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.

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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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Time To Live Or Die

Epic, dramatic orchestral piece with triumphant climax - great for action, suspense scenes.

The Worm

Mysterious ambient soundscape piece - great for suspense, sci fi, horror scenes.

The Uprise

Suspenseful dramatic orchestral piece - great for horror, action, mystery scenes.

The Struggle

Dramatic orchestral action piece with gripping film score arrangement

The Longest Walk

Mysterious ambient track with guitar and sweeping synth pads. Very spacious and atmospheric.

The Haunted Alley

Mysterious piece with orchestral, synths and percussion - great for horror, mystery, suspense scenes.

The Epic Contest

Action-packed epic orchestral piece - great for horror, action, suspense scenes.

The Dark Night

Haunting, mysterious film score piece with piano, light percussion and strings

The Clock Is Ticking

Terrifying dramatic orchestral piece - great for action, horror, suspense scenes.

Spooky Ways

Spooky ambient piece with weird synths and SFX - great for sci fi scene

Inspirational Piano Dubstep

Warm, futuristic, emotional and very inspirational track in the style of dubstep. Perfectly suitable for background music, video projects, websites, games, podcasts, commercials, soundtracks, films and motion graphics. I hope you like it.

Sinking Under

Creepy orchestral piece with added synths and effects - great fpr suspense, mystery, sci fi scenes.

Ominous Adventure

Mysterious electronic track with solid groove and trippy synths. Great for hi-energy action scene

Nothing Is Impossible

Energetic and spacey electronic dance track with cool beat and ambient synths

No Time Left

Extremely tense orchestral piece with dramatic film score arrangments

No Place Like This

Eerie soundscape piece with spooky synths and effects. Great for mystery, sci fi, horror scenes.

Never Give Up

Dramatic, epic film score piece, gradually building throughout...

Murky Swamp

Mysterious film score piece with pulsating percussion and creepy, haunting synths and effects

Hell Of A Scary Night

Terrifying dramatic orchestral piece - great for horror, suspense scenes.

Haunted Manor

Terrifying dramatic orchestral piece - great for horror, suspense scenes.

Grave Walk

Spooky horror / science fiction piece with synths and sound effects.

Finding Justice

Dramatic orchestral film score piece with epic orchestral arrangements. This piece has a war-time military feel and gradually builds throughout into a triumphant finale.

Feeling Ready For It

Mysterious, dark electronic track with action/suspense feel. Solid groove, electric guitar and synths.

Evil Creature

Very creepy orchestral piece with dark arrangements over pulsating percussion

Endless Night

Mysterious ambient track with laid back beat and spacey synths

Eastern Sunset

Mysterious piece with haunting Eastern feel. Acoustic guitar and percussion.

Dub Club

Edgy Dub track with trippy synths, samples and cool beat

Desparate Getaway

Edgy, mysterious track with driving percussion, guitar and haunting synths

Dark Times Ahead

Dramatic orchestral film score piece with dark, mysterious arrangements.

Dark Bluesy Nights

Cool and deep Blues track which mysterious feel and plenty of attitude!

Creeping Me Out

Terrifying dramatic orchestral piece - great for horror, suspense scenes.

Chased By The Devil

Gripping, dramatic film score piece with haunting arrangements and driving percussion

Back Street Chase

Mysterious electronic track with driving percussion and dark, atmospheric synths.

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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