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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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Lost - Sad Cinematic N.Guitar

This song is an acoustic guitar piece that expresses the process of loneliness and wounded hearts deepening into despair. It’s a great song to express a sad and desperate atmosphere.

Follow - Dark Cinematic N.Guitar

This song expresses the human instinct of falling endlessly into desire through acoustic guitar performance. It would be well-suited for an anxious and despairing scene.

The Retreat at Wiwha Island - Epic Cinematic Korean Orchestra(Full)

This song is a combination of traditional Korean music with orchestral sound. It was inspired by the Wihwado Retreat, an event that laid the foundation for the founding of Joseon. The instruments used are daegeum (a large bamboo flute), piri (a double-reed oboe), haegeum (a two-stringed fiddle), gay...

Chamber of Agony

Dark and haunting soundscape feauturing originally recorded sounds and instruments. The brooding and ominous atmosphere will work very well in games, films and other productions.

Paranormal Revelation

Ominous piano theme accompanied by eerie synthesizers and a lonely ghostly voice. Perfect to use in productions seeking horror and suspense.

Background Reflection and Tension

Light suspenseful and thoughtful background track leaving lots of room for narration or other effects. The track consists of vibraphone, piano, synth and strings.

Mystical Aura

An atmospheric track with a simple piano and synth melody and light percussive and synth background, leading to a dark and intense climax. Great for movies, games, tension scenes, crime series and various relevant content.

A Minute to Midnight

An atmospheric track with piano and synth intro, strings ostinato and light percussion gradually rising to an intense climax. Great for tension scenes, trailers, videos and any project requiring an atmospheric and intense music.

Evolution

An exciting, bold, evolutionary, aggressive epic. This track is suitable for action videos, sports, and games

80s Retrowave Dancing Lounge

An dancing, retro, inspiring 80s synthwave royalty free song, with retro synth leads, synth pads, 80’s bass and efficient powerful beats, best for ads, retro visuals, 80s aesthetics and artistic related content !

Suspenseful Darkness Background

Musical soundscape full of originally recorded sounds like tools, the clicking sound of a pen and more. Brooding analog synthesizers and a melancholic piano lead give this track an eerie edge.

Faint Things - Dark Ominous Krautrock

This track features a deep, brooding atmosphere characteristic of dark ambient music, with a driving, repetitive rhythm typical of krautrock. It blends moody synths, grand piano, and a haunting, minimalist beat to create a sense of looming tension and eerie suspense

Coma

Intense dark thriller-style soundtrack. Sound design, rasping strings and powerful percussion. Great for cinematic production, dark and scary videos and more.

Lone Sailor

A powerfull cinematic inspiring track with emotional piano and epic dynamic orchestral strings, taiko drums, hybrid effects, etc.

Analog Horror Background

Horror background track featuring real recordings of synthesizers, thumbpiano and other effects.

Terror From the Deep

An atmospheric track with low strings, brass, pads and a sparse piano melody rising to an intense climax. Great for movies, games, tension scenes, crime sceries and various relevant content.

Ominous and Sad

Melancholic sounding background track featuring strings and piano over a pulsing obscure beat with bass.

Fist Of Steel

Action, powerful, driving, dynamic and energetic metal for your video, audio collections and other projects! Perfect for action scenes, extreme videos, fightings, sports, racing and flying videos, adventures, travels, slideshows, featurettes, viral marketing, video blogs, advertising, video games...

Time Machine

Dark scary mood atmospheric teaser for vikings or fantasy games, films etc..

Resident Evil

Modern atmospheric epic cinematic track. Perfect for: epic trailers, cinematic background, intros, presentations, motivational videos, and more

I Am Nervous

Suspenseful background track with cinematic qualities. Different colors are presented through a varied arrangement of instrument groups.As the piece evolves a hint of sadness is introduced.

Thrash Metal

A heavy and evil thrash metal track featuring distorted electric guitars, a chunky bass, and punchy drums. It is suitable as background music in advertisements, commercials, films, movies, video games, Youtube videos, and more.

Dark Forgotten Memories

Dark obscure sounding background track featuring ominous synthesizers, effects, strings and a haunting piano melody.

End Of The Human Race

Track created to underscore documentaries on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology, but also Sci Fi shorts, movies, videogames, podcast, commercials. The robots have taken over, in this track with a dystopian atmosphere we hear mysterious electronic sounds (the language of machines), a slow an...

Enigma

An orchestral track with a dark and ominous low strings and brass first part, leading to a mysterious and emotional second part. Great for background music in films, videos and other productions needing a suspenseful and sentimental atmosphere.

Nightfall

A hybrid track with a dark and airy synth opening and a second atmospheric strings part leading to an emotional climax. Great for films, videos, documentaries and other content needing a touch of mystery.

Behind the Mask

A dark piano and synth track, creating an anxious and mysterious atmosphere, rising to a dramatic climax. Great for tension scenes, trailers, videos and any project requiring an atmospheric and intense music.

Break Free

A mid tempo metal riff with a simple distorted cello melody, creating a dymanic and inspiring atmosphere. Great for background music in videos, presentations, commercials and various other projects.

The Seventh Sign

A dark hybrid orchestral track with a subtle piano melody, pads and strings ostinati, evolving to a strings and brass climax, creating an anxious and mysterious vibe. Great for trailers, films, video games, documentaries and other productions needing a dramatic and intense atmosphere.

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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