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Sinister and brooding dramatic music, good for scenes of twisted evil, scheming and the planning of vengeance and chaos


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MARCH OF THE UNDEAD - (by Michael Huang)  Year: 2008
Michael Huang An unnerving dark piece with a steady rhythm that starts with a mysterious mood and slowly builds up to a horror mood and a short fade out at the end. Horror, Halloween, dangerous armies on the move, war preparations. Creepy build-up, metal scrapes, terror, fear, foreboding. Evil menace and terror! Vocal Samples, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
343558 1:08 Med Fast USD $177.95  


INTO THE FOG - (by Spooky Music)  Year: 2008
Spooky Music Very dark & sinister & haunting with heavy synths -- modeled after director David Lynch's films with music by Angelo Badalamenti. Edgy evil creeps up on you. Perfect crime stalker or murder mystery. Slow moving and terrifying, building cautiously, carefully to a show down... Transition soundscape. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
296228 2:42 Very Slow 50 USD $168.95  


SOMETHING IS MOVING - (by Beaten Hands Down)  Year: 2010
Beaten Hands Down A Nasty collection of sounds creates a dark, evil and ominous backdrop, perfect for horror or dark thrillers, a collection of sounds that forms a nightmarish picture of fear and horror, straight out of films like the shining, halloween, friday 13th, the hills have eyes or Freddy, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music  
406268 1:43 USD $152.95  


DANGER THEME - (by Roy Yarkoni)  Year: 2011
Roy Yarkoni Dark music, perfect for tension and evil. Main melody played by high viola overtones, played with heavy base drum patterns, creating a mad and dangerous texture. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
503484 1:51 Med Fast 145 USD $107.95  
Variation A (drum bass loop) - Dangerous, Dark Music
503487 0:20 Med Fast 145 USD $35.95  
Variation B (Harp) - Electronic, Electro-Industrial
503491 0:20 Med Fast 145 USD $37.95  
Loop (loop) - Dangerous, Dark Music
503488 0:07 Med Fast 145 USD $17.95  


WRATH OF ZEUS - (by Metamorphoid)  Year: 2001
Metamorphoid Evil ominous wrath, hatred, thunderous, dark and edgy synth track. Horror films, Sci Fi wars, Battles, Ogres, End of the World, Madness. Intense Games or soundtracks, trailers, cues. Frightening, terrifying video game, Sci Fi paranormal with scary SFX and pure evil. Tensions, nightmares, insanity, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
233380 2:34 Med Slow 90 USD $96.95  


A DISTANT OBELISK - (by Kat Epple)  Year: 1986
Kat Epple Ominous, foreboding dark low rumbling windy sound introduces a haunting native flute. A gong crashes and surprises as rattling bones percussion increase the tension. Horns announce an other-worldly triumph then a native flute brings a magical mood. Dark dangerous ghostly Psycho Horror, Halloween. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
412335 2:05 Mixed USD $211.95  


SURRENDER DOROTHY - (by D J Bonseye)  Year: 2009
D J Bonseye A dark, moody examination of temptation, surrender, release and hope. Inspired by the film The Wizard of Oz, this alternative pop song delves into the shadows behind courage and fear. Atmospheric mysterious distorted vocals. Spooky tale, fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, strange erotic exotic & dark, Female Vocals, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
417012 5:25 Slow 60 USD $102.95  
Variation - Dangerous, Mysterious Dark Magical
741428 0:47 Medium 128 USD $23.95  


GAMES BEGIN - (by Osei Jenkins)  Year: 2010
Osei Jenkins Dramatic, Dangerous, Frightening Music. Great for Film or TV shows or series pilots such as Medical Dramas or Crime Investigations, The First 48, Ghost Hunters, Paranormal activities. Reality TV, Intervention, addiction, hostility, haunted house, creepy horror flick, Freddy, Jason, graveyard music. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track (Instrumental) - Dangerous, Dark Music
414446 1:08 Slow 60 USD $87.95  


