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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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Up from the Bottom

An indie-funk-rock song with male vocals, an incredibly infectious main guitar hook, and a rhythmic vocal refrain about making the best of your losses, and keeping your chin up high.

M-theory

A slow-building mysterious, eerie instrumental that begins with a digeridoo drone, joined by slowly-building haunting strings that start with a melancholy meander and develop into a rhythmic building ostinato. The piece ends with slow, long unfurling harmonies on the violin.

Anchors

Grunge/90s alternative rock-inspired song, driven by a memorable bass groove. Features melodic guitar lead and male vocals. Dark, brooding vibe. Medium Tempo (108 BPM). Great for high-energy action tv/movie scenes or commercials.

Small Talk

Great for tv or movie scenes dealing with relationship problems or a breakup. Full version of a song rooted in 90s alternative rock, featuring a slight emo vibe. Lyrics deal with relationships, confusion, guilt and remorse. Medium-to-slow tempo (84 BPM). Full band arrangement featuring electric g...

Derail

Great for action-drama TV and movie scenes. Works well in moments of contemplation or suspense. Brooding vibe. 90s-inspired hard rock, with a slow, grinding almost sludgy feel (reminiscent of the grunge/post-grunge days). Features full band ensemble including distorted electric guitars, bass, drum...

Dark Goddess

A very atmospheric orchestral theme with a hint of mystery and intrigue. It features a strong, doomy French Horn melody with rotating flute phrases, gives this piece a feel of a classic cinematic theme introducing a powerful character held in great esteem. This is a dark, fantasy style atmospheri...

Armchair

An unnerving soundscape with distant vocals and subtle themes. Ideal for background tension.

Biome Theme pt.II

An Ambient Classical piece for Cello and Piano with memorable motifs and emotional themes. Ideal for TV dramas.

Prelude

An atmospheric, repetitive and light piano piece with a simple melancholic theme.

Trick Or Treat (Halloween Orchestral Cartoon)

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.

Prom Committee

Dramatic atmospheric piano instrumental with strong motifs and a building climax.

Procession

Atmospheric haunting Cello and Piano piece with a steady pulse and simple melody.

Reflection on desolation (Lo-fi, Electronic, Guitar, noise, Atmosphere, Wander)

A guitar riff accompanies the typical atmosphere of loneliness and desolation. Perfect for farewell scenes, or contemplation of empty and desolate landscapes.

Smoke (disturbing, evil, crime, drug, triphop, bad)

Disturbing music. Perfect for a scene with an evil character, for a catastrophe, or as a background for images of destruction, squalor, crime, drug addiction.

Cloud Compass

Dramatic epic motivational music with modern arrangement for films, games and tv

Catch The Vibe

Upbeat easy mood house track. Perfect for fashion backstage, fashion review, design, fashion event, podium, fashion show openeing, photography backstage, club promo, neon luxury party, premium branding, VIP zone, showroom, showreel, catwalk, TV, fashion review, glamour promo, beauty brand, branding,...

Darkwave Horror

Gloomy, doomed and dark composition for your video, audio collections and other projects!

Satie - Gnossienne n. 3

Mysterious, catchy and a bit disturbing. Classical piano masterpiece by Erik Satie (1866-1925).

Satie - Gnossienne n. 2

Delicate, harmonic and a bit bizarre. Classical piano masterpiece by Erik Satie (1866-1925).

Night Escape (Tension Suspense)

Dark landscape & eerie suspense in slow tempo for orchestra. Good for tension mysterious situations or psychological thriller & crime in progress.

Logo11, Aggressive Dark

An aggressive and dark with glitchy hybrid textures and strong beats. Perfect for movies such as SFX, Action, Horror, Fantasy, etc.

Round Round

A banging trap track with male rap and vocals. About getting nowhere and self reflection..dark and swaggy vibes with a hint of R&B

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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