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Build anticipation with suspense music featuring pulses, strings, and sound design. Ideal for thrillers, crime series, trailers, and gaming.

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Dramatic Soundtrack

Interesting and evolving cinematic soundtrack with groovy drums and melodic core! Perfect for youtube videos, video games and movie projects!

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.

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.

Ambient Cinematic

Emotional and sentimental ambient cinematic track that is great for youtube videos, movies, short films, trailers, promos, advertisements and more!

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...

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...

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.

Running Late Background Loop

Ticking, clocks and pulses moving forward as string ostinatos, pianos and marimba bring a reflective quality to the table. This addition of live recordings gives the track additional engaging qualities. The piece loops seemingly and is therefore perfect to use in the background of your corporate vid...

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.

Suspense And Mystery

suspenseful, mysterious, disturbing, mystical, beguiling, haunting theme. Piano with cellos. Would make a great repeating theme for a character or theme.

New Insights

This musical theme represents curiosity, science, learning and reaching conclusions. The piece includes real life recordings and is produced to high standards to achieve an original sound. Will work perfectly as a theme in your documentary, film, game or other productions seeking a rich captivating ...

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.

Mystery Land

An instrumental ambient track with a Thriller/Horror show vibe. Perfect for soundtracks.

Full Moon Lullaby

Full Moon Lullaby is a soft lullaby theme, with some dark elements creating a mysterious and sometimes haunting atmosphere, featuring music box, piano, celeste and pads. Ideal for use in movie trailers, mystery documentaries, Halloween specials, film scores, YouTube videos or computer games.

Heavy Labour

Suspenseful and cool electric guitars with typical 80s retro bass.

A terrible dream

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

Secrets of the depths

A mysterious ambient background with an anxious atmosphere and a mood of expectation. In combination with mystery, suspense, thriller, research-video, commercial projects, etc.

Night of Horrors

An disturbing electronic background with a dark frightening atmosphere and a mood of fear. In combination with mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, commercial projects, etc.

Epic Adventure Scene (short version)

Epic and grand cinematic orchestral piece with energetic drum groove. The orchestration is quirky and stylish with an uplifting modern twist. Great for action/adventure/suspense/chase scenes.

At Breaking Point (short version)

A very powerful and punchy track with pounding piano, dark synths and solid Hip Hop drum beat. Great for action, adventure, dramatic, sports, epic, suspense, tension projects.

Orchestral Tension

Tense and edgy music for the suspens and action build ups. Features powerful brass shots, fast violin tremolos, deep low strings, percussions and timpani. An evolving tension builds up with different epic yet unnerving themes including an beatiful and mysterious bridge. Perfect to create a tenseful,...

Desolate Background Soundscape

Lonely desolate and dark sounding soundscape made up of synth pads, effects and a gloomy piano. Perfect to use in games, documentaries or films. Also works in 'space' themed productions.

Horror Industrial Drone Background

Dark atmospheric horror background track consisting of industrial sounds, brooding effects and ticking. Perfect to use in the background of a game, movie, documentary or any other production seeking a dark evil suspenseful tone. Will work really well in first person shooters or horror games as ...

Suspense Music and Building Tension

Suspense music uses pulsing rhythms, low strings, drones, and sparse percussion. The sound is designed to create unease and anticipation, holding the listener in a state of expectation.

Where to Use Suspense Music

This style works best in thrillers, documentaries, and investigative pieces where the music needs to add tension without giving away the resolution. If you need something heavier and more atmospheric, dark music is a strong alternative, pushing the mood toward fear and mystery. On the other hand, when you want to create quiet pressure with fewer elements, minimal tracks can achieve the same sense of suspense while staying subtle, making them suitable for voiceover-driven scenes or slow-building edits.

Royalty-Free Suspense Tracks at Themusicase.com

All suspense tracks at Themusicase.com are royalty-free and include a sync license. The catalog covers cinematic pulses, investigative underscores, and tense ambient cues ready for film, broadcast, and online use.
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