Royalty Free Suspense Music

Aggressive war & taiko drums with a deep sounding horn section create this Lord of the Rings style epic battle song. It's deep, it's dark, and very menacing - with a simple but relentless pounding of the drums accentuated by the bass heavy brass and string motifs. Intense and atmospheric.

Orchestral carnival theme with a sense of the macabre. Very animated, with all the instruments of the orchestra featured for a dynamic and at times, deliberately hectic and manic feel, it captures both the fun, comical side of the circus with the darker, more horror themed associations we've come to see on the big screen. Hauntingly enjoyable.

Background horror soundscape incorporating orchestral clusters and swarms, choral effects and various textures in order to create a tense atmosphere. Also using slow building risers and hits makes this more than just an ambient piece, giving a useable, more diverse track to match visuals to. Dark and agitated, perfect for horror, suspense and thriller genres.

Powerful orchestral track, energised by jagged rhythms, varied dynamics, and pounding percussion. All the elements of an action epic are here: string ostinato, percussive hits, brass swells, legato string themes, interjecting woodwind runs, and more. Lots of ebb and flow as the music skilfully grows in intensity, only to drop and reset for another hit, creating a piece that is dramatic, adventurous and full of suspense.

Powerful trailer-like hits climax into a rockish beat with electronic guitars

We're not talking James Bond villain here, this is much more like a futuristic, younger Machiavellian plotter of misdemeanour with a penchant for cyber crime. A techno beat, echoey synth themes and slightly eerie progressions mix with more upbeat passages of cunning hooks. At times industrial, almost corporate, but for the background vocal samples and effects that add a more sinister layer of intrigue.

A thrilling orchestral cinematic track with powerful brass and strings sections, evoking a sense of action, suspense and adventure

A short cinematic piece that inspires curiosity with sinister-sounding glockenspiel bells and atmospheric strings. Great for setting the mood for a mystery or a suspenseful adventure.

A hard hitting, cinematic powerhouse of a track - epic in nature but with an added dissonance to turn the feeling away from the usual majesty and heroism and towards the unnerving, foreboding and impending aggression. Massive drum hits, solid brass punches and a relentless synth bass pulse converge with ever growing marcato strings to develop into a solid paced expression of force.

Tense and intriguing solo violin piece backed by string ensemble. Huge portamento leaps, trills and atonal leanings mix to generate a beautiful but mysterious mood - ambiguous yet soothing, curious yet stable, it's an evocative siren's call full of emotion.

Hauntingly tense piano based track. Dark and atmospheric from the start, using a simple repeated piano theme, and enhanced by subtle, dissonant strings and choir to create suspense, the piece remains stable but varied throughout - synth pulses and percussion add movement, cello adds melancholy, glockenspiel adds lightness. The slow pace adds to the dramatic tension so you're left in no doubt that something must be lurking nearby.  

A playful and curious orchestral theme with tribal African percussion and orchestral string pizzicato hits

An instrumental electro sci fi track with a familiar 80s style. Vintage arpeggiated lead and bass synth tones move us forward, backed by a rich electro beat and enhanced by percussive and tonal effects. A delicious grit in the pulsing bass and an ethereal quality to the choir and organ give a contrasting texture to this other-worldly piece of retro-future music, mysterious and transcending in equal measure.

Heroic cinematic track based around animated string ostinatos. Mid paced for a sense of majesty and glory, it has a strong sense of the epic, with sweeping brass lines and booming percussion being driven by the ever pushing strings and taikos. Uplifting, inspiring and powerful, it shines a beacon of light into a tension filled arena.

Grafitti-style, glitchy atmospheres combined with powerful drums create this action-packed instrumental track.

Fast paced, energetic jazz track. With its fleet-footed, almost nervous, intensity thanks to the drums and double bass, this light track also features strong off-beat accents and syncopation to generate an urgent sense of movement. Piano and flute feature heavily in the leads and delicate high strings create suspense - all combining to achieve a sophisticated mood of unresolved tension.

Don't expect cute elves and elegant fairies in this ethereal forest - this is the darker side of fantasy. Strings and synths come together to create a slightly disturbing ambient soundscape that tries to fool you into thinking everything is sweet, but never lets go of the sinister background gargle penetrating the mist. Floaty, progressive, but mystically unsettling.

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.

Lonesome acoustic track - either revelling in its tranquil solitude, or slowly sinking into its desperate acceptance of perpetual loneliness, depending on your point of view. In any case, it's a gentle acoustic guitar/harmonica track with a country, cowboy flavour beautifully crafting a special atmosphere of the remote Wild West. Or remote anywhere for that matter.

An uptempo orchestral Jazz track with piano lead, percussive support and acoustic double bass