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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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Locked

A crazy, tense royalty free music piece with a breath made rhythm, dark screams, eerie sfx and piano bits, best for horror movies, trailers, intros or openers.

Leather Face

A dark, scary royalty free music piece with creepy sound design fx, horrific screams and distorted braams/hits, ideal for horror movies, trailers, openers or jump scares.

The Secret Of The Magic Stone

A mysterious, modern royalty free drum beat with a dark piano, strings and creepy sfx, ideal for underscoring mystical scenes, fantasy, crime or thriller contents.

If I Would Be Good

A very emotional, orchestral royalty free music theme with vibrating dark strings and a sad piano, perfect for cinematic intros, trailers, love/farewell scenes, games or promos.

Baker Street

A suspenseful, ambient royalty free horror theme with scary vibes, dark sfx, deep hits and braaams, ideal for horror related intros, trailers, promos or Halloween contents.

Dark Forest

A dark, scary royalty free horror music theme with spooky sound fx, monster hits and epic brass in the final section, perfect for movies, intros, trailers, teasers or Halloween clips.

Frozen Waves

A deep, emotional royalty free cinematic music theme with inspiring strings, dark piano bits and war drums, great for movie intros, trailers, openers, love or romantic visuals.

Electronic Investigation

A dark, percussive royalty free electronic tune with deep basses, screaming synths, hybrid fx and strong beats, ideal for crime/thriller intros, movies, trailers or tense scenes.

Circles

A dark, cinematic royalty free music theme with deep pads, glitchy beats, airy piano notes and vocal shouts, ideal for horror/thriller intros, trailers, games, teasers or promos.

Cellar Monster

A dark, suspenseful royalty free music theme with deep heartbeat hits, big braams, spooky fx, low basses and pads, best for horror trailers, intros, games, openers or promos.

Cavern Of Dissonance

A dark, atmospheric royalty free music theme with scary strings, woodwinds, deep fx and percussion, best for horror intros, openers, intriguing scenes, trailers or crime stories.

Brainblade

A dark, scary royalty free horror music piece with deep piano notes, braams, hybrids and a monster scream hit in the epic final, ideal for trailers, intros, openers, games or promos.

Body Hunter

A dark, dramatic royalty free music theme with deep pads, distorted glitchy parts, big tense beats and piano sounds, best for horror intros, trailers, crime stories or openers.

A Strangers Tale

A dark, suspenseful royalty free ambient music theme with deep pulsing synths and chilling percussion bits, ideal for crime, thriller or horror themes, games, intros or titles.

Beauty in the Beast

Continuation to the track "Android's Cry", this shows the android in case discovering more "garbage" left by the former inhabitants. Cut to scenes of the android watching a Super 8 montage. Road trips of a young family. Beautiful, nostalgic, but the video keeps showing their faces concerned every ti...

Phantoms

Paranoia induced by social media – such as being “ghosted” for example (‘ghosting’ someone is not responding to their texts. Most times not in malice nor aware – life happens, people forget replies – but it can add another layer of loneliness to an already fragile state).

Subcutaneous // Suspense and Tension Drama Black-Ops Trailer

Subcutaneous is inspired by the action & drama TV show "Treadstone". Suspense and tension before moving into a rock action groove at 0'27. It ends on a perfect snap to maintain the suspense and make you want to know more. Perfect for trailers, TV / film dramas involving spies, terrorists and underc...

Flash In The Pan // Dark Horror Stranger Things Style

Dark and daunting track inspired by the TV show Stranger Things. Featuring synthesizers, percussions hits, sound fx and clock sound effect. Perfect for trailers, dark or horror movies, scary scenes, videos games...

Crime Novel // Film Noir Polar

Crime Novel is a dark and mysterious tune. It's a classic film noir score. Featuring piano, strings, horns, brass, percussion hits.

Hope

A beautiful piano composition full of hope and nostalgia, both uplifting and sad

Unfinished Story

‘Unfinished Story’ is a serene piano compositional that will transport its listeners to a place of peace and contemplation. Close your eyes and you might imagine yourself alone in a beautiful mountain range, totally relaxed and open hearted. These warm and evocative melodies will appeal to any...

Drifting

‘Drifting’ is an emotionally intense piano composition, made up of a series of deceptively complex arpeggios and single note melodies. It expertly fuses tension and release, with bleak harmonies giving way to sudden moments of harmonic beauty. The complexity of the piece will make it a favorit...

Adrenaline for the Wicked

Dark and heavy suspenseful background track featuring synthesizers, strings and percussive elements.

Little Things

Nordic crime piano underscore with organic string elements for tv crime series opener, underscore and all kind of dark thriller and horror themes.

Chocolate And Lies

Nordic crime piano underscore with organic string elements for tv crime series opener, underscore and all kind of dark thriller and horror themes.

Northern Lights

Nordic crime piano underscore with organic string elements for tv crime series opener, underscore and all kind of dark thriller and horror themes. Intense final with extraordinary sound design elements.

Beware Of Those You Trust

Dark, scary horror trailer music with extraordinary sound design, sick noises and heavy impacts for all kind of horror themes.

Send Me To Hell

Dark, scary, horror trailer music with extraordinary sound design for all kind of horror themes and trailers. Boneshaking hits and horrific risers with tension strings.

Operation Suspense

A dark suspenseful action track driven onward by heavy hitting percussion, the sound of menacing cello's and horns.

Machine

Machine Hip-Hop is is great for media projects | promotion | vlog's | tv and radio advert | commercial| film television | social media | web | holiday and vacation videos | and more

Hidden Figures

Ambient, atmospheric piano underscore for crime, thriller, love, heartbreak and decision making. Slow buildup to create tension with dark percussions.

Stone Desert

Dark piano underscore music for crime, thriller and investigation themes. Also great for scenes like decision making, self reflection and heartbreak.

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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