Cauchemar (French: 'Nightmarish') is a composer of avant-garde classical and film music, exploring dissonant harmonies, enigmatic motivic relationships, and multi-timbral soundmass texture. Cauchemar's compositions range from fully composed works consisting of dense atonal polyphony, contrasting explorations of a Romantic-era harmonic language immersed in tonal chromaticism, and aleatoric soundmass rich with heavily manipulated acoustic recordings.
The majority of Cauchemar's recent works consist of unique and personally-cultivated sound design libraries, most often derived from acoustic recordings. Acoustic sources lend a familiar but enigmatic nature when subjected to various manipulation and mangling sound design techniques in post-production; piano, cello, glockenspiel, harmonium, and an assortment of other instruments dominate the acoustic texture.
Sinister 'Main Title'-appropriate music for orchestral strings, electric guitar ensemble, choir, woodwinds, percussion and electronics. Cutting edge, avant-garde and classically influenced, this is unsettling and sophisticated music perfect for horror and suspense films, television and video games. Instrumental, Horror, Contemporary Thriller
Feverish ecstasy & nightmarish images pervade the music of Embrace Our Nature, a project integrating industrial, electronic, film and classical influences. Harsh electronics & dreamy vocals from Aziza A. Poggi create a terrifyingly dark atmosphere perfect for film & video game environments. Female Vocals, Dangerous, Dark Music
Discordant, unrelenting piano unfolds a tense melody above an ominous texture of dissonant string basses. This opening section is followed by a relaxed, still haunting fabric of piano chords and plucked singing bowl. Conveys psychological discomfort with a yearning for the unknown. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Piano
Retro, 80s-influenced sombre music for synthesizers, percussion and piano; a melancholic, beautiful theme with an infectious melodic rhythm, and a classically-influenced transitional passage characterize this unique retrospective on thematic treatment in 80s horror movies. Instrumental, Horror, Dance Contemporary
Haunting, beat-driven track projecting a gritty, foreboding atmosphere through a tension-filled electronic soundscape; unfriendly, horrific images of darkness enter the listener's mind - perfect for Horror, Sci-Fi and Suspense cinema and video games needing an Industrial, Dark Ambient edge. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Electronica
Music for filmic scenes of Psychological Suspense, featuring creepy, disturbed & emotionally unstable lead characters in moments of paranoia & obsession (i. e. 'One Hour Photo', 'The Shining'); featuring piano, music box, celesta & xylophone, and string ensemble. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Psychological
An ominous mystery is at the forefront of this sleek and refined track; featuring rich electronics, piano, strings, and percussion, this music is perfect for those inquisitive moments of 'Investigation' in contemporary horror/thriller cinema. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
Building music for string, brass, woodwind, piano, electric guitar and electronic ensemble. Ranging from Bernard Herrmann ('Psycho') influences to contemporary Horror 'Chase' sequences, 'Pursuit' is perfect for elevating scenes of terror and dread in Horror/Thriller/Suspense movies & video games. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Action Intense
Murky atmosphere of dreadful orchestral and synthetic textures provide the soundscape for a disturbed piano theme, reminiscent of many classic Horror movie and television series main title sequences. Think 'Dead Silence' and 'Masters of Horror', a 21st Century 'Tales from the Crypt'. Wicked. Dark. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Piano
Disturbing, action-intensive music designed for 'Chase' & 'Pursuit' sequences in Horror & Thriller films. Epic Brass fanfares, col legno strings, and electric guitars highlight this tension-filled track. Reminiscent of Steve Jablonsky ('Friday the 13th'), Hans Zimmer, and Marco Beltrami ('Scream'). Instrumental, Horror, Gothic Intense
Ghastly music for discordant, unsettling woodwinds, chorale female voices and distant piano. Unsettling, fear-inducing and haunted, 'Desecration in the Cold Distance' evokes feelings of building dread, a ghostly presence, and certainty of terror. Perfect for Haunting & Possession themes in Horror. Instrumental, Horror, Contemporary Thriller
'Sin Draped in Scarlet' features a passionate, tortured string melody against a restless piano motif, embodying the lush and beautiful yet revealed with an underlying tension and Dark Romanticism - beautiful, melodious theme for Horror, Suspense, and Thrillers containing elements of dark seduction. Instrumental, Horror, Gothic Moderate
Atmospheric, haunting music with keyboard melodies, brooding basses, lush and densely-layered electronics, a unique soundscape, and ominous overtones. Imaginatively crafted for enhancement of suspicious, dark, and building emotions in movies and video games in the Horror and Science Fiction genres. Instrumental, Horror, Gothic Moderate
20th Century Classical Avant-Garde techniques permeate this stylish pizzicato episode; perfect for scenes of horror---uncertainty, degradation, psychological anguish, mischievous intentions, etc. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Psychological
