Royalty Free Dark / Somber Music

Melancholic ambience with an indie chill vibe. Blending reverbed guitar with synth pads for an airy, spacey feel creates a bed of dark warmth for the female vocal to glide on. With a simple drum loop adding motion, or a more epic rock beat adding drama, it gently sways between pensively moody and upliftingly epic, all while keeping a controlled thoughtfulness and haunting atmospheric beauty to the music.

Dark hypnotic eighties style retro synthwave track with lots of analog synth sounds, arpeggios and vintage 80s drum sounds

Intense electronica with a real pump to give it a strong industrial edge. Pulsating bass and gritty synth set the tone, with the odd quirky dissonance thrown in to unsettle you and generate a darker atmosphere. Add in the hard hitting beat, distorted guitar riffs and digitised synth textures and you've got a full-on track that packs a dramatic punch with a brooding, action based epicness enveloping it.

An absolute curiosity of a track. The minimalist beat is cool, diverse and easily relatable. And then there's the rest. Super chilled upright double bass plucks out the laziest of melodies, soon joined by a simple, melancholic acoustic guitar line and the vocal warblings of the world's only Arabic gospel singer. Very relaxed, totally innovative and definitely standout, I can't help but get Mexican funeral vibes with a neo jazz twist. But that's doesn't tell even half the story ....

Calm ambient guitar track. Heavily reverbed and delayed clean electric guitar laments over a soft bed of synth pads, bass and gently pushing kick drum and percussion while textures build tension all around. Lo-fi effects add an introspective feel, aided by the cinematically arthouse stylings for a track that is full of wonder and soothing tranquility.

An epic, powerful and dark hybrid cinematic dubstep track, featuring glitched beats, war drums, aggressive bass and choir

A short solo piece consisting of dramatic descending piano arpeggios, starting with a delicate, fragile ambience and building to a more urgent, tense finale through fuller bass and more animated expression. Relying on it's momentum, chord progressions and constant flow to generate the emotion, it's not a complicated, stand alone track, but intended to fill a need to enhance a mood - one of slight urgency, anxiety, mystery and tension.

Epic orchestral theme. String ostinato is progressively joined by more percussion, brass and choir to build into a dramatic finale. Centred around the main repeating string motif, the style is intense and impending while the percussion gives a modern, hybrid edge to the music.  

Horror soundscape theme. What starts as an atmospheric horror build up of risers, metal hits, orchestral swarms and harmonics, harp glissandi and random percussive elements finally breaks into a short, off-beat orchestral string theme. Diabolically dramatic with no sense of tempo but a strong sense of tension, it's a track to catch you off guard and keep you guessing.

Downtempo post-rock track with a cinematic/TV feel. Gently building tension through layering themes, starting with simple piano and adding textures, bass, drums and electric guitar, it never gets overly dramatic, instead choosing a subtler psychological intensity to evoke its message of cool, calculated and deliberate determination.

An eclectic downtempo electronic instrumental with rich analog synths, plucked bass lines and mallet leads

Hard driving pop rock track, with elements of funk, techno and ambient EDM. Energy comes from the fast picked muted guitar riff, funk bass and drum beat. Lots of delay, reverb and synth pads add atmosphere, as do the synth arps and gated stabs. It may be lively, but it still keeps a cool and sophisticated vibe for an overall feeling of controlled optimism and positivity.

Epic symphonic track. Packed with action, intensity and a strong battle feel, it uses string ostinato and lots of snare percussion to generate a dramatic and, at times, chaotic ambience. Split into 2 halves to allow for a dynamic change and subsequent build up, the heroic brass adds tension thoughout under the screaming violins and relentless basses. Tense, bold and soaked in impending doom.

Ethereal light orchestral piece for strings, piano and harp. Starting with a magical, fantasy feel through high legato strings and fast harp, it soon turns to a more mystical orchestration, melancholic cello becoming more prominent, and introducing a stately motif - something that is boldly developed into a majestic statement as the flow of the music unwinds. Peaceful and steady, while maintaining the grandeur and wonder of an unknown infinite universe, it's a gentle study of questions without answers.

Epic and cinematic track tinged with a sense of sorrow, regret and desperation. It remains a huge orchestral event, full of brass braams, powerful drums and rich strings, but there's always a sense of yearning in the chord progressions and themes, making for very distinct and specific trailer music.

Brooding orchestral track. Starting with chiming piano, the intensity is increased by string sustains, shorts and tremolos. Melodic cello, legato double bass and a hint of brass swells add dramatic highlights and tension while pizzicato strings add a contrasting lightness to the piece. Full of suspense and expectation due to the clockwork-like piano and modulating chord progression, it has a dramatic, frustrated feeling.

Melodic percussion set to a mysterious ambient soundtrack. With a strong gamelan influence, it certainly has an ethnic feel to it, but mixed with a cinematic piano releasing deep overtones and soaked in reverb it takes on a more modern feel. Light, gentle and calming, with a sense of tension and suspense, it is rhythmically steady and continuously moving forward.

Atmospheric cinematic track. With a metronomic feel thanks to the constant arpeggiated piano, it has an unhurried sense of movement and flow, calmed by long string legato lines and intensified by a subtle backdrop of violin harmonics. Very serene - gentle with a sense of enigmatic curiosity.

Dark, enchanted orchestral theme. Slightly exotic melodies and off beat rhythms create unease and a sense of the bizarre, all to a backdrop of tribal percussion. Choral wails and brass stabs interrupt the flow to further unsettle things and fast string themes impose the aggression in this mid tempo piece of symphonic tension. Dynamic in rhythm, instrumentation and mood, with a sinister overall edge.

A melancholic acoustic folk love song with emotional male vocals, rich pads and subtle glockenspiel melodies in the background