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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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Survival Theme

Emotional yet patriotic and heroic instrumental track, very trailer-like, hybrid and engaging through wide orchestration and choir, modern accentuated strings and big, wide trailer hits as well as energetic percussion ensemble with taikos and toms. Very engaging and progressing, the heroic feel and ...

Nobody is left Behind

Very engaging trailer track, very epic with big orchestra and impactful hits and percussion. Mid-part introduces a beautiful heroic melody line with lush strings, choir and deep brass. Ideal for big cinema, trailer-like cues or action chase.

Sorrows

Big dark trailer track accompanied by trailer hits, chaotic fast percussion and accentuated strings. Rather dark vibe, yet vibrant and pushing forward, mid-part bigger and wider,- accompanied by choir and low brass. Very hybrid and modern, production villain-like track, perfect for a darker vibe, lu...

Eerie Ambient Corporate Background

Instrumental music made for piano and synthesizers. The style is electronic ambient music and the mood is upbeat suspenseful. This music is a perfect background for corporate and advertising projects, also for productions with suspenseful futiristic and mysterious tòpics

Ambient Cinematic Piano

A depressive and melancholic orchestral track with a sad piano part, cinematic strings and touching feeling. Good for documentaries, trailers, love/war movie scenes.

Destiny's Path

An epic, uplifting royalty free orchestral score, with a soft piano, strings, brass, dark choirs, pads, and big drums, great for trailers, intros, or intense war scenes. Versions included: 3:04

Darkness Falls

A dark, dystopian royalty free cinematic theme, with eerie piano, synths, strings, choirs, brass, fx, and drums, best for trailers, fantasy games, or action scenes. Versions included: 2:16

Dark Piano Trailer

A dark cinematic trailer music with a gloomy terrifying vibe, featuring scary piano tune, dark synths, braams, big pads and fxs. Good for horror or thriller trailers, openers and intros.

Dramatic Music Box and Orchestra

A dramatic orchestra royalty free track with music box leading part and a mystic/dark vibe. Good for fantasy/thriller film scenes, intros or trailers.

Dark Orchestral Trailer

A dynamic hybrid orchestral trailer music track with loud brass braams, piano and strings arps, dark percussion and fxs.

Horror Trailer

This is a horror/thriller trailer music for creating a terrifying vibe in your videos.

These Cold Fields

An ambient cinematic music track with an anxious atmospheric vibe featuring saturated strings, synths and music box sounds. Perfect for trailers, nature drone videos, intros and videogames background.

I Can Smell Your Fear

A dark horror/thriller track with anxious and terrifying vibe. Featuring spooky piano, thriller strings, brass and synths. Perfect for horror film scenes, trailers, videogames and other videos.

From The Darkness

This is a dark horror track with an anxious vibe. Perfect for thriller and horror trailers, videos, films and other projects that need an atmospheric spooky background music.

Thriller Trailer

This is a dark and gloomy ambient horror track, suitable for trailers, halloween videos and more.

The Courage Gate (Horror Fantasy Mystery Dark Epic Trailer)

by Epikton
Making a scene appear scary require many psychological tricks, but your music choice can be the most influential element. This track is recklessly designed to trigger the deepest fears of your audience and amplify the tension. Potential use cases; horror movie trailer, cinematic film and gaming sou...

Future Trap

by Muza
This is dark trap, music of urbania, music of the future. All elements of modern electronic music, beat machine, chops vocals. The minor mood of the couplet, and the inspiring chorus encourages us to strive forward. Advertising cars, urban culture, youth brands.

Dark Day

by Muza
What awaits us in the future! What will be the post apacalypse? This track is made under the impression of cyber-punk movies. Minor motif, powerful sound, modern trap beat. The chorus of this composition will not leave your indifferent.

Danger

by Muza
Cool trap track, powerful chorus, holding in suspense. This is the music of the streets, this is the music of the ghetto, this is the music of protest. This music encourages to move forward and win.

Epicentrum Protector (Cinematic Epic Revenge Orchestral Trailer)

by Epikton
There are not many music tracks that grab attention from the beginning and last it for the end. However, this track is specifically created to satisfy your audience in that manner and give them goosebumps while building up to a powerful ending note. Potential use cases; epic movie trailer, film and...

