmospheric and powerful dramatic score. [Tempo: Fast / 98 BPM]
Energetic, groovy, slightly industrial electro track that gets ugly in the chorus part when layers of distorted guitars gatecrash the party and rip up the seats. Reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails in parts. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Dark, brooding and spacious electronic groover. Slow and ethereal piano lines float as a plucked santoor joins with a busy little drum groove. Hypnotic and atmospheric. [Tempo: Medium / 134 BPM]
Light-hearted and slightly mischievous orchestral piece with a Desperate Housewives vibe to it. Full of suspense and drama. Contains pizzicato strings, violins, cellos and flute. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Dark, sinister and brooding horrow/Halloween type piece that combines church organ, tremelo-ed strings and distorted guitar riffs. Hi tension and suspense is blown apart by the chorus part exploding into shining black light. Would suit horror/mystery/suspense projects. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 120 BPM]
Hypnotically groovey electro track with spacey synth lines crossing over staccato piano backed with laid back urban beats and a phhatt dubby bassline. A distinctly urban flavour. [Tempo: Medium / 80 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]
Cool, lazy, groovy track with piano, wah wah guitars, syncopated horns and strings and synth sequences. Has a mysterious, suspense filled vibe to it. Would suit spy/gangster/cop project. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
Spacey and atmospheric trip. Exotic mellotron strings and cool drum machine grooves combine to give an eastern flavour. The chorus brings the feeling of travel and forward motion as bass and percussion joins in. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Dark synth pulse, eerie metallic pads, occasional deep drums and scattered notes. Tension. [Tempo: Fast / 121 BPM]
Somewhere between music, soundscapes and sound effects, the 'Toxic Air' series consists of 15 parts named after toxic gases. The music is almostly entirely without any recognizable rhythm or structure. Useful for sci-fi, horror, etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]