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Create tension with dark music featuring drones, low strings, and heavy percussion. Ideal for thrillers, trailers, and games. All tracks cleared for use.

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Nothing But Machine

“Nothing But Machine” is a music track that combines two genres: hip-hop with jazz influences and alternative rock. The first part immerses the listener in a lounge atmosphere with a beautiful guitar solo. The second part of the track is the opposite of the first and conveys the maximum energy o...

Phantom

«Phantom» is a cinematic track that combines electronic elements with a powerful trailer atmosphere. Synthesizers, driving rhythms, and orchestral instruments create a sense of movement, future and impending power.” Perfect for creative works, riles, video short films, and as a soundtrack for...

Stone Heart

“Stone Heart” is a track that blends post-rock and electronic music. Electric guitars and synthesizers complement each other, creating a mood of adventure and struggle. Perfect for: video games, live game broadcasts, VR experiences, sports videos, product launches, short films, movies, motivati...

Dyatlov Pass

"Dyatlov Pass" is a post rock style music track. Electric guitar and synthesizers create a powerful energy and plunge into the atmosphere of wanderings and new discoveries. Great for: video games, live video game broadcasts, VR, sports videos, sports product launches, dynamic YouTube short films...

Echo Mirrors

"Echo Mirrors" is a post rock style music track. Electric guitar and synthesizers create a powerful energy and plunge into the atmosphere of wanderings and new discoveries. Great for: video games, live video game broadcasts, VR, sports videos, sports product launches, dynamic YouTube short films...

Carpenter

«Carpenter» is a synthwave style music track. The sound of old synthesizers and a piercing and bright melody, all this works well for projects that need an 80's or cyberpunk atmosphere. Great for game projects, movies, commercials, background music for listening, podcast, video tutorials, tec...

Zombie Carnival

This is a scary and spooky audio track perfect to set a Halloween mood in your project! This track featuring strings and brass sections, harpsichord, percussion. Suitable for any projects, including Halloween films, tutorials, dark holiday videos, web, app, game, radio, TV and Youtube.

Witch Dance Party

This is a scary and spooky audio track perfect to set a Halloween mood in your project! This track featuring strings and brass sections, harpsichord, percussion. Suitable for any projects, including Halloween films, tutorials, dark holiday videos, web, app, game, radio, TV and Youtube.

Pumpkin Parade

This is a scary and spooky audio track perfect to set a Halloween mood in your project! This track featuring strings and brass sections, harpsichord, percussion. Suitable for any projects, including Halloween films, tutorials, dark holiday videos, web, app, game, radio, TV and Youtube.

House Of Shadows

This is a scary and spooky audio track perfect to set a Halloween mood in your project! This track featuring strings and brass sections, harpsichord, percussion. Suitable for any projects, including Halloween films, tutorials, dark holiday videos, web, app, game, radio, TV and Youtube.

Halloween Waltz

This is a scary and spooky audio track perfect to set a Halloween mood in your project! This track featuring strings and brass sections, harpsichord, percussion. Suitable for any projects, including Halloween films, tutorials, dark holiday videos, web, app, game, radio, TV and Youtube.

Halloween Ritual

This is a scary and spooky audio track perfect to set a Halloween mood in your project! This track featuring strings and brass sections, harpsichord, percussion. Suitable for any projects, including Halloween films, tutorials, dark holiday videos, web, app, game, radio, TV and Youtube.

Halloween Paranoia

This is a scary and spooky audio track perfect to set a Halloween mood in your project! This track featuring strings and brass sections, harpsichord, percussion. Suitable for any projects, including Halloween films, tutorials, dark holiday videos, web, app, game, radio, TV and Youtube.

Blood Moon Rising

This is a scary and spooky audio track perfect to set a Halloween mood in your project! This track featuring strings and brass sections, harpsichord, percussion. Suitable for any projects, including Halloween films, tutorials, dark holiday videos, web, app, game, radio, TV and Youtube.

Halloween Party

Spooky background music for Halloween, featuring piano, strings, reeds and brass

Cybernetic Neural

This energetic track blends futuristic soundscapes with driving rhythms, creating an atmosphere of intensity and motion. Its modern and vibrant character makes it a perfect fit for action-packed visuals, from extreme sports to dynamic urban scenes. The pulsating beats and edgy textures enhance high-...

Deep Emotional Drama

A very passionate, dramatic, somber orchestral cinematic piece with a delicate finesse that gradually builds throughout.

Wraith

Unleash the fear, eerie melodies and haunting harmonies with an atmosphere of horror and suspense, perfect for dark and scary content.

Void

Unleash the fear, eerie melodies and haunting harmonies with an atmosphere of horror and suspense, perfect for dark and scary content.

Terror

Unleash the fear, eerie melodies and haunting harmonies with an atmosphere of horror and suspense, perfect for dark and scary content.

Dark Music for Tension and Atmosphere

Dark music often relies on low drones, deep percussion, distorted textures, and sparse melodies. It creates an uneasy or mysterious mood, making the listener feel tension, danger, or anticipation. This style works best when atmosphere is more important than melody.

Where to Use Dark Music

Dark tracks are used in projects that need a sense of suspense, mystery, or intensity. In suspense-driven productions, they build tension before a reveal or underscore psychological drama. Within ambient projects, darker textures can create slow-moving soundscapes that add weight and depth without distracting from visuals. This category is also often used in thrillers, horror films, trailers, and games where the music must hint at what’s hidden or unresolved.

Royalty-Free Dark Tracks at Themusicase.com

All dark tracks at Themusicase.com are royalty-free and include a sync license. The collection spans subtle atmospheric cues, heavy sound design, and hybrid scores, giving producers flexible options for film, broadcast, and online storytelling.
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