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.
Bad-boy beats, boxing bells and monstrous horns, seriously head-bopping Hip-Hop, ideal for use with combat sports promos, urban scenes, military and gangster scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
Science or investigation underscore track. Spatial and transparent in sound. Good for sci-tech, analysis, forensics, information technology, biology, chemistry, medicine, info-tech, investigative journalism. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 119 BPM]
Neo-classical music for film, videos, cinematic storytelling and other media. Uneasy / Urgent / Danger building. Orchestra with piano, a timeless classic movie sound. Great for film noir, mysteries, jealousy, crime drama etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
Big, bad and bold Hip Hop / Trap track, aggressive, in-your-face, ideal for sport, martial arts, exercise and baddy scenes. Powerful and heavy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Dark, edgy, doom-laden mystery underscore. Foreboding. Tension. Pulse. Danger. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A minimalistic and sparse ambient music track with a repeating bass figure over kalimba and subtle percussion. Light tension, time passing, observation. Useful as illustrative background music for TV, film and other media. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A sullen track with repeating echoes. Fluttery, mysterious, contemplative. Clarinet solo with flute and pads/percussion give a full rounded sound. Mystical / Introspective / Ethereal / Hazy. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
A pure drum track. A somewhat jazzed-up pop-rock beat performed live in a studio, by professional drummer Silvio Centamore. This beat features a lot of syncopations, twists and turns, funky breaks, jazzy twists. This drum track has an edgy and confident feel, with a very urban flair. A sense of something happening, something going down, something coming up. For when you need something different, cool and hip - maybe a little daring, audacious, and provocative. Jazzy and complex, urban feel. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A dark and dramatic, cinematic trailer or action / tension score. Doom-laden / Foreboding / Serious / Tense. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Classic Hip Hop breakbeat with a Funk-Rock bass line, vinyl scratching. Works great with extreme sports, counter-culture, gangster get-away, rough and tumble. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A dark, rhythmic, orchestral track suitable for conflict, battle, chase or impending action. A methodical rhythm creates a sense of something relentless, malevolent. Builds to a climax towards the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 163 BPM]
Funk. Fast tempo, slap bass and uptempo drums, with congas for a carnival or party feel. A little bit dreamy / trippy, with a slight nod to the 1970's, combined with a modern flare. Fusion / jazzy funk. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 135 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]
A very high energy indie rock track. Slight elements of Punk and Hard rock, but mostly this is a Brit Rock / Alternative Rock / New Wave rock track along the lines of Foo Fighters etc. Reckless, with lots of attitude. Bad youth, stupid stunts, high energy sports and motorsports, etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 143 BPM]
Rough and gritty electronica combined with a heavy metal guitar riff. Downtempo, processed rock style drums and glitchy synths & samplers combine to create a funky and rough electro-rock track with a big, massive sound. The dissonant piano patterns give the track a somewhat trippy / psychedelic feel. For a more straight feel, the Underscore version is also available, without the trippy piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Dark, grime pop UK dubstep with hard drums and a huge wobble bassline. Similar to Ministry of Sound Dubstep album - Magnetic Man, Skrillex, Datsik. Would be effective as background music for youth/teen oriented TV, film or advertising. Would also suit a video game. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A tough, uncompromising, state-of-the-art soundtrack. Its driving, futuristic sounds & orchestral pay off would suit Olympic sized sporting events, epic visuals, contemporary gaming, modern war themes, movie trailers & films. Stark instrumentation leaves room for narrative, epic sound design or added SFX. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 63 BPM]
Funky and gritty Dark Dub / Dubstep meets nasty guitar riff. Slamming, glitchy drums with broken synthesizers and mangled samples. Transformer funk? Good for bad-asses, X-sports, action and destruction, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Deep bass lines and synths build a dark and intense atmosphere with a sense of suspense and drama. Good track for underscore dramatic situations. An amazing fusion of distorted guotar lines, percussion and strings. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Dramatic and dark urban royalty free track. Intense groove featuring signature riffs, transitions and stunning stutter effects! Fierce and forceful. Works well for urban, street scenes, fashion, catwalk, crime, spy, adventure, exploration, video games. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 72 BPM]
High energy electronic beat mixing elements of hip hop, house, pop and ethnic music, creating an exotic and mysterious feeling. Very modern, groovy and dark. The piece can find usage in action scenes, extreme sports, adventure, high impact footage; as good as for night club, sexy scenes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Exciting, powerful, thrilling, intense electro-rocker. Raw, gutsy, passionate, fiery, gritty & explosive. Would extreme sports / action / adventure / battle / combat type projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 162 BPM]
