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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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Battle Of Technologies

A dark, powerful royalty free cinematic piece with a lot of hybrid synths, risers, ticking fx and epic hits, best for trailers, intros or games.

Jaws Too

A tense, 80's inspired royalty free cinematic theme with brass, harps, strings, flutes, piano and epic drums, best for trailers, suspenseful scenes or endings.

Leaving

A tense, cinematic royalty free piano TV/movie theme with dark undertones, strings and light horns, ideal for dramatic, romantic or emotional contents.

Abduction

A high energy orchestral action style theme. Staccato violin lines pulsate over ominous low drones, dark harmonies and driving percussion. The tension and energy build throughout until the piece reaches it's crashing final chord.

Dark Forces

A high energy orchestral action style theme. Staccato violin lines strike above low brass swells, dark harmonies and driving percussion. The tension and energy build throughout with unison orchestral crashes to end.

Eliminator

A high energy orchestral action style theme. Staccato violin lines pulsate over dark harmonies and driving percussion. The tension and energy build with woodwind flourishes, brass swells and a false ending before the final crash.

High Voltage

A high energy orchestral action style theme. Staccato violin lines pulsate over dark rising harmonies and driving percussion. The tension and energy ramp up with woodwind flourishes, brass swells and rising chords. The tension reaches it's peak and the piece ends with one massive bang.

Run For Cover

A high energy orchestral action style theme. Revolving piano and staccato violin lines pulsate over dark harmonies and driving percussion. The tension rises before a false ending and breakdown. The tension ramps up a gear and builds with rising harmony and low brass before the final unison crash.

Mysterious Entity (Light Mix)

Mysterious and intriguing, this suspenseful track is great for action / crime / mystery / horror / suspense / science fiction uses. Atmospheric synths, spacious strings, haunting piano melody and solid driving beat.

Mysterious Entity (No Drums)

Mysterious and intriguing, this suspenseful track is great for action / crime / mystery / horror / suspense / science fiction uses. Atmospheric synths, spacious strings, haunting piano melody and solid driving beat.

Mysterious Entity (No Lead)

Mysterious and intriguing, this suspenseful track is great for action / crime / mystery / horror / suspense / science fiction uses. Atmospheric synths, spacious strings, haunting piano melody and solid driving beat.

Mysterious Entity

Mysterious and intriguing, this suspenseful track is great for action / crime / mystery / horror / suspense / science fiction uses. Atmospheric synths, spacious strings, haunting piano melody and solid driving beat.

BACK TO EDEN (Mystic Adventure) - Stinger version

Dawn illuminates the day, The Returned can begin to come back to light ... Orchestral soft epic mystic adventure. Available in: Main version / Narrative (no melodies) / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

BACK TO EDEN (Mystic Adventure) - Bumper version

Dawn illuminates the day, The Returned can begin to come back to light ... Orchestral soft epic mystic adventure. Available in: Main version / Narrative (no melodies) / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

BACK TO EDEN (Mystic Adventure) - 30sec version

Dawn illuminates the day, The Returned can begin to come back to light ... Orchestral soft epic mystic adventure. Available in: Main version / Narrative (no melodies) / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

BACK TO EDEN (Mystic Adventure) - 60sec version

Dawn illuminates the day, The Returned can begin to come back to light ... Orchestral soft epic mystic adventure. Available in: Main version / Narrative (no melodies) / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

BACK TO EDEN (Mystic Adventure) - Narrative version

Dawn illuminates the day, The Returned can begin to come back to light ... Orchestral soft epic mystic adventure. Available in: Main version / Narrative (no melodies) / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

BACK TO EDEN (Mystic Adventure) - Main version

Dawn illuminates the day, The Returned can begin to come back to light ... Orchestral soft epic mystic adventure. Available in: Main version / Narrative (no melodies) / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

Desperately Lonely

A mysterious, dark and spacious track with haunting piano, atmospheric synth pads and light percussion. Great for subtle tension / suspense background music. Suitable for a variety of uses including: mystery, suspense, horror, science fiction, crime scenes.

Desperately Lonely (No Drums)

A mysterious, dark and spacious track with haunting piano, atmospheric synth pads and light percussion. Great for subtle tension / suspense background music. Suitable for a variety of uses including: mystery, suspense, horror, science fiction, crime scenes.

Upon the Black Horse of a Midnight Carousel

Creepy haunting carnival music with that 80s cinematic feel that is sure to leave a lasting impression of all your worst nightmares as a child. Perfect for halloween or any other spooky horror production you might have in mind.

Symphony of Horror

Creepy, intense, horror type music for film and tv perfect for film trailers with building strings to a powerful feeling of something bad about to happen and finishes off with a slow eerie choir fade out! This has that perfect Friday the 13 sound mixed with all your other favorite horror heros!

