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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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Cinematic Action Scene

Intense and powerful cinematic action piece with a suspenseful build-up and dramatic melody, that is great for movies, trailers and video games.

Chill LoFi Jazz

A relaxing jazz beat full of chill vibes and evolving melody performed by a saxophone. It is great for youtube videos, intros, outros, studying, commercials, advertisement, radios and more!

Brink Of Disaster

Dramatic, epic track with a cool modern approach. Great for action, suspense, mystery tension projects. Haunting piano, spacious synths, pulsating bass and solid percussion - gradually builds throughout.

Brink Of Disaster (stinger)

Dramatic, epic track with a cool modern approach. Great for action, suspense, mystery tension projects. Haunting piano, spacious synths, pulsating bass and solid percussion - gradually builds throughout.

Brink Of Disaster (No Piano)

Dramatic, epic track with a cool modern approach. Great for action, suspense, mystery tension projects. Haunting piano, spacious synths, pulsating bass and solid percussion - gradually builds throughout.

Brink Of Disaster (No Piano or Drums)

Dramatic, epic track with a cool modern approach. Great for action, suspense, mystery tension projects. Haunting piano, spacious synths, pulsating bass and solid percussion - gradually builds throughout.

Brink Of Disaster (No Drums)

Dramatic, epic track with a cool modern approach. Great for action, suspense, mystery tension projects. Haunting piano, spacious synths, pulsating bass and solid percussion - gradually builds throughout.

Brink Of Disaster (60 sec)

Dramatic, epic track with a cool modern approach. Great for action, suspense, mystery tension projects. Haunting piano, spacious synths, pulsating bass and solid percussion - gradually builds throughout.

Brink Of Disaster (30 sec)

Dramatic, epic track with a cool modern approach. Great for action, suspense, mystery tension projects. Haunting piano, spacious synths, pulsating bass and solid percussion - gradually builds throughout.

Here Comes Trouble

Mysterious light-tension track with intrigue and suspense. Great as spacey, atmospheric music for mystery, sci-fi, horror, drama projects.

Here Comes Trouble (stinger)

Mysterious light-tension track with intrigue and suspense. Great as spacey, atmospheric music for mystery, sci-fi, horror, drama projects.

Here Comes Trouble (No Perc)

Mysterious light-tension track with intrigue and suspense. Great as spacey, atmospheric music for mystery, sci-fi, horror, drama projects.

Here Comes Trouble (No Leads)

Mysterious light-tension track with intrigue and suspense. Great as spacey, atmospheric music for mystery, sci-fi, horror, drama projects.

Here Comes Trouble (60 sec)

Mysterious light-tension track with intrigue and suspense. Great as spacey, atmospheric music for mystery, sci-fi, horror, drama projects.

Here Comes Trouble (30 sec)

Mysterious light-tension track with intrigue and suspense. Great as spacey, atmospheric music for mystery, sci-fi, horror, drama projects.

Le Jazz Bar

An instrumental Gipsy Jazz track with a dark vibe. For vlogs and ads.

Gipsy Caravan

An instrumental Gipsy Jazz track with a funny vibe. For vlogs and ads.

Baleful Ethnic Background Drone

A sad palette consisting of real recorded violins and cello's paint an ominous and tragic atmosphere. Small ethnic sounding motifs and carefully placed deep percussive hits contribute to the suspenseful and dramatic setting. Will work really well as background music in films, documentaries, games ...

Political Polarization Ethnic Tension Background

A dense, dark and suspenseful background track indicating conflict, struggle or other problems. The nature of the track lends itself perfectly to be used in the background of your production without getting in the way. There is an extra version without the Duduk included for situations where the m...

Vibey Urban LoFi HipHop

Vibey, relaxing background Lo-Fi Hip Hop track with driving beat, chopped samples, melancholic mood featuring piano, synths, reverse effects. The minimalist, modern chillout sound of this composition is ideal for YouTube video, commercial, stream, vlog, blog, fashion and much more!

Evil Bells Laughter Ident

Ghastly church bells accompanied by evil laughter, draped in dark atmospheric sounds. The perfect Halloween Horror Ident for your production!

George The Flying Bat Orchestral Halloween

A whacky manic orchestral piece sonically draped in everything that is Halloween. A spooky theremin melody is carried forth by haunting strings, children's choir, frantic woodwinds and sinister brass outbursts. If you listen closely you can hear George the Bat spreading his wings on Halloween nigh...

Die achte Sünde

Powerful theme with energetic rhythm and German speech supported by electronic elements. Recommended for action scenes, racing, and action games as well as for movie and film trailers, wherever energy is needed.

A Terrible Omen

A creepy experimental background with a mysterious frightening atmosphere and a mood of fear. In combination with mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, commercial projects, etc.

Lost Hope

A melancholic and rather dark melody, gradually building and rising on strings and brass, reaching an emotional climax. Ideal for projects needing an emotional and rather dark atmosphere.

Space Dreams

A instrumental dark ambient track with a predominant delay electric guitar. Perfect for soundtracks.

Ethio Jazzing

An instrumental repetitive Jazz track with an African vibe. Perfect for vlogs and soundtracks.

Swing From the Desert

An instrumental fast Jazz track with a Middle Eastern vibe. Perfect for vlogs and soundtracks.

Inception

by Muza
Epic hybrid trailer with drums, strings, pads and electronics. An excellent choice for action modern intro, logo, movement idents, short advertising, driving sci-fi logo reveals video games, futuristic motion pictures and for any type of media projects.

Suspenseful Research Background

A tense melancholic background track consisting of different real played pianos, ticking and other suspenseful sounds. Perfect to use in the background of your documentary, corporate video, film or any other production seeking a supportive tense and mellow tone. The theme carries a touch of sadn...

Surrounded by darkness

A creepy electronic background with a mysterious frightening atmosphere and a mood of fear. Combined with mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, commercial projects, etc.

Lo-fi Hip-Hop Jazz with Catchy Vocal Hook

A relaxing jazzy hip-hop inspired song with a catchy vocal hook targeted towards young people, but with and old feel.

Dangerous games

A tense ambient background with a dark frightening atmosphere and a mood of fear. In combination with mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, games, animation, commercial projects, etc.

The Saga Begins Epic Cinematic Soundtrack

Epic orchestral track starting out on an emotional note, gradually increasing in density and working towards a big adventurous climax. Perfect to use in your film, trailer, game or other production seeking a grand orchestral background score.

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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