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.
A metal and hip hop hybrid track with heavy syncopated distorted guitars, fat beats and a catchy sitar/string melody ending. In the style of Korn, Limp Bizkit, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes, Linkin Park, Hollywood Undead, POD and Dr. Dre. [Tempo: Slow / 94 BPM]
A tight blend of big beats, unique synths, orchestral strings and tremolo guitars. Contemplative, dark and obscure for TV and Film such as Nip Tuck and Dexter. CSI evidence lab, body counts, foggy alleyway chases, hiding and lurking, loading up guns and urban mob action. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
A powerful mix of syncopated synths, dramatic, fast accented strings and breakdown beats. Ideal for reality TV cues when firing contestants as well as other dramatic cues such as Celebrity Apprentice, Survivor and Hell's Kitchen. Mob hits and urban chase scenes with bad guys on the move. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Deep world percussion and fast strings, brass and huge drum accents. Good for heavy tension and struggle, dramatic reality TV cues such as Survivor, The Apprentice, Hell's Kitchen, Design Star and The Bachelor. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
Commercial pop music track heavily influenced by hip hop, using big arena synths and hints of brass. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
Deep House, Mysterious with use of guitar and piano melodies. A bit epic and mystical. Youth drama / Urban drama etc. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Dark Techy Dubstep, with Grime elements. Dirty Basses. Gloomy and pensive. Also available as a version without the high, blippy synth lead. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 140 BPM]
Deep minimal dubstep, incorporating traditional/classical instrumentation. Dark and eerie. Mystery, danger lurking. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Laid back mysterious and snakey country blues. Featuring smokey lap steel and electric guitar fills, underpinned with a pulsing bass and drum groove. Great for smokey country bars and scenes depicting the rural south, Americana, backwoods, swamps, moonshine and honky tonks. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
Cinematic suspenseful piece, starting off with drum swirls, strings and into a more grand, orchestral sound combined with contemporary drums. Passionate, driving and a bit mysterious. Great material for film, film trailer, grand adventures and heroes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Combining elements of Chilled-out Funk, Urban pop / Hip-Hop and Lounge music, this is an easy-going, cool and confident track with a retro chic, stylish urban feel. Live performed instruments. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 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]
Hip-hop track with a slight dark feel. Aggressive and bright synth sounds over electronic drums. Determined, optimistic, perhaps a little anxious. Similar to 50 Cent, Eminem or Jay-Z. Good for scenes of fight and crime, extreme sports, forensics, street violence, and much more. [Tempo: Slow / 89 BPM]
Urban, funky hip hop beat with a high sense of action, danger and adventure. Banging drums, bright synths and deep bass. Serious and fresh. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 101 BPM]
Trashy, violent, aggressive and explosive Dubstep track transformed from an 'action movie' like orchestral composition. A complex bass synthesis on a heavy beat; Good for any teenage related footage, hardcore animation, motion design in need of an additional punch to it. And a great way to introduce a surprising violence. [Tempo: Slow, Fast, Very fast / 142 BPM]
Aggressive, epic, speaker busting, cinematic breakbeat. A mix of electronica and orchestral film score makes this perfect for for sci-fi, extreme sports, thrillers full of speed and danger, crime sprees and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 141 BPM]
A nicely crafted hip hop track with a futuristic vibe. With a tense, suspenseful feeling, it is also uplifting at the same time, perhaps with a slight dark undertone. Good for use in science fiction, future and high technology productions. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 74 BPM]
This hip hop track begins with a very catchy hook on the synth, that permeates all the piece. Deep drum beats strike in later. Groovy, funky, sexy. Good for productions depicting urban gangs, crime, action and chase scenes, night clubs. Cool, crispy, exotic. Also good for sexy scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 145 BPM]
A lively funk track with a repated, catchy bass line, funk guitar and occasional brass licks. Can be modern day or classic / retro funk as well. Busy and upbeat, gives off a good funky energy. Busy / Active. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 127 BPM]
A lively funk / R&B track with a repated, catchy bass line, funk guitar and occasional brass licks. Can be modern day or classic / retro funk as well. Busy and upbeat, gives off a good funky energy. Busy / Active. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 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]
Fast, frantic and hard hitting semi-orchestral, semi-electronic music for action, fight or racing scene. Distorted, twisted guitars, deep brass stabs, extremely fast techno breakbeat. Chase or battle material. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
A slightly jazzy, retro, funk / filmscore type track. Could easily be the main theme soundtrack for a 1970's or 1980's cop drama or action happy private investigator type show. Mysterious vibes, sense of danger and excitement. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
This track builds and rises from a deep resonant bass sound into a hard hitting dance track that's both catchy and edgy. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Hip-hop, urban, inner-city track with a spooky, haunted, scary feel. Fat drum beats, and synth licks with a middle-eastern taste. Upbeat, catchy piece. Suitable for productions about urban gangs, crime, action and chase, night clubs, investigation, CSI-style. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