AEROPLANE - (by Leisur Hive)  Year: 2004
Leisur Hive Evil Aeroplane with scary distorted voices ramping up the fear. Great for horror productions, especially as a poor little baby fusses and cries in the last few seconds. Dynamite track and totally creepy! Great soundtrack for horror film or psycho madness. Spoken Word, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
350607 2:53 Slow USD $92.95  


RAPE SCENE - (by Kent Scott Carter)  Year: 2011
Kent Scott Carter Very dark frightening ambient style instrumental. Extremely dark and foreboding. Fantastic for horror scenes. Dread fear menace, crime murder insanity, sweating bullets. Who's out there? Peeping Tom, home invasion. Evil lurking, plotting planning slaying. He's getting closer, run for your life! Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
472808 1:50 Med Slow 97 USD $104.95  


SUSPENSOR 5 - (by Sandy Sanders)  Year: 2009
Sandy Sanders Suspense Alert! Full Symphony Orchestra & Strings with a Hip hop beat & synthesized horns. Mischievous, maddening chases, horror flick, meancing, scary with a diabolical undertow. Cyberpunks, Sci Fi wars, monsters in the woods. The eerie Whistler approaches, run for your life! Scary, freaky, creepy! Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
357721 2:26 Medium 120 USD $125.95  


HORROR-SCOPE - (by Paul Stirk)  Year: 2008
Paul Stirk Dark, sinister, horror orchestral track. A real cloak and dagger atmosphere comes from this dramatic and powerful piece. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
294184 2:11 Med Slow 94 USD $97.95  


UNEXPECTED GUEST - (by Alexander Khaskin (LP))  Year: 2008
Alexander Khaskin (LP) An ambient film soundtrack cue with a very mysterious edge. Pensive, slowly moving soundscape, like hiding, sneaking, or breaking and entering. A subtle rhythmic element enters half way through along with a deep drone, giving the track a darker, more ominous edge. Great for crime thriller, heist, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
313267 1:07 Med Slow USD $128.95  


BEHIND THE MASK - (by Sean Henry)  Year: 2009
Sean Henry eerie grand piano play to deep ominous bass, flowing cello and violins play to the march of staccato strings and a contemporary beat builds towards one moment, The reveal of horror, the look behind the mask. Then closes with the realization of inevitable horror. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
418979 3:19 Fast 162 USD $114.95  


A SECRET CHIME - (by Z)  Year: 2009
Z Mysterious and dark track. Features clock ticking, creepy bells, organic mallets and tremolo string orchestra. Ideal for video games, TV program or film. Influenced by "American McGee's Alice" soundtrack by Chris Vrenna (Electronic Arts), Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
553322 1:28 Medium 120 USD $161.95  


SCARED OF THE DARK - (by Ari Nigam)  Year: 2010
Ari Nigam Ominous & disconcerting sounds swirl around tense beats before a menacing bass line introduces the doom that awaits. Nobody gets out of here alive. Creepy ambience, Crime Drama, The First 48, News Investigations, Paranormal, Psychological Horror, terrorizing, fear, panic, chaos, industrial nightmare, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
421471 1:40 Med Fast 135 USD $137.95  
Variation - Action, Thriller Electronic
422303 1:40 Med Fast 135 USD $157.95  
60sec - Horror, Halloween Horror
422304 1:01 Med Fast 135 USD $91.95  
30sec - Horror, Halloween Horror
422388 0:31 Med Fast 135 USD $53.95  


TRAILER RISER TWISTED SOULS - (by Paul Curtis)  Year: 2009
Paul Curtis Eerie and tense trailer riser / intro from a selection of the composer's film and game trailer commissions. Ideal for trailers, dramatic advertising, or when you just want to spook and scare! Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
30sec - Dangerous, Dark Music
350953 0:29 Fast 159 USD $89.95  


DARK EDGE - (by Garry Cribb)  Year: 2009
Garry Cribb Tense underscore with eerie overtones, synth drones and sound fx. Atmospheric and moody with a dark egde that could be used as a Sci-fi or documentary bed. Ominous and foreboding with a tense climax. Deep sea investigation or floating around in outerspace. Serial Killers & crime Horror and mystery, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music  
353111 2:03 Med Slow 90 USD $178.95  