Sport Glitch Trailer

Glitchy Trailer for cinematic projects, industrial news, background trailer sound designe, youtube videos, games and gaming. Super stylish modern advertising sound for promotionals and creative projects.

Countdown

Countdown – epic hybrid cinematic blockbuster for youtube videos, epic countdown, tv spots, radio and broadcasting. Will be good for cinematic trailers, aggressive trailer, tense trailer and intro presentation teasers, films and cinema

Dark Trailer

Dark Trailer Music - it’s aggressive hybrid trailer and teaser for cinematic fear and scary projects. Will be good for Horror or thrillers, intro broadcasting and tv opener. Best for film or cinema, youtube scary videos, games and gaming. Instruments: alarms, hybrid sfx, massive hits, dark risers ...

Horror Trailer 1

Nail biting horror suspense trailer type track with amazing build ups, powerful low end drums and very creepy melody. This track is perfect for your next horror project!

Horror Suspense Cue 1

On edge suspense waiting for your biggest fear to come true! Creepy sound design with hard sub hits to frighten your audience... Scratchy strings, spooky synth, cluster brass and falling subs give this track the full effect perfect for your next horror film!

Horror Piano

Suspenseful, sweeping, eerie haunting piano with melodic violin cue thats perfect for that walk alone through the forest in the dark. Perfect for opening credits or any other cinematic project that need that creepy vibe.

Epic Hybrid Trailer

Gritty Epic hybrid trailer music full of rise and hits with epic choir that sends this track over the edge. Perfect for film, tv needing that powerful futuristic rise of empires!

The Horror

Horror Trailer – hybrid scary teaser for blockbusters and fear projects. Will be good for youtube videos, games and gaming

Countdown Epic Trailer

Countdown Epic Trailer Music – it’s action epic soundtrack with hybrid effects, countdown clock and huge drums and bass. Action and blockbuster atmosphere made this stock sound amazing and beautiful. Modern Hollywood effect and huge braaaams, trailer hits and dubstep beat with hybrid energetic a...

Dark Trailer Intro

Dark Trailer Intro music for youtube videos, blockbusters, games and gaming, hybrid stream, cinema and films, tv spots, intro opener. Soundtrack for intense teasers, action battle war scenes, intro presentations.

Countdown Teaser Intro

Countdown Teaser Intro – it’s hybrid cinematic countdown music for fast and intence projects. Will be good for: Hybrid trailers, cinematic teasers, opener and tv spot. Intence mood with countdown clock’s made some nervious atmospere. Hybrid massive kick and intence drums make your will project...

Countdown Horror Teaser

Countdown Horror Teaser- it’s dark hybrid horror trailer for scary and fear projects. Will be good for horror trailers, dark teasers, hybrid scenes, scary and fear cinematic movie. Instruments: hybrid effects, scary voices, horror string sfx, distortion risers and wooshes, intense drums.

Epic Intence Trailer

Epic Intence Trailer – It’s hybrid modern Hollywood trailer for massive projects. Good for Hollywood trailers, epic or hybrid teasers, intro or outro. Instruments: Massive choir, hybrid effects, spicato synth, massive risers and wooshes, hybrid drum and more.

CAPE FEAR (Tension Action) - Stinger version

Versatile electro-orchestral for tension, action, expectation, suspense. Building intensity with orchestration and themes. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

CAPE FEAR (Tension Action) - Bumper version

Versatile electro-orchestral for tension, action, expectation, suspense. Building intensity with orchestration and themes. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

CAPE FEAR (Tension Action) - 30sec version

Versatile electro-orchestral for tension, action, expectation, suspense. Building intensity with orchestration and themes. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

CAPE FEAR (Tension Action) - 60sec version

Versatile electro-orchestral for tension, action, expectation, suspense. Building intensity with orchestration and themes. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

CAPE FEAR (Tension Action) - Background version

Versatile electro-orchestral for tension, action, expectation, suspense. Building intensity with orchestration and themes. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

CAPE FEAR (Tension Action) - Main version

Versatile electro-orchestral for tension, action, expectation, suspense. Building intensity with orchestration and themes. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger.

Action Trailer

Action Trailer – it’s hybrid and distortion epic triler music for cinematic projects. It’s massive and intense music for video projects on youtube or in cinematic industry. Will be good for fast and intence movie, tc spot, music for game, intro, brand, cinema, sport and more.

Dark Horror Trailer

Dark Horror Trailer – it’s perfect dark and action trailer for cinematic projects. Will be good for hybrid trailers, cinematic teasers, blockbusters and Hollywood epic scenes.

Intense Epic Alarm Trailer

Intense Epic Trailer – it’s massive distortion trailer for hybrid and cinematic projects. Will be good for heroic tarilers, epic teasers, tv spot, youtube, Hollywood films, blockbusters, opener and more. Mood: Dark, anxious, nervious, misterious. Instruments: hybrid effects, distortion risers, m...

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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