Electronica piece with influences from Hip Hop and Breakbeat, with an infectious groove and catchy melodies. Dynamic and urgent, representing mystery, suspense and tension. Chase scenes, fast cars, dangerous situations. Good for espionage, difficult problem solving, technology & crime investigation. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Fresh hip-hop, urban track with an inner-city or futuristic feel. Fat drum beats, funky bass line and cool synth licks in an upbeat, catchy piece. Suitable for productions about urban youth, crime, action and chase, night clubs, investigation, CSI-style. Also great for sexy and adult scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Trippy, urban hip-hop with a high energy, powerful feeling. Cutting-edge underscore, with some fast drums passages, constant synth lines. A high technology, futuristic sense. Suitable for high-tech corporate or industrial presentations, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A creepy and dramatic piece with unique sounds creating disillusion, confusion and worry. Pulsating drones and bass notes, deep strings and mechanical, electronic drums make this track geared towards dramatic TV cues heard on Investigation Discovery, Unsolved Mysteries and Dateline NBC. Crime scene flashbacks, killers and supernatural events come to mind. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Retro Cop Show theme and variations. Sound of the 1970's and 80's. Action and anticipation music, with a lot of wah guitars, funky clavinet, horn section and groovy basslines. Suspenseful variations, with a somewhat comic flavor. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A dark, ominous and dramatic film underscore music using a combination of electronic and orchestral elements. This track starts out sneaky and foreboding with staccato synth pattern and grows over time, gradually building up the intensity towards a climax at about 1:26. An element of mystery, conspiracy and intrigue. A very serious tone which sets the scene for crime, thriller, spy movie/game etc. [Tempo: Slow / 155 BPM]
Dubstep electronica, enegetic, high speed. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Jazzy, abstract intro. Grows in intensity as it goes along, and introduces new elements. Works well as an intro to something with high expectation. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
Starting with a simple & compelling staccato synth line, this slow paced Hip Hop track grows progressively from a sparse instrumentation to a full effect urban beat. Synthesizers, organ, & authentic hip hop drums. Good for crime and cop shows, investigation, mystery, night club, sensual scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 145 BPM]
A constant synthesizer rhythm builds the tension accompanied by hip-hop style drum beats in this underscore track. Suspenseful and slightly disturbing, it will work very well for action movies, video games and tv series, but also for corporate and business presentations with a futuristic feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A quirky, downtempo, minimalistic track with influences from dubstep, chill, drum'n bass, dub and electro. Deep sub bass, buzzing synth patterns, with a mysterious piano motif. Tasteful, cool and understated. Main beat sets in from around 45 secs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
A moderate hip hop beat with energy and tension, without being too overpowering. Several variations and breaks make of this a very dynamic piece. It will work very well for several different productions, like science and technology, suspense, thriller, and even sexy scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
This Hip Hop track with middle eastern influences is a good match for depicting the recent demonstrations and protests of the "Arab Spring". A strong hip hop, urban pulse with eastern melodies and percussion. A great sense of danger, foreboding, conflict. Also great for action scenes, travel, desert. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Attitude filled, city streets, rebellious music. Don't take no for an answer. Will work well with urban material, urban life, culture, skateboarding, bmx, free running, gang activity, the law and crime, justice, prison, conflict, uprising. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Hip hop beat with a sense of danger, action, chasing, foreboding. Build with strings, synthesizers, great percussion and an organic drum groove. A slight ethnic vibe. Good for espionage, stakeout, sneaking, stealth mission, bank robbers. Mystery, crime, thriller. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A Hip-Hop track with gritty synths, gliding sounds and furious but moderate drum beats. Dynamic and energetic, with several variations. Cutting-edge, suitable for extreme sports, high-tech presentations, commercial ads, night club scenes. A feeling of mystery and danger. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
High energy, action-loaded Drum'n'Bass track with fast beats, electric guitar and synth FX. [Tempo: Fast / 132 BPM]
Authentic & fresh, up to date Hip Hop / Urban track. A steady piano harmony is the basis for the piece, joined by synths melody and rather soft electronic drums. For gangsters, crime fighting, life in the streets, cop show, thrillers. Films and video game scores, action, dangerous situation. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
Down and dirty, nasty, dark hip-hop beat with aggressive drums sounds, but more soft & friendly synth sounds. Determined, controlled aggression. Similar to the music of 50 Cent, eminem and Jay-Z. Good for scenes of fight, crime & police, forensics, analytics, TV shows, mystery, thrillers, and more. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Pulsing synths and steady drum beats build this track, very influenced by Lady Gaga's songs like Poker Face and Just Dance. Very modern, bright, fresh, uplifting. Very suitable for night club and party scenes, and productions aimed at young people. Also good for exercise and workout. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
Authentic gangsta-style Hip Hop beat with slamming drums, strings, synths and flute. In the style of 50 cent. A deep sense of danger, foreboding, mystery. Cold and Dark. Good for things liks CSI, NCIS, forensics, investigation, looking for clues, information processing, dangerous streets. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
Intense, powerful, driven, hectic, heavy, frantic & edgy modern metal track. Enormous forward energy & weight makes sure this beast hammers it home. No messing. Monster chugged guitar riffs combine with syncopated shard-like drums. Would suit extreme sports / horror / thriller / action / military projects. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Exciting, epic, bouncy, driven, intense, dark, powerful & explosive stadium metal track full of tension, drama & mean forward momentum & energy. Gritty, weighty, muscular & melodic. Would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / fighting type projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 182 BPM]
Slow, sleazy, lazy, mellow, passionate, soulful, climactic blues track. Imagine yourself in some New Orleans blues dive-audience in darkness, air thick with smoke, sweat dripping from your brow as you watch the dimly lit band bare their souls & tell of about the heartache in their lives. Baby done left me. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
This track creates the atmosphere of mystical darkness while acknowledging interest and curiosity. Nine Inch Nails sounding drums loop slowly with picked bass while a Phil Collins like synth pad plays "In The Air Tonight" style chords. Great for modern fantasy, horror and sci-fi. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 57 BPM]