LURKING IN THE DARK - (by Kat Epple)  Year: 2010
Kat Epple Starts with an omnous haunting sound while a native flute screams in the darkness. After a scary intro, a drum creates a run away in fear effect. Cymbals sizzle and startle and monsters may attack at any moment. Claustrophobic chaotic scary night chase scene, CSI body count, tense as Hell, run now! Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
412334 3:14 Medium 120 USD $163.95  


MORRICONE MOMENT - (by The Colors of the Dark)  Year: 2014
The Colors of the Dark Fear driven desolate landscapes of twisted minds and twisted dreams drop this in as your underscore to work on your view or game player and have some glee spreading some Dystopian merryment! Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Variation - Dangerous, Dark Music
637295 0:22 Medium 118 USD $45.95  


SPIRIT OF SUSPENSE - (by Ken Smith)  Year: 2017
Ken Smith Brooding track full of tension, danger and uncertainty, mixed with mystery and intrigue. This dramatic cue beautifully blends deep drones with ethereal ghostly tones and rising sweeping strings. Music for murder crime in progress betrayal threat peril and the supernatural, mystical awakening, drama. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
10 Mixes Available  
846566 3:01 Medium 112 USD $109.95  


SPOOK - (by Osei Jenkins)  Year: 2010
Osei Jenkins Spooky Track! Perfect for Halloween specials and any kind of horror or suspense scenes like "Ghost Hunters" and "Scariest Places In The World." Frightening, terrorizing, tense, scary & creepy! Paranormal events, Sci Fi monsters, graveyard ambience, crypt, evil movie trailer, intro, soundtrack. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
60sec (Instrumental) - Dangerous, Dark Music
414569 1:06 Slow 78 USD $85.95  


GOOD VS EVIL 120 SEC - (by David B. McDonald)  Year: 2009
David B. McDonald Sinister, frightening deep Cello underpins a marching snare w/timpani hits and ascending staccato strings building into a magnificent Male/Female choir singing in Latin; brief interlude with Horns & the Choir returns. Motion Picture Opening, Closing, Trailer, Credits, TV mystery, suspense, thriller, Instrumental, Horror, Gothic Moderate
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Variation (2 minute track) - Horror, Gothic Moderate  
375602 2:02 Fast 153 USD $138.95  
Full Track (Full Track 3:21) - Dangerous, Dark Music  
383036 3:24 Fast 153 USD $105.95  
60sec - Dangerous, Dark Music  
374571 1:02 Fast 150 USD $81.95  
30sec - Dangerous, Dark Music  
374563 0:31 Medium 112 USD $45.95  


HAUNTED DOLLHOUSE - (by John Craig Larson)  Year: 2009
John Craig Larson Solo acoustic piano, the trail of blood, Silence of the Lamb, Stephen King, murder mystery, unsolved case, bloody end. Crime in progress, dead body count, forensics lab, nightmare, madness. Psycho thriller film trailer music, horror flick, march of the corpses. Eerie home invasion, stalker music. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
403619 3:12 Med Slow 90 USD $172.95  


ROAD MOVIE - (by Sixteenth Moon)  Year: 2012
Sixteenth Moon A dark, smoky road movie theme, straight from the world of David Lynch. Portisheady guitars and a hazy film orchestral blend to create a rich moody atmosphere that builds to a violent, explosive ending. Perfect music for smoky scenes, american highways, filmic atmospheres and stylish adverts. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
564506 1:45 Med Slow 96 USD $205.95  


TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE HORROR - (by HarpString Productions)  Year: 2009
HarpString Productions Creepy arrangement of the nursery rhyme "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". Very suspenseful, with several surprises. Perfect for horror, Halloween, murder mystery, or animation involving children. The melody is played by music box chimes, which adds a certain irony to the piece. Spooky, chilly, fun! Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music  
361099 3:18 Med Slow 90 USD $310.95  
60sec - Horror, Haunted Children  
363578 1:00 Med Slow 90 USD $173.95  
30sec - Horror, Haunted Children  
367801 0:30 Med Slow 90 USD $101.95  