Inspired by the haunting 'home movie' environments of horror films like Sinister, VHS, and Paranormal Activity. Includes actual private family recordings as textural samples, beneath a bed of discordant, threatening yet melancholic electronics, synthesizers, and piano melodies. Ominous and fearful. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
Somber music for electronics & piano; brimming with melancholic regret, isolation and the pain of loneliness, 'Elements' is perfect for cinematic scenes of dark suspense, reflective passageways through the mind, ominous shadows of the past, & futuristic lament, in sci-fi, horror & dramatic genres. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Contemplative
Tense, abrasive, yet with a classical elegance owing to the use of orchestral strings, woodwinds, brass, double basses, and pizzicatos. "Grotesque Discovery" presents aural images of Vampires, Witches, Horrific actions and psychological, or mythical torment. Instrumental, Horror, Contemporary Thriller
Anxiety-ridden Electro-Industrial/Dramatic Film cue, reminiscent of Charlie Clouser ('Saw', 'Dead Silence'); featuring driving electric guitars, haunting chorale voices, percussion battery and tension-inducing strings, 'Collect, Dissect' is perfect for 'Chase and Capture' sequences in Horror/Sci-Fi. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Chase
Dark and discordant, solemn soundscape of chorale voices, pizzicato strings, electronics and basses; rich with haunting ambience and in the vein of scores for movies like Saw and Friday the 13th; perfect for scenes depicting the macabre and intensifying horrific environments in movies and games. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
'The Atrophy Configurations' is a collection of songs depicting in abstract musical expressions the intellectual and physical decay of the collective individual in the modern world. Avant-garde writing, innovative hybrid of orchestra and electronics. Perfect for Horror & Sci-Fi film and video games. Instrumental, Horror, Contemporary Thriller
An ominous melody is played by an ensemble of harpsichord-esque synthesizers, suggesting an ominous atmosphere of psychological unrest, fearful tension, paranormal hauntings, presence of evil, a creepy doll collection.. Designed for use as a main title & character theme requiring these dark features, Instrumental, Horror, Horror Psychological
'Litanies of Sin' is an album innebriated with decadent harmonies, tense, asymmetrical forms and expressive melodies, with music alternately threatening and melancholic. A hybrid of Post-Industrial & Avant-Garde Film scores. Designed for dramatic use in Horror, Sci-Fi, Suspense and Thriller genres. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Chase
Slow-building, ominous soundscape which builds to a terrifying climax. Featuring an ensemble of chaotic electronics, orchestra, and percussion. Perfect for intense scenes in Horror, Sci-Fi and Suspense genres in movies and video games. Saw, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, TCM. Instrumental, Horror, Gothic Intense
'Nepenthe', a medicine to alleviate sorrow, is an album featuring music that is filled with a 'desire to quiet all pain, and bring forgetfulness of every ill'. Imaginative compositions which are intricate, decadent, unrelenting, alternately horrific and peaceful. Designed for Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Electronica
Unremittingly dark in its fragmented, harsh motifs which are hammered out in unpredictable spells of synthesizers & strings, and tortured with its forceful rhythms, echoing snares and abrasive distortion, "Pictures" reflects in audio the haunted visuals experienced in Life's most impactful moments. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
'Litanies of Sin' is an album innebriated with decadent harmonies, tense, asymmetrical forms and expressive melodies, with music alternately threatening and melancholic. A hybrid of Post-Industrial & Avant-Garde Film scores. Designed for dramatic use in Horror, Sci-Fi, Suspense and Thriller genres. Instrumental, Horror, Gothic Moderate
'Litanies of Sin' is an album innebriated with decadent harmonies, tense, asymmetrical forms and expressive melodies, with music alternately threatening and melancholic. A hybrid of Post-Industrial & Avant-Garde Film scores. Designed for dramatic use in Horror, Sci-Fi, Suspense and Thriller genres. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Chase
Depraved, gritty drama for electronics, guitars and orchestral instruments. Raw and packed with gothic tension. Twisted pianos, piercing strings, multi-layered guitars, stormy synthesizer drones. Perfect for video games, film and television needing an injection of unrelenting fear and terror! Instrumental, Horror, Horror Psychological
A beautiful, yearning melody for strings competes for aural space with anguished, suffocating electronics; intricate, frightening and complex, this track is perfect for Horror & Sci-Fi Film, Video Game, and Online moods. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
A tense, unpredictable drum loop moves in and out of a richly abrasive soundscape of chorale voices, synthesizers and electric guitars. Foreboding, building and leaving the listener unguided in an unexpected labyrinth of sound. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
Edgy Ambient-Electronica, featuring strange, unsettling synthesizers & a discordant, droning atmosphere, creating a peculiar avant-horror landscape of macabre decadence. Perfect for Horror & Sci-Fi video games & film environments! Instrumental, Horror, Horror Electronica
