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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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Scary Horror Soundscape

This is a dark ambient soundscape featuring ominous and anxious tones. Perfect for a wide array of projects, this was designed with horror and Halloween projects in mind. This clip could also help in cartoons, video games, YouTube videos, websites, film projects, radio bits, commercials, tutorials...

Halloween Masquerade

Spooky horror orchestral music perfect for Halloween specials, commercials, amusement parks, parties, intros and promos. Sinister vibe with a steady slow tempo, featuring goosebumps instruments like eerie music-box, scary harpsichord, ghost-like synth, trembling soprano voice, for a perfect grotesqu...

Beyond the Machines Time Corporate

Instrumental Corporate electronic music composed for synthesizers, muted and electric guitars, ideal for sci-fi movies and TV series, science and tech documentaries and commercials and advertising. Also great for futuristic and dystopic topics in media projects.

The Tension Mounts

Spacious light-tension track filled with mystery and intrigue. Haunting piano melody, dark synths and percussion - perfect for emotion enhancing music for your mystery / suspense / crime drama / investigation / horror projects.

The Tension Mounts (no piano or drums)

Spacious light-tension track filled with mystery and intrigue. Haunting piano melody, dark synths and percussion - perfect for emotion enhancing music for your mystery / suspense / crime drama / investigation / horror projects.

The Tension Mounts (no lead)

Spacious light-tension track filled with mystery and intrigue. Haunting piano melody, dark synths and percussion - perfect for emotion enhancing music for your mystery / suspense / crime drama / investigation / horror projects.

The Tension Mounts (no drums)

Spacious light-tension track filled with mystery and intrigue. Haunting piano melody, dark synths and percussion - perfect for emotion enhancing music for your mystery / suspense / crime drama / investigation / horror projects.

Sense Of Mystery

A cool, mysterious track with a spacey, atmospheric, intriguing feel. Great as scene-enhancing backing music for mystery / suspense / crime drama / detective projects. Gradually builds throughout using subtle layers and instrumentation.

Sense Of Mystery (no lead)

A cool, mysterious track with a spacey, atmospheric, intriguing feel. Great as scene-enhancing backing music for mystery / suspense / crime drama / detective projects. Gradually builds throughout using subtle layers and instrumentation.

Sense Of Mystery (no lead or drums)

A cool, mysterious track with a spacey, atmospheric, intriguing feel. Great as scene-enhancing backing music for mystery / suspense / crime drama / detective projects. Gradually builds throughout using subtle layers and instrumentation.

Sense Of Mystery (no drums)

A cool, mysterious track with a spacey, atmospheric, intriguing feel. Great as scene-enhancing backing music for mystery / suspense / crime drama / detective projects. Gradually builds throughout using subtle layers and instrumentation.

Exo Space (Cold Space Effect Environment)

Static cold soundscape without harmony. Effect shapes in the background. Fits well in space and fantasy scenes.

a Psychedelic Moment #1

This is a unique, psychedelic background instrumental featuring numerous electronic flourishes. It elicits a feeling of mystery and intrigue. This clip could help in film projects, radio bits, cartoons, video games, YouTube videos, websites, commercials, tutorials, introductions, explainer videos, ...

a Psychedelic Moment #2

This is a unique, psychedelic background instrumental featuring numerous electronic flourishes. It elicits a feeling of mystery and intrigue. This clip could help in film projects, radio bits, cartoons, video games, YouTube videos, websites, commercials, tutorials, introductions, explainer videos, ...

Thorough Investigation Background

Suspenseful background music track to support media with a tense and or investigative atmosphere. The combination of marimba, piano and synthesizers keep the arrangement moving along. Will work perfectly in documentaries, film or any other media seeking tense musical reinforcement.

Halloween

This is a funny and frightening orchestral track with the use of a string section, harpsichord, theremin and bells.

Halloween Waltz

Fairy, magic waltz for halloween with the use of string section, bells, theremin, tubular bell and harpsichord.

Halloween Is

This is a funny and frightening orchestral track with the use of a string section, harpsichord, theremin and bells.

For Halloween

The ironic, jocular music track for Halloween, cartoon, trailers, games and other projects.

Big Epic Journey (60 sec)

Epic, light-tension track with grand cinematic strings, percussion and piano. Gradually builds throughout - perfect for projects needing powerful, dramatic backing music!

Big Epic Journey (no drums)

Epic, light-tension track with grand cinematic strings, percussion and piano. Gradually builds throughout - perfect for projects needing powerful, dramatic backing music!

Big Epic Journey (strings only)

Epic, light-tension track with grand cinematic strings, percussion and piano. Gradually builds throughout - perfect for projects needing powerful, dramatic backing music!

Big Epic Journey

Epic, light-tension track with grand cinematic strings, percussion and piano. Gradually builds throughout - perfect for projects needing powerful, dramatic backing music!

Dramatic Soundtrack

Interesting and evolving cinematic soundtrack with groovy drums and melodic core! Perfect for youtube videos, video games and movie projects!

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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