TRAILER RISER BREATHLESS VISION - (by Paul Curtis)  Year: 2009
Paul Curtis Eerie and tense trailer riser / intro from a selection of the composer's film and game trailer commissions. Ideal for horror nightmare trailer, dramatic advertising, or when you just want to spook and scare! The most frightening 17 seconds on this site. Maximum FEAR! Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
15sec (Tense Terrifying Cue) - Dangerous, Dark Music
350948 0:18 Med Fast 145 USD $69.95  


ZERO GRAVITY - (by Christian Umlauf)  Year: 2011
Christian Umlauf A beautyfull yet sinister dark filmscore. very ambivalent with the sweetnes and naiv bells on one hand and the scary deep and creepy undertone on the other hand, that makes you expect the worst. It also has a dreamlike tone to it that makes it ideal for sureal or animation scenes. Thriller suspence, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
452812 1:17 Med Slow 88 USD $148.95  


EVIL CHOIR SONG - (by Mark J Smith)  Year: 2011
Mark J Smith Evil Choir Song is a dark and sinister piece as if the devil was coming to take you to the fiery pits of hell. Scary and building to an epic climax, this piece would work in a horror or supernatural movie like The Omen. Evokes dark imagery like the Devil, Evil Spirits, Dark Roman Catholic Lore. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
493129 2:53 Very Fast 178 USD $175.95  


UNFORTUNATE MOMENT - (by Alexander Khaskin (LP))  Year: 2008
Alexander Khaskin (LP) A dark, cold and damp TV or film underscore cue. Pensive, unnerving and unsettling, this piece is suitable for a scene in a crime mystery, horror flick or perhaps a criminal documentary featuring evil or the occult, gruesome discoveries in forensics, crime scene investigation, etc. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Bed - Dangerous, Dark Music
313268 0:50 Med Slow 98 USD $84.95  


THE CHAMBER - (by Matthew McCullough)  Year: 2007
Matthew McCullough An airy, mysterious track with a glitter of life with the faint sound of "something"! Is this the end or is this just the beginning? Mysterious, creepy, scary, like just before a mob hit in a charming Italian restaurant with the wind howling outside. Wolves gathering, buzzards circling, look out! Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
267890 1:50 Slow 79 USD $117.95  


THE FALLEN - (by Craig McConnell)  Year: 2009
Craig McConnell A dark haunting orchestral track with acoustic piano descends to a terrifying bridge of nightmare proportions and inevitable conclusion. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Full Track - Dangerous, Dark Music
341418 2:39 Slow 69 USD $164.95  


GOTHIC HORROR CLIMAX - (by Richard Dale)  Year: 2008
Richard Dale Dark choral Gothic Horror movie climax scene. Stings and synth soundscape with choral support, and ending with with a disturbing, dissonant high string chord. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Bed - Dangerous, Dark Music  
320060 0:46 Med Slow 91 USD $57.95  


BAROQUE VAMPIRE HUNTERS - (by Aural Night)  Year: 2006
Aural Night Vampire hunters wielding lit torches hunting undeads in dark dungeons. Epic, campy, tongue-in-cheek, evil, contrapuntal & creepy. Stunning fun, animation, cartoon, dark humor, Nickelodeon or TCC. Horror, Halloween, Quasimodo arrives, Frankenstein, Dracula, Boris Korlov, bad, evil guys, spooky. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
60sec - Dangerous, Dark Music
421785 0:49 Med Slow 85 USD $73.95  


CREEPY ATTIC - (by Matt Hodge)  Year: 2010
Matt Hodge Spine-chilling suspense music perfect for creating 30 seconds of intense build up leading to a false climax. Horror fans know that a "false climax" just be just as terrifying as a real climax. This piece utilizes terrifying synth sounds with the ULTIMATE creepy sound effect-an out of tune piano!! Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Type Play Track Info Catalog ID Min:Sec Tempo & BPM Price Control
Bed - Dangerous, Dark Music
413012 0:35 Mixed USD $46.00  


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