Suspense Music for Creators, Filmmaking, Games, Apps. Royalty-free & Sync licensed Royalty-free: Pay once, no ongoing royalties.
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A Transmission Of War

Exciting-dramatic film score with modern guitar riffs, monumental brass, choir, dramatic strings and an impulsive beat. Suspenseful, menacing and military.

Future Race

Uplifting Film music with modern synths, dramatic strings and athmospheric sounds. Perfect for racing themes, cars, technology.

Temple Of Gods

Heroic orchestral filmmusic with a huge choir, impulsive strings and an epic feeling. Ideal as trailer music, for games or battle scenes.

The Universe

Soft and heartwarming film music with tender guitar, floating synths and bright orchestral strings. Great for romantic scenes, documentaries and movies about nature and universe.

The Heart Is Touched By Love

Cinematic filmmusic with intense strings, dreamy voices and a big orchestra. Well suited for adventures, dramas and presentations.

Kingdom of Battles

Epic film score with a bombastic orchestral arrangement, strings, choir and a driving beat. Ideal as film score and trailer music.

301 Dark and Mysterious

A great orchestral and epic track, with a spy's movie kind of sound, featuring brasses, strings, percussion, electric guitar and electronics. A great track for Ads, commercials, movies and video-games where spies are involved. Included a loop version that can be used as a background in video games.

Eastern World

The Sultan travels with his caravan through the desert. This picture comes directly in mind by listening to this track. Traditional instruments with impulsive timpani and ethnic flutes and strings. Perfect for adventure, documentaries and games.

Burning Battle

Suspenceful orchestral film music with an scary dark athmosphere and big cinematic drums. Great tension at the second half with big orchestral ostinatos and hughe brass and choir. Perfect for battle scenes, sci-fi and games.

Burning Battle

Suspenceful orchestral film music with an scary dark athmosphere and big cinematic drums. Great tension at the second half with big orchestral ostinatos and hughe brass and choir. Perfect for battle scenes, sci-fi and games.

Bounce (Audio Logo)

Short, exciting funk trailer featuring a groovy bass riff, a cool rhythm guitar, brass and a mysterious whisperig voice.

Trip Hop Like Massive Attack

Smooth and relaxing Trip Hop with a mystical flair. Great for calm voice background.

Nano World

Exciting film music with muscles ;-) ! Epic choir and impulsive beats provides an glory and majestic feeling. Great for drama or battle scences.

Nano World

Exciting film music with muscles ;-) ! Epic choir and impulsive beats provides an glory and majestic feeling. Great for drama or battle scences.

Great Opening

Action cinematic cue, great as opening for your film. It start calm, with sparse strings and synths, strange, then builds up and becomes big, majestic. Intro, modern hybrid orchestral overture. Also without toms available.

Great Opening No Toms

Action cinematic cue, great as opening for your film. It start calm, with sparse strings and synths, strange, then builds up and becomes big, majestic. Intro, modern hybrid orchestral overture. Also without toms available.

292 A Dorian Song AC2

A very sweet and charming track featuring ukulele, acoustic guitar, celesta, glockespiel, double bass, piano. A great track for animations, movies and video-games.

Touch my Heart

Epic, big film score with an exciting climax, intense strings, dreamy voices, brass and modern synthesizer arpeggios.

The wave rises

Epic, theatralic movie score with strings, string bass, timpani and marching drum. Excited, heroic mood. Suitable for epic, fantasy, action movies and video games.

The Sun rises

Heroic, dramatic movie score with choir, strings, brass and timpani. Amazing arrangement, suitable for middle ages movies, epic and video games.

Sonic Race

Exciting and uplifting film score with modern synths, dramatic strings and atmospheric elements.Great Impact. Ideal as film score and trailer music.


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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