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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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House on The Hill

by Muza
This track is a perfect trailer, soundtrack or intro music for your TV, film, advert, presentation or private video. It has a stroke of darkness over it but also hope, excitement and inspiration.

Of Knights and Dragons

Epic medieval orchestral track. A heroic brass theme is slowly introduced by tense strings and confirmed by a regal harp motif before things slowly grow darker and more serious. Ominous choir chants confirm the upcoming task at hand. Slaying dragons, chasing the enemy, saving the princess... You n...

Don't Look Behind You

A dark, ambient track with a simple piano motif and distant metallic sounds creating a scary and haunting atmosphere. Great for background music in Halloween videos, cinematic scenes, commercials, presentations or whenever a spooky vibe is needed.

Boiling Blood

Powerful suspenseful track featuring razor sharp guitars, hard-hitting percussive sounds draped in nervous synthesizers. Will work very well in games, trailers or any other media seeking tense musical underscoring.

Annihilation of the Doomed

Aggressive dark trailer track featuring heavy guitars, pounding percussion, pulsing synthesizers set towards a dramatic orchestral background.

Lock And Load

Dark hard-hitting trailer track featuring toxic sounding synthesizers, guitars, heavy percussion and ominous sound design. The build-up and segmentation in different parts enables editors to easily navigate the cues they need.

Dragging Her Back to the Graveyard One More Time

Gothic horror soundtrack featuring piano, orchestra, theremin and deep percussion. The lyrical melodies transport you through an enchanting ghostly story.

Painkiller

A dark, tense royalty free music theme with spacey synths, modern sfx, big hits, strings and hybrids, best for science fiction, action and battle scenes, intros or trailers.

Night And Day

An emotional royalty free orchestral background music theme with a slow piano build up, sacred choir elements and epic hits, great for Gothic, adventure or fantasy scenes, games or trailers.

Mystic Child

A dark, orchestral royalty free cinematic tune with tense vibes, deep piano, strings, modern beats and loud hybrids, great for horror/thriller related trailers, intros, jump scares or promos.

Mazzy

A deep, atmospheric royalty free music theme with a psychedelic feel, organ bits, strings, accordion and electro beats, ideal for movies, dark games, intriguing sequences or openers.

Creepy Crypt

A spooky royalty free scary track, with agressive Electric Guitar, frightening SFX like monsters, screams, a worrying Music Box and Foghorn. Perfect for games, creepy TV shows and any fearful Halloween contents.

minimal 3

experimental and mechanical sounds accompanied by analog instruments rich in particular colors and nuances,takes the listener into different atmospheres and changes Moody, vibey, minimalist, ambient tracks for creating sparse, but rich, atmospheres

clockwords

experimental and mechanical sounds accompanied by analog instruments rich in particular colors and nuances,takes the listener into different atmospheres and changes Moody, vibey, minimalist, ambient tracks for creating sparse, but rich, atmospheres

Lonely Rider

A sad, ambient royalty free music theme with dark strings, airy guitars, piano bits and modern drums, perfect for cinematic, timelapse, romantic or emotional contents.

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.

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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