Suspense Music for Creators, Filmmaking, Games, Apps. Royalty-free & Sync licensed Royalty-free: Pay once, no ongoing royalties.
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Falling Down

Edgy building tension music featuring chamber strings, fx, piano and timpani. Slightly old fashioned and great for horror and thriller scenes or trailers.

The Target

Urban track with tight drums and stutter effects. Perfect as suspenseful underscore in movies.

Powerful And Agressive Cinematic

Bright modern cinematic trailer with fat synths, big cinematic drums, exciting orchestral string staccatos and very fat impacts at the end. Perfect for games, apps, trailers, sport and themes about fighting and battle.

Beats And Chicks

Energetic urban Trap music with modern synths and fresh voices. Great for urban, lifestyle, youth and reports.

Suspenseful Underscore

Suspensful underscore music with a percussive beat, a dark pianoand floating pads. Great for movies, thriller, games, apps and reports.

Muscle Man

Exciting breakbeat with distored guitars, bright synths and a fat urban Hip Hop beat. Great for sports, presentations, lifestyle and reports.

News Intro

Powerful, dynamic, bright, energetic, hypnotic, intense, tension, emotional, expressive, tense, upbeat, driving and dramatic intro will leave you with big impact from emotional energy, pressure and excitement. Perfect for opening TV News, broadcast and internet media projects.

The Epic Journey (No Choir Version)

Inspirational cinematic track with bright and epic orchestration, lovely melodies and big drums. Perfect uplifting filmmusic for presentations, documentation, big pictures, trailers and adventure.

The Epic Journey

Inspirational cinematic track with bright and epic orchestration, lovely melodies and big drums. Perfect uplifting filmmusic for presentations, documentation, big pictures, trailers and adventure.

The Epic Journey New Edit

Inspirational cinematic track with bright and epic orchestration, lovely melodies and big drums. Perfect uplifting filmmusic for presentations, documentation, big pictures, trailers and adventure.

The Epic Journey (No Piano Version)

Inspirational cinematic track with bright and epic orchestration, lovely melodies and big drums. Perfect uplifting filmmusic for presentations, documentation, big pictures, trailers and adventure.

The Epic Journey 2nd Generation

Inspirational cinematic track with bright and epic orchestration, lovely melodies and big drums. Perfect uplifting filmmusic for presentations, documentation, big pictures, trailers and adventure.

Full Power

Powerful modern metal with big cinematic drums and fast playing synth lines. Great music for sports, action, lifestyle and racing.

Big Brassi Underground (Full Mix)

Nasty urban Trap with mighty brasses, exciting synths, deep raps and an modern trap beat. Perfect for urban lifestyle, youth scenes, nightlife, party and sports.

Big Brassi Underground (Instrumental)

Nasty urban Trap with mighty brasses, exciting synth and a modern trap beat. Perfect for urban lifestyle, youth scenes, nightlife, party and sports.

Bikes And Chicks

Fresh alternative rock with rocking guitar riffs, strong powerful drums and dirty synth parts. Sounds nasty, authentic and energetic. Perfect for sport, fashion and rocking pictures with full of action.

Wasteland

A bleak and desolate soundscape with slowly building tension. Featuring piano, electric guitar, analogue synths and unnerving background noises. A great underscore for tense scenes.

Epic Beauty

An emotional, epic and cinematic underscore which starts with solo piano and then a lush orchestra with soaring strings enters around 0:40. Sounds like a combination of Two Steps from Hell, E.S. Posthumous and Alexandre Desplat.

Stay Cool

Pulsating big beat with an exciting athmoshere. Vocal effects and percussions combined with a hip hop infuenced beat. Sounds young, cheeky and deep. Great for sports, lifestyle, youth and presentations.

Land Of Wonder

Powerful, epic film music with a soft piano at the beginning, but then strikes with full force. Big cinematic drums, strong staccato strings and rich brass gives that track a great epic feeling. Go with your audience to an epic journey. Great for trailer music, games, presentations and documentrarie...

Dreamful Breakbeat

Suspenseful film music with athmospheric guitars, dreamful synthesizer chords and a driving breakbeat. Ideal for presentations and lifestyle.


Suspense Music: Royalty-Free Tension for Films, Trailers, and Games

Suspense music builds unease and anticipation through evolving textures, sparse motifs, and controlled dynamics. Typical elements include pulsing low strings, ticking percussion, bowed metals, risers, and subtle synth drones that escalate toward a reveal without resolving too soon. At Themusicase.com, you can find and license a wide range of royalty-free suspense tracks. Every track includes a sync license for safe use across film, trailers, advertising, games, and online content.

Where Suspense Music Works Best

Choosing Themusicase gives editors a clear, royalty-free license with sync rights—reliable usage across platforms without extra clearance.

FAQs

Where can I find royalty-free suspense music?
You can license suspense tracks directly at Themusicase.com. The catalog covers dark drones, ticking percussion, risers, and modern hybrid tension cues for films, trailers, advertising, games, and online media—each track royalty-free with sync rights.
Can I use suspense music on YouTube without copyright claims?
Yes. Suspense tracks from Themusicase are royalty-free and include sync rights, letting you publish confidently on YouTube and social platforms without Content ID or copyright issues.
What makes music sound suspenseful?
Suspense relies on steady pulse (ticks, ostinatos), evolving drones, dissonant intervals, and restrained dynamics that rise gradually. Minimal motifs, sub-bass movement, and strategic silence create unease until the reveal or transition.
How much does it cost to use suspense music in sync projects?
At Themusicase, all suspense tracks are available under a simple royalty-free sync license. Pricing is transparent, with no hidden fees or ongoing royalties. You can review the details in our License Agreement.
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