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.
A soundtrack that builds from deep anticipation into filtered drums, scattered instrumentation and an uneasy, thrilling sensation of discovery. Top & tailed with twisted, eerie strings giving a climactic feeling of fear & forboding. similar in style to US & Scandanavian TV crime drama scores or science & technology documentaries. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A short horror / scifi track, somewhere between sound design / sound atmosphere and music. Scraping metals, swirling vortex, strung out pads... Suitable for company splash screen, intro, logo, and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
War influenced track, with a cinematic aura. Powerful world percussion combined with middle eastern melodic phrases, full of anticipation and drive. Think Homeland and Syriana, or any tense drama with an Eastern / Arabic feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A sharp hit begins this brooding, sinister horror track, which features suspenseful, ambient synth swells and atmospheric string effects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
Filmscore/Cinematic. Mysterious/Futuristic, Exciting, Dramatic, Suspense. Strings, Piano, Brasses/Horns, Symphony Orchestra. Drama, Documentary, Mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Fast rhythmic tempo. Low, propulsive bass. Looping sequences. Suitable for scenes depicting escape, dynamic pursuits, crime in progress. Stress, chase, action, time running out. Ideal for police operations / Special Ops, crime thriller or mystery, where the need is to convey fast-paced action. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
The sounds of Scandanavia and Norway feature heavily in this big sounding atmospheric track. Features the Hardanger fiddle as well as modern electronic elements and organic sounds in fusion. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Epic, sweeping orchestral soundtrack style. Melodic, string section and horns. Cinematic and with a rising, tense emotion. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark ambience to hi-light the grim features of serious moments. For crime-related scenes and situations, dark drama, psychological drama. Also for scifi. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Space, sci-fi soundtrack material. Epic composition with orchestral arrangement, inspired by Babylon 5, Cosmos and other space series. Emotional, fluttering, with a strong sense of discovery and new frontiers. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Modern and precise hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. Glitches and sound design elements. Think current technology, science and innovation. Perhaps forensic investigation, analysis, data processing, piecing together a mystery. Edit points: 0'25'', 0'40'', 1'32''. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
A moving, liquid, driving underscore, hybrid, combining electronic and orchestral elements. String and piano leads with percussion and synthesizer elements. Futuristic and organic feel. Tense, ominous. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Octave laden piano and plucked strings highlight a dark romantic mafia sound within this piece of music. This would work perfectly with an Italian, Sicilian or Spanish mob or Mafioso character within film or television. There is some similarity to the style of the theme from “The Godfather.” This could also be used to illustrate an unusual romance. [Tempo: Slow / 91 BPM]
Electronic percussion and eerie electric piano melodies generate an atmosphere of tension and suspense. The mystery thickens and new sound layers are added in a dramatic, hypnotic crescendo with a few stops, perfect for edit points. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
A dark, ambient track with heavy pads, low strings and harmonics, and guitar feedback. Great for horror films and thrillers. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
In the blink of an eye, ambient strings and harp turn into a driving action sequence as an ally reveals himself to be a foe. As he escapes, our heroes are left with nothing to their Destiny! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 148 BPM]
Ethnic flutes and duduk, orchestra and percussion. Someone is on a long journey and is in a cold and foreign land. Great for travel documentaries or suspenseful scenes in TV and film. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 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]
Suspenseful and mystical music backdrop / underscore. Pulsating rhythm and echoey sounds create an eerie, cold and mysterious ambience. Works well as music for undercover spy / secret agent, criminal investigation, forensics and analyzing, thriller / mystery music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 122 BPM]
Dark and gloomy, powerful and pensive action thriller underscore. Nervous and understated rhythmic pulse, dark, twitchy strings. A deep sense of danger and dark forces. Great as a soundtrack for film, tv or game, mystery thriller, undercover mission, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Dramatic and mysterious piano, accompanied by harp and strings. Inspired by soap opera music cliches. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A gradually build to an intense climax with strings, piano, harp, percussion. Similar style to the likes of John Murphy a la "28 days later". [Tempo: Medium / 102 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]
Menacing, dark ambient sound collage. Ice cold sound texture suggesting a terrible realization or horrible sight. Suitable for horror, sci-fi, thriller or experimental material. [Tempo: Very slow / 125 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]
Modern, propulsive, restless bass. A sense of suspension, unease, and threat. Tension evolving towards trailer music. Tension / Trailer / Modern Music. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A dark, pulsating and suspenseful track featuring dramatic strings, brass, percussion. A feeling of urgency, tension and dangerous situation. Brooding / Tense / Uneasy / Apprehensive. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]