Dark, dramatic, evil, climactic, spacey, malevolant, sinister, mean, tribal, foreboding, scary rock track with atmospheric and menacing synths meshing with pounding, dynamic, heavy drums. Would suit thriller / action / crime / horror / halloween / space / cinematic / extreme sport type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 112 BPM]
Powerful, intense, mean, dark, atmospheric, epic, foreboding, determined, thrilling, brutal, menacing, rock / metal track with immense malevolant energy and raw, gutsy, gritty drive. Would suit action / thriller / combat / war / extreme sports type projects. The main beat and drive sets in at about 01:23. [Tempo: Slow / 146 BPM]
Gritty, gutsy, intense, lively, raw, aggressive, wicked, heavy, driven and uncompromising modern metal track. A groove that would suit action thriller / extreme sports / motorsports / combat type projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 138 BPM]
A slow, restrained and understated, hip-hop style beat provide the basis for this somewhat dark track somewhere between electronica, hip-hop and cinematic soundtrack. This track will go well with a dark corporation or with forensics / investigation / crime solving etc. Has a slightly ominous or malevolent feel, combined with the methodical and calculated. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
A big, bad, slamming, rough track somewhere between techno, rock, big beat and industrialism. Determined, aggressive, relentless. Guitar riffs with a big, downtempo beat and acidic synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Repetitive sampled guitar riff over a driving drum rhythm. Synthesizer melody brings in some kind of mysterious and adventurous feel. Lots of confidence and coolness, being the ideal soundtrack for that bad ass spy scene. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 118 BPM]
Funky guitar elements and driving synth melodies combined with a powerful drum beat. Confident Big Beat track with lots of editing cues. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
Pounding live drums and heavy metal guitars combined with distorted synths. Funky metal groove, ideal for radical sports, fighting, MMA, Military and any other masculine subject. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Bad Ass Big Beat track. Distorted bass and synths combined with a slow yet very powerful breakbeat. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A thrilling, cinematic trailer Sting that is epic and intense. It starts with rising orchestral clusters that begin ecalating into massive, terrifying, dramatic impacts that are designed to have your viewrs on the edge of their seat. This would be excellent for trailers, tv, movies and film, promos, bumpers and video games. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A super heavy, aggressive metal track with exotic, middle eastern and classical influences. In the style of Meshuggah, Korn, Survival by Muse, Periphery, Deftones and Dream Theater. Lead by distorted 8 string guitar riffage for huge, intense and dramatic uses like UFC, NFL, WWE and extreme sports. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 166 BPM]
Mysterious, dark and suspenseful cinematic music piece great for TV series, films and documentaries in the crime / action genre, investigation videos and criminal news. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
This Cinematic / Electronic crossover track opens with a unique string like synth and a strong melodic theme. The first drop is a heavy hitting slow pace theme that builds with the original melody layered with synthesizers and strings, before it builds up with distorted drums, a strong string melody and a pitched-up effect to a big hit at the end. This track will work for movie and video game trailers, scenes of battle or struggle. Dark / Industrial / Cinematic / Apocalyptic. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 65 BPM]
Atmospheric, spacey, slightly dark rock track with electronic elements and orchestra strings. Build-up towards the climax at 2:20. Conflict, Police / Agent, Undercover operation, Military operation etc. Futuristic / edgy / determined / science feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 160 BPM]
Spacious, moody, dreamy, atmospheric, other-worldly synths combine with simple piano lines & a steady beat to make tense, eerie, thoughtful & slightly unnerving music that would suit documentary / thriller / mystery / crime / spy / horror type projects. Dark & haunting. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Dark, eerie, atmospheric, menacing & explosive electronic rock track that summons the air of being hunted or stalked. Edgy, confident, tense, determined, epically powerful & with an air of foreboding. Would suit dramatic / horror / mystery / Halloween / documentary type projects. Hints of Nine Inch Nails. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Dramatic, emotional and determined cinematic rock track featuring piano, distorted guitars and strong drums.Good for films, trailers, action TV and more. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A slow paced, dark theme track with cold piano and static noise elements. Made in a genre of chill step or liquid dubstep, this track creates a great dark or disturbing atmosphere without sounding too dissonant. The deep, low bass is riddled with distorted effects. Haunting piano sound distant and eerie. This track will work well for scenes of separation, depression, dark times etc. Also works in CSI investigation or crime scene / undercover etc. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Orchestra and drums pound out an aggressive theme perfect for a super villain, or a tense scene in a film or TV show. Could work well for sports action: down but not out, making the final push against adversaries. Or also a street battle brewing in a dark and sinister city late at night.Choir blasts in the last section to add an epic swell right before the music abruptly ends, in the style of film trailers. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]