Dark Music Royalty-free & Sync licensed Royalty-free: Pay once, no ongoing royalties.
Sync licensed: License includes rights to pair the music with video, film, ads, and apps.

3,976 tracks in library

Create tension with dark music featuring drones, low strings, and heavy percussion. Ideal for thrillers, trailers, and games. All tracks cleared for use.

Dark
  • 0-30 SEC
  • 31-60 SEC
  • > 61 SEC
  • LOOPS ONLY
  • ALL RESULTS

Friday Night Party Anthem (60 sec)

Energetic, uplifting Electronic Dance Pop track with a night club party vibe. Catchy synths and punchy drum / bass groove, this track is great for projects needing celebratory "summer fun" Pop music.

Friday Night Party Anthem (no lead)

Energetic, uplifting Electronic Dance Pop track with a night club party vibe. Catchy synths and punchy drum / bass groove, this track is great for projects needing celebratory "summer fun" Pop music.

Friday Night Party Anthem

Energetic, uplifting Electronic Dance Pop track with a night club party vibe. Catchy synths and punchy drum / bass groove, this track is great for projects needing celebratory "summer fun" Pop music.

Ominous Beauty

by Sideway
A gentle and engaging royalty free piano and strings track, bulding to an emotional climax with warm orchestral pads and soaring synth. Best for documentaries, evocative landscapes and scenes of strong emotional content.

Dark Emotions Emerging

by Sideway
A dark, orchestral royalty free cinematic score, with an airy piano, harps, cellos, and dramatic strings. Best for horror games, intros, trailers, or intense scenes.

Abandoned Shipyard - (Calm Dark Synth)

Dark looping synth and bass, very simple and laid-back. Perfect for crime, horror, war or alien invasion. Investigation, science or dramatic content is also a good fit.

Bluesy Late Night Mystery

This laid-back, sexy blues track has a subtle sense of mystery and intrigue. Great as complimentary backing track to enhance your project. Guitar, organ, bass and drums.

Bluesy Late Night Mystery (no lead)

This laid-back, sexy blues track has a subtle sense of mystery and intrigue. Great as complimentary backing track to enhance your project. Guitar, organ, bass and drums.

Bluesy Late Night Mystery (no drums)

This laid-back, sexy blues track has a subtle sense of mystery and intrigue. Great as complimentary backing track to enhance your project. Guitar, organ, bass and drums.

dark retro jazz

This track will perfectly fit for inspirational videos and motivational videos, YouTube videos, films ,TV, nature videos and photo slideshows,commercials, corporated videos, movies and more.

Electro Cyberpunk

Futuristic, aggressive and modern electro with many percussion, fx, bass, vox, synth, drums. Mood: fantastic, aggressive, action. Cool for: advertise, presentation, promo, commercial, intro, opener, sports, design, motion graphics, extreme, broadcast tv.

Evolving Tension - (Pulsating Mysterious, Suspense)

** Also check out the loop version WITHOUT drums and WITHOUT evolving into a bright part! ** Pulsating dark and scary drone that evolves to be more and more aggressive and bright to the end of the track. Perfect for crime, horror, war or alien invasion. Investigation, science or dramatic content is...

Spaceship Cargo Hold - (Scary, Mysterious, Suspense)

Pulsating dark and scary atmosphere drone sprinkled with low volume critter / insect like sounds far out there in the corner of the alien spaceship. A slow ominous deep bass keeps going through the entire track until it fades out. Perfect for crime, horror, war or alien invasion. Investigation, scie...

Sad Emotional Piano Strings

This track will perfectly fit for inspirational videos and motivational videos, YouTube videos, films ,TV, nature videos and photo slideshows,commercials, corporated videos, movies and more.

Dark Space

A dark ambient soundscape that conveys cosmic dread and pictures of mysterious and cold planes in strange galaxies. Great fit for sci-fi and horror productions in films, games, documentaries and any project that needs a dark ambient background music.

Cloud Dreaming

This is an acoustic rock song. It is emotional, dark, and mesmerizing. Great for scenes involving dark intimate encounters, emotional romantic events, bittersweet and emotionally charged sequences between lovers, a lonely and distant woman, etc. This is a song about a girl who is lost.

Cloud 9

this is an EDM/pop song. This song is very emotional, dark, and mesmerizing. Great for scenes involving dark intimate encounters, emotional romantic events, bittersweet and emotionally charged sequences between lovers, a lonely and distant woman, etc. This is a song about a girl who is lost.

Song for a Film

Dark song, perfect for a film trailer or scene. Ethereal female vocals, electronic beat and modern instrumentation for a dark intense and cinematic track. The lyrics tackle depression and anxiety. The pack holds two versions, the complete track and the instrumental.

Investigating the Dark

Ominous and tense background track consisting of brooding strings and synthesizer elements. The obscure and dense quality of the piece paints a bleak and somewhat dangerous atmosphere.

Cracking the Code Suspenseful Background

Highly suspenseful track featuring ominous and tense strings, ticking and other rhythmic elements. Will work really well in productions seeking auto provoke a sense of urgency.

Only on the Weekends (Holy Spirit I Need You)

This is an electronic psychedelic soundscape that elicits intrigue, wonder, and a dreamy vibe. Perfect for a wide array of projects, this clip could help in film projects, radio bits, logos, cartoons, video games, YouTube videos, websites, commercials, tutorials, introductions, explainer videos, a...

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.
NOW PLAYING TRACK 1 / 500
Yann Keerim
00:00
HIDE
Redirecting to PayPal.