Catch a Rainbow

Beautiful and deep music with huge space and calming mood. Nice background for corporate and promotional videos, product advertising, nature views, drone videos, inspiring speeches, real estate promos, travel and adventure videos, or many more.

Collecting The Components

by A4D
A soft digital track with piano, strings and an inspiring vibe great for technology projects, digital media, advertising or startup.

Mournful Orchestral Background

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is Classical Soundtrack music and the mood is mournful and sad. The rhythm is steady and determined. This music is a perfect background in films, tv series and other productions with sadness and dramatic scenes.

Horror Territory

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

Cool Futuristic Trailer

Dark futuristic trailer music that slowly builts until it leads into a strong and energetic rhythm part, followed by a short break and ends with powerful accent.

Torn To Pieces (No Lead)

Atmospheric, light-tension track with haunting melody, spacey synth pads, pulsating bass and percussion. Builds gradually throughout. Great as theme music for mystery / sci fi / suspense / crime drama projects.

Torn To Pieces (No Perc)

Atmospheric, light-tension track with haunting melody, spacey synth pads, pulsating bass and percussion. Builds gradually throughout. Great as theme music for mystery / sci fi / suspense / crime drama projects.

Torn To Pieces

Atmospheric, light-tension track with haunting melody, spacey synth pads, pulsating bass and percussion. Builds gradually throughout. Great as theme music for mystery / sci fi / suspense / crime drama projects.

Never Should Have Happened (No Lead)

Mysterious, melancholic track with spacey pads, delicate melody, bass and percussion. Gradually builds throughout into a slightly more optimistic, hopeful feel with lush sweeping strings. Perfect for a variety of uses.

Never Should Have Happened (No Percussion)

Mysterious, melancholic track with spacey pads, delicate melody, bass and percussion. Gradually builds throughout into a slightly more optimistic, hopeful feel with lush sweeping strings. Perfect for a variety of uses.

Never Should Have Happened

Mysterious, melancholic track with spacey pads, delicate melody, bass and percussion. Gradually builds throughout into a slightly more optimistic, hopeful feel with lush sweeping strings. Perfect for a variety of uses.

Bad Intentions (No Lead)

Mysterious, spacious track with haunting guitar, percussion and atmospheric synth pads. Great for dark, dramatic music for mystery / suspense / horror  / crime drama / sci fi projects.

Bad Intentions (No Perc)

Mysterious, spacious track with haunting guitar, percussion and atmospheric synth pads. Great for dark, dramatic music for mystery / suspense / horror  / crime drama / sci fi projects.

Bad Intentions

Mysterious, spacious track with haunting guitar, percussion and atmospheric synth pads. Great for dark, dramatic music for mystery / suspense / horror  / crime drama / sci fi projects.

Latin Jazz Logo

A slow instrumental Latin style Jazz logo/sting with a very elegant vibe.

Ominous Orchestral Creshendo

A bone-chilling and disturbing short piece written for Orchestra. Composer: Julian Korbl (SACEM) CAE/IPI: 01065089160

Southern Twang Mystery (No Drums)

Spacious, dark, mysterious track with a Southern twang feel. Great as suspenseful, haunting background track for your project.

Southern Twang Mystery

Spacious, dark, mysterious track with a Southern twang feel. Great as suspenseful, haunting background track for your project.

Dark Textures Ambient

Dark and sinister ambient cinematic texture track full of fear and mystery. Great background music for storytelling video, film, documentary, game, and commercial business use.

Strange art (Suspense disturbing music)

An unusual mixed background with a dark, frightening atmosphere and an unsettling mood. Combined with mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, commercial projects, etc.

Space future Technology

Futuristic and reflexive instrumental music with calm slightly anxious feel for pensive vlog, contemplative video, sentimental film, and commercial business use.

Aggressive industrial Dubstep

Industrial and progressive Dubstep piece, with a very intense vibe. Great for action and futuristic content

Organic and inspirational post rock

Post-Rock song featuring fresh textures made with several keyboards, guitars and synths. Great for inspiring and deep film scenes or game soundtracks.

Cinematic tragedy

Dramatic cinematic electronica music with sad emotional feel for pensive video, drama film, somber documentary, and commercial business use.

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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