A foreshadowing of the dark depths of monstrous depravity and despair; scored for massive orchestral and electronic instruments. Epic and disconcerting suggestions in frightening music. Designed for use in Horror, Sci-Fi and Suspense film, television and video games. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
High-energy, bombastic dance music! Featuring detuned synth leads, Oom-pah rhythm and quirky melodies, this fun and exciting track *will* make you dance! Inspired by comedy-horror spoofs, Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', horrific amusement park rides, and children's horror television. Instrumental, Horror, Haunted Carnival
Brimming with malevolence and uncontrollable fear, "Killing Principle" unleashes a density of textural colour and melodic imitation in cascading stabs of electric guitars, strings and synths, which attack and fluctuate in their dynamics unpredictably. Looking to instill terror in the viewer? Instrumental, Horror, Horror Action Intense
Second in the 'Internal Nightmare' miniature suite, this Electro-orchestral composition features tense string figures, rhythmically driving synthesizers, murky sub-bass and ambient pianos. Instrumental, Horror, Contemporary Thriller
With subtle echoings of Friday the 13th ('ch-ch-ch ka-ka-ka' shadings in the string section), and immense, brooding electro-orchestral harmonic textures, 'Source of the Soul' is brimming with depravity and classic psychological tension. An entity even more terrifying than Jason Voorhees awaits... Instrumental, Horror, Halloween Horror
Gothic arrangement for orchestra and electronics, featuring subtly dissonant harmonic structures, questioning melodic gestures and abrasive electronic builds. Perfect for macabre and horrific scenes in cinema, television and video games. Instrumental, Horror, Gothic Moderate
Cautious music of ominous apprehension; concerned to move forward, and regretful in reflection. Distant piano voice. Celli pizzicato. Dark Ambient. Neo-Classical, intelligent restraint. Suitable for Horror, Thriller and Suspense genres in moments of Psychological Tension and Disarray. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Contemplative
Intensely dynamic electro-orchestral music imaginatively designed for dramatic horror/thriller cinema; featuring pianos, synthesizers, strings, saxophones, winds, and pulsating percussion. Climactic music reminiscent of Steve Jablonsky, Marco Beltrami, and other of today's top horror film composers. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Action Intense
Intensely melancholic arrangement for guitars & electronics, depicting a surreal atmosphere of fear, sadness & reluctance to explore the vast unknown; frightening & emotional, this music is designed to accompany scenes of imminent terror, & haunting anxiety. Perfect for horror films & video games. Instrumental, Horror, Gothic Moderate
Unpredictable, Dark music for Horror, Sci-Fi, Suspense & Thriller cinema, internet media, & video game environments - featuring electric guitars, multi-layered, dense electronics, surprising synth appearances, & tense harmonies, this music is uniquely macabre in its dynamic sound-design arrangement. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Tension builds as the inevitable fear surfaces, and hope for salvation is diminished. Slow, brooding cellos, relentlessly sounding their motif, and the orchestral polyphony of choirs, strings and piano, symbolize the 'Legacy' of evil the unavoidabale possibility of surrender to its embrace. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
Short composition devoted to the filmic depiction of 'A Murder'; featuring resounding brass, strings, woodwinds, distorted electronics and a singular, horrific artistic vision. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
Tense, building music designed for unsettling, suspenseful sequences in horror featuring nightmarish entities, acts of evil, the grotesque & the macabre. Heavily dynamic, featuring tremendous contrasts between quiet & loud sections to fully shock & disturb the viewer/listener. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
Vengeful, rhythmically-attacking track featuring strings, percussion battery, electronics and woodwinds. Designed for tension-filled moments of terror in Horror, Sci-Fi and Suspense cinema and video game environments. Instrumental, Horror, Contemporary Thriller
An immense, cold atmosphere immerses the listener into a terrifyingly beautiful web of dark, alluring harmonies and dense sound design. Perfect for horror, sci-fi, industrial, futuristic, and dark ambient moods. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Edgy
Lush, dark electronics, anguished strings, and amplified horns are at the foreground of this haunting, and melodic dark ambient track; perfect for dark, mysterious and frightening video game, film, and online environments! Instrumental, Horror, Horror Contemplative
Feverish ecstasy & nightmarish images pervade the music of Embrace Our Nature, a project integrating industrial, electronic, film and classical influences. Harsh electronics, singular sound-designs, & unexpected harmonies create an atmosphere perfect for Horror/Sci-fi film & video game environments. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Ambience
Unsettling electronics convey a psychologically fragile state, segueing into a beautiful theme for piano, violin and viola. This track was designed to be suitable for horror movies with a prominent element of fragility. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Psychological
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