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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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Suspenseful background track featuring piano, strings and ominous synthesizer sounds.

The Perfect Storm

by Muza
This is aggressive, energy and powerful rock trailer. Ideal for web videos, advertising, sports, education, travel, trailers, youtube, tv, action movies and commercials.

Across The Universe

by Muza
High-enegry hybrid track with real electric guitars, synths, breakbeat drums and fat synth bass Sport, speed, fight, action, extreme and more - its all about this track.

Frozen Like the Winter

This is a rare song on the album. It talks in Greek about an occupying soldier with burning eyes, who though, is unable to look the occupied in the eye, afraid of feeling compassion. It is based on a groove that I wrote and improvised on and then sent to Dimitris Klonis. What I heard back from him w...

Hidden Symmetry (Intro)

This is the first piece of the album, although not the first one that I started working on. I was writing short pieces for 6 double basses and this one seemed to fit right in what I was looking for as an intro to the album. It is all based on a single motif that slowly evolves through the counterpoi...

Fog

Fog track is thoughtful, atmospheric, optimistic and full of hope. Soft violins, pianos and airy electronic pads. It will perfectly fill in the documentary plot and add atmosphere and volume to the video.

The Eyes of the Ghost Within: Dark Ambient Soundscape

The Eyes of the Ghost Within: Dark Ambient Soundscape features synth and elicits tones of reflection and intensity. This clip could help in cartoons, video games, YouTube videos, websites, film projects, radio bits, commercials, tutorials, introductions, explainer videos, advertisements, tech proj...

Tick Tack Doom

An ominous brooding track consisting of ticking elements, dark analog synthesizer sounds evoking a sense of pending doom. There is also a version without the ticking included to cater to your wishes and specific needs.

Industrial Horror Station

An ominous soundscape consisting of horror sounds, menacing synthesizer bass sounds and creepy atmospheric noises.

Creeping Slowly

An ominous suspenseful background track consisting of a haunting piano melody, drenched in analog synth sounds and other tense elements.

Dark And Creeping Background

Dark ominous background track consisting of piano and analog synthesizer sounds. The slow pace evokes a sense of unease and restlessness.

Danger Lies Ahead (no drums)

Suspenseful, tense track with a modern cinematic feel. Pulsating dark synths and strings, powerful drums and percussion create this epic, dramatic piece. Great for films, video games, action adventure projects.

Danger Lies Ahead (no leads)

Suspenseful, tense track with a modern cinematic feel. Pulsating dark synths and strings, powerful drums and percussion create this epic, dramatic piece. Great for films, video games, action adventure projects.

Danger Lies Ahead (short version)

Suspenseful, tense track with a modern cinematic feel. Pulsating dark synths and strings, powerful drums and percussion create this epic, dramatic piece. Great for films, video games, action adventure projects.

Danger Lies Ahead

Suspenseful, tense track with a modern cinematic feel. Pulsating dark synths and strings, powerful drums and percussion create this epic, dramatic piece. Great for films, video games, action adventure projects.

Secret Room

The secret room of secrets and mysteries. This track creates a mysterious mood and alarms with its enveloping sounds of harpsichord, vibraphone, atmospheric violins and effects. Let’s create projects together!

Speed And Tension

Tense and energetic background track evoking a sense of urgency. Brooding analog synthesizers, solo violin, strings and percussion each and all contribute to the organic quality of this suspenseful cue.

Gritty Forlorn Soundscape

Dark and ominous Soundscape featuring a haunting piano melody draped in brooding analog synthesizers.

Lurking Fear

A dark and atmospheric orchestral piece. Conveys danger, uniseaness and nightmares. Great fit for horror and thriller productions or anything that needs an unnerving and dark background music.

Doomed Soundscape

Dark and ominous soundscape consisting of brooding analog synthesizers and lost piano motif. The track evokes a sense of darkness and suspense.

Smells Like Victory (no beat)

Extremely gripping and powerful track filled with a feeling of triumph, victory and success. Starts spacious and mysterious, then gradually builds into a dramatic, epic section packed with attitude. Instruments include: pulsating bass and synths, guitar, drums, percussion and choir.

Smells Like Victory (short version)

Extremely gripping and powerful track filled with a feeling of triumph, victory and success. Starts spacious and mysterious, then gradually builds into a dramatic, epic section packed with attitude. Instruments include: pulsating bass and synths, guitar, drums, percussion and choir.

Smells Like Victory (stinger)

Extremely gripping and powerful track filled with a feeling of triumph, victory and success. Starts spacious and mysterious, then gradually builds into a dramatic, epic section packed with attitude. Instruments include: pulsating bass and synths, guitar, drums, percussion and choir.

Smells Like Victory

Extremely gripping and powerful track filled with a feeling of triumph, victory and success. Starts spacious and mysterious, then gradually builds into a dramatic, epic section packed with attitude. Instruments include: pulsating bass and synths, guitar, drums, percussion and choir.

Dawn Of A New Era (spacious mix)

Mysterious, intriguing, epic cinematic piece with a sense of hope and inspiration. Starts with pulsating low synths, atmospheric pads and haunting, spacious piano melody. Gradually builds into a powerful, uplifting section with percussion, choir and guitar. Great for projects needing dramatic, dream...

Dawn Of A New Era (no lead)

Mysterious, intriguing, epic cinematic piece with a sense of hope and inspiration. Starts with pulsating low synths, atmospheric pads and haunting, spacious piano melody. Gradually builds into a powerful, uplifting section with percussion, choir and guitar. Great for projects needing dramatic, dream...

Dawn Of A New Era

Mysterious, intriguing, epic cinematic piece with a sense of hope and inspiration. Starts with pulsating low synths, atmospheric pads and haunting, spacious piano melody. Gradually builds into a powerful, uplifting section with percussion, choir and guitar. Great for projects needing dramatic, dream...

Retro Funk Seduction

Retro Funk track with chucking guitar, spacey synths, groovy bass and drums beat. Builds gradually into an uplifting, glorious, inspiring section. Perfect as dreamy, atmospheric backing music for a variety of projects!

Retro Funk Seduction (Spacey Mix)

Retro Funk track with chucking guitar, spacey synths, groovy bass and drums beat. Builds gradually into an uplifting, glorious, inspiring section. Perfect as dreamy, atmospheric backing music for a variety of projects!

Retro Funk Seduction (no guitars)

Retro Funk track with chucking guitar, spacey synths, groovy bass and drums beat. Builds gradually into an uplifting, glorious, inspiring section. Perfect as dreamy, atmospheric backing music for a variety of projects!

Retro Funk Seduction (60 sec)

Retro Funk track with chucking guitar, spacey synths, groovy bass and drums beat. Builds gradually into an uplifting, glorious, inspiring section. Perfect as dreamy, atmospheric backing music for a variety of projects!

The Darkest Hour Suspenseful Soundscape

Very tense soundscape evoking a bleak terrifying atmosphere. The track consists mostly of real analog synthesizers that collectively contribute to the organic quality of this track.

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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