Royalty Free Dark / Somber Music

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.

Banjo groove rock with a lo-fi feel. Simple but effective, what starts as a bluegrass banjo riff soon turns into a deep bass groove with a rock steady drumbeat. Vintage vinyl crackle adds warmth and character, a touch of slide guitar and vocals adds variety, and sporadic banjo licks keep us rooted in old time country territory. A cool, laidback swagger with a mix of old and new.

Atmospheric soundscape. Eerie sounding, and slightly sinister in feeling, it creates an impending tension through drones, dissonant tones and high pitched sounds before breaking into a pulsing section with sub bass hits and shrill synth textures. Dangerous and full of suspense, it paints an uneasy picture of unknown worlds and lurking doom.

Hectic and chaotic cinematic orchestral track. Hitting the listener with diverse rhythms and playing styles from all angles, from off-beat choral chants to random instruments stabs and percussive hits, it creates an unsettling and jarring effect throughout. An underlying double bass line unerringly marches on to give a stable bed to the devilishly playful madness going on above, creating an uneasy and threatening hostility that never relents. High energy tension for the slightly deranged.

Deeply reflective piano piece with a calm, minimalist approach. Not a lot of notes, but a lot of rich ambience, diverse emotions and mood from shimmering overtones and swathes of reverb - simplicity and soul-searching would be the only key words for this one. And maybe remorse. And a little hope. And solitude. And peaceful mystery. And I should stop now.

A dark, ambient cinematic theme, with edgy pulses, drones, echoing beats and creepy textures. Gently animated by a delayed rhythmic momentum, it is rich and soft, with ominous chordal progressions and a variety of synth tones weaving a seductive web around the brooding lair that it creates - a mysterious dark hole full of tension and curiosity.

Smooth, unfussy track about the difficulties of relationships. Urban overtones with a simple, retro lo-fi feel, its calming mood is reassuring and slightly sinister in equal parts, the sleepy vibe juxtaposing the pent up angst of broken and rekindled love. Male vocals provide the melodic hooks, male spoken vocals provide the heartfelt sentiments, all to a backdrop of cool beats, melodic hits and atmospheric guitar swamped in reverb.

Emotional, sentimental and dramatic piano and orchestra instrumental music. Heartfelt, romantic and evocative underscore.

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.

Emotionally sombre piano track based on a simple chord progression. Hauntingly sorrowful, deeply pensive and openly honest, it's a slow moving composition that builds beautifully with elegant strings to reveal a deeper and more involved sound. Calming, but undeniably sad.

Dark, atmospheric electronic track with deep bass and eerie pads - a menacing electro soundscape to invoke strange goings-on and other-wordly happenings. A strong retro synth vibe runs through it, using it's vintage tones and minimalist approach to generate an almost surreal ambience not of our time.

852 Hz – the frequency of the Third Eye Chakra and the miracle tone for awakening intuition, kind of like a portal to a clearer way of thinking, directing you away from overthinking, intrusive thoughts and negative thought patterns. Without hesitation, I'm happy to say that this visionary meditative soundscape can lift your spirits with its sweeping tones and ethereal dynamic, raising your mood to higher levels and targeting the subconscious workings of the inner mind. Soothing, inquisitive, brooding and intimate.

Spooky goings-on and creepy encounters guaranteed with this one - with a mix of playful kitsch and genuine horror soundscape, it has a bit of everything. Starting with a light glockenspiel and piano theme to set a tone of mystery and an air of suspense, things turn ugly for a disturbing mid section of synth warps and panicked effects, which never completely goes away as the main theme returns. Dramatic and familiarly chilling.

Starting harsh this soundtrack developes into a sentimental atmospheres with female vocals.

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.

Dramatic and tense orchestral trailer music. Great variety and build up thanks to the dynamic instrumentation and rhythms, from deep string shorts to trombone slides, violin marcato passages to industrial percussive impacts and choral backing to piano hits, it's all there. Slightly dark with an aggressive sense of action and suspense, it's hybrid cinematic music doing its atmospheric best.

Atmospheric background mood music with piano, harp and strings. Based around a rolling, arpeggiated piano and harp theme, the first half remains simple and uncomplicated. Introducing legato and staccato strings with a pizzicato bass for the second half, and soft woodwinds later, adds a broader orchestral dynamic and interest whilst maintaining the dreamlike ambience and perpetual expression of rainfall.

Cinematic dubstep with a promise to explode - but doesn't. A great tension builder with a foreboding intensity that grows through palm muted electric guitars, epic horns and synth textures. Mixing orchestral themes with aggressive rock and a slamming beat generates the powerful anticipation. After that, it's up to you where you position it, but it can hit hard.

Emotional cinematic track. Building from a gentle soft pad with reverbed guitar and piano motifs to a more epic, orchestral theme, this hybrid track covers many sentiments. Using reverb for a spacious and airy effect in the gentle, sentimental sections to using horns, strings and percussion for an epic, heroic feel in the main theme, there are subtle variations throughout to keep the interest and maintain a gradual build up. A smooth hybrid piece with a sense of regret and sadness mixed with a triumphant determination and optimism.

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.