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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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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.

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.

Nightmare Lane

A dark, creepy and unnerving track featuring disturbing cellos and violins techniques, ethereal choirs and other dark sfx. Great fit for horror, thriller and scary productions or any project that needs an ominous background music.

Haunted Violins

Very lively and powerful chamber string piece for suspenseful and moody productions. It is played in a contemporary style and features fast string spiccatos, powerful double bass and cellos and an evolving tension with different strong and virtuostic string sections. Great fit to create a tense and...

Deeply Concerned

Suspenseful background track evoking a sense of worry and concern. The piece consists of multiple real recorded elements that give the whole an organic quality.

Play The Record - Vinyl Groovy Street Hip Hop

Highly inspirational, positive, light and motivational hip hop/urban audio background! Perfect for sports, travel, gaming, kids education, self-improvement, make up and tech tutorial vlogs and videos!

The Urban Warrior - Aggressive Fight MMA Urban Hip Hop

Powerful, action packed, razor sharp and tough as nails rap audio background! Perfect for Action Sports, Fitness, Boxing, MMA, Gaming intros, Travel vlogs and Tech videos!

a Nightmare: Dark Atmospheres

This is a dark ambient soundscape that features numerous eerie electronic flourishes and synth. Eliciting a haunting, scary vibe, this is a very versatile instrumental. This clip could help in cartoons, video games, YouTube videos, websites, film projects, radio bits, commercials, tutorials, introd...

Walking Past The Future - Sweet Easy Vintage Retrowave

Ambient, chill, experimental, electronic and eclectic retrowave pop audio background! Perfect for movie trailers, photography tutorials, tech tutorials, gaming intros, gaming shows and twitch presentations, music streams, synthwave live shows and club videos, sport documentaries, architecture logo...

Neon Action - Aggressive Futuristic Synthwave

Ambient, chill, experimental, electronic and eclectic retrowave pop audio background! Perfect for movie trailers, photography tutorials, tech tutorials, gaming intros, gaming shows and twitch presentations, music streams, synthwave live shows and club videos, sport documentaries, architecture logo...

Alpha vs Beta - Griselda Type Beat

Powerful, action packed, razor sharp and tough as nails rap audio background! Perfect for Action Sports, Fitness, Boxing, MMA, Gaming intros, Travel vlogs and Tech videos!

Sorrow

Lyrical, sad and exciting progressive metal for your video, audio collections and other projects! Enjoyable listening!

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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