Royalty Free Suspense Music

Just drums. Jazz drums. With brushes. Not a drum solo, but a steady, grooving jazz beat that shows off the subtleties like ghost notes and accentuations whilst maintaining a fast paced, metronomic precision. Slight build ups and drop outs create tension and suspense making this useful for generating certain ambiences.

Cinematic hybrid track with an ever shifting mood. Starting gently with strings and horns, it gives an impression of mellow reflection which soon turns more sinister with the introduction of bolder brass and timpani. It turns once again, with solo violin making a yearning, mournful appearance over string ostinato before becoming more rock styled through a prominent electric bass line and percussive beat. With the suspense and intensity building, the string melody becomes dominant, spearheading the epic final assault and resulting in a piece that delivers drama, mystery and contrast.

Epic dubstep with a cinematic edge. Get ready for a taste of tension and heroic drama with this energetic track featuring synth pulses and rhythms, marked strings and big brass melodies over a slamming beat. Inspirational and dramatic, with a sense of corporate determination.

If you're looking to awaken your system and return it to its original perfect state, this 'Si' frequency is the one you want. Said to target the pineal gland, the meditative synth tones and generated soundscapes of this track will gently ease you into another state, transforming your mood and boosting your passage to enlightenment. 8 full minutes of airy calm to add ambience and texture, useful in many different contexts.

Powerful, dark and ambient track with themes of despair and impending doom, featuring eerie pads and synths. No beat, no impacts, just a synth created soundscape to put you on the edge of darkness. Shimmering and unsettling, with a rich sense of wonder.

Fast paced cyber synth track with a bubbling 80s undercurrent. A familiar, arpeggiated synth bass theme is built on by background effects, synth chords and a growing drum beat. Intensity builds, only to be cut short and reset for more of the same, generating an industrial, hypnotic mood with a retro backdrop.

Urban orchestral hybrid track. Aggressive string ostinato mixes with a modern hip hop beat and synth textures for a powerful, punchy track that's both cinematic and dramatic. Well paced with constant movement from the beat, and variety from the interplay between orchestra, synth and percussion, it's a dynamic piece with a feeling of strength and determnation.

Futuristic ambient soundscape. Perfect as background music in science fiction movies, games and videos thanks to its digital sense of expanse and meandering openness, it's built on haunting synth tones and interjecting glitch effects and textures. No real rhythmic feel, just a dark and mysterious vibe with a hint of suspense.

A driving swing jazz track with a lively pace and energy but a sophisticated, chic attitude. The strong upright bass and drum prominence gives it most of the momentum, with flavour coming from off beat guitar, piano, vibraphone, flute, strings and the horn section,. Perhaps a homage to 1960s TV themes, it mixes a little mystery and retro flair into a classy piece of swinging nostalgia.

Moody tension builder that constantly shifts direction and flavour whilst maintaining its gripping minimalist core. Based around a light, bouncing piano motif, the key changes, instrumentation and electro sound design regularly turn down a side street as the music tries to evade being locked down to any single identity. Mysterious, intriguing and almost playfully evasive, it's an ambient piece that keeps you on your toes whilst sitting confidently in the background.

Dark and ambient cinematic hybrid, featuring eerie pads and synths. Starting from a gritty soundscape of synth drones and warped effects, it flourishes into a more melodic theme of bright, open chords and subtle background string ostinato - an airy, euphoric release from the tension generated either side of it, as the return of the edgy darkness takes over once again. Futuristic and downtempo atmospheres with a haunting beauty.

Electronic horror-themed track with arpeggiated keyboard, underlying light trap beat and synth pulses

A suspense-building orchestral theme featuring tribal percussion, big drums and haunting strings

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.

Intense and terrifying cinematic theme, with creepy pads and synths, pulsating percussion and a sinister atmosphere. Creating a disturbing intensity with aggressive sirens and impacts, they give way to a softer, more psychological tension of synth melody and dark textures in this steady paced, truly atmospheric soundscape full of background subtlety and effects.

Ghostly goings-on, devilish delights and frolicking phantoms reign in this playful track. Is there an eerie theremin? Of course there is. Is there a toy piano? Of course. Pizzicato strings? Yep. Plodding brass bass line? Sure. Cackling spectres in the background? Don't mind if I do. Hard house rave beat? Don't be ridiculous, that really wouldn't help - we're going for spooky 'what's creeping up on me' with this track and you won't be disappointed. Unless they see you from the shadows.

A cutting-edge dubstep track featuring brutal saw bass sounds, chopped beats and synthetic textures

Dark, ominous, electronic theme, with an industrial vibe and a foreboding atmosphere. Starting steadily with a simple rock beat as its grounding, overlaid synth pads and textures start to weave dynamic layers of gritty ambience, from crunchy leads to arpeggiated flutters, as the intensity builds. Mysterious and futuristic, but retaining a classic synth wave feel.

A powerful orchestral cinematic theme with resonant strings, big drum hits and strong brass section

Dark suspense track. With gothic overtones thanks to the choral themes and cinematic fantasy thanks to the repeated glockenspiel and piano motifs, the horror seeds are planted early on to generate the brooding atmosphere. With a deep, rolling bass line and booming percussion enhanced by synth drops, brass rasps and jagged strings, it soon becomes a nightmarish mix of ominous energy and overwhelming helplessness.