Royalty Free Dark / Somber Music

Dreamy, spaced out indie ballad. Unhurried and intimate, the soulful vocals float over a lazy backing of drums, bass, guitar and theremin to form a hypnotic and repetetive experience. Super chilled and easy going, with smooth, intimate vocal harmonies and melodies, it's one to take your time with on your long journey into outer space.

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.

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.

A modern hip hop beat to be used selectively. Effectively in 4 sections, with everything showcased in the final part, it's dark, moody and atmospheric while retaining an urban vibe through the beat. Deep synth bass, and a simple keyboard melody soaked in reverb form the main bed but the added touches of guitar and synth strings with an old school wavering tape effect give it a mysterious and retro feel. Chilled, curious and almost haunting.

A lovely soundtrack with European waltz influences and playful bell sounds

A romantic orchestral piece with a nostalgic feel featuring a melodic piano lead and backing strings

Tense and edgy cinematic track with a battle-ready feeling. A marching, percussive crescendo with short string stabs leads us into the full theme - string ostinato, shorts and a macabre sense of doom from the gothic choral chanting. Add in a few risers, sound design effects and tribal drums and the effect is complete: high intensity action with a sinister edge.  

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.

Futuristic and apocalyptic track. After starting with a pulsing, time-ticking build up to generate tension and a suffocating intensity, the pounding industrial percussion, screaming synth leads and grinding sub bass are let loose to fry your brain. Staggered and disruptive throughout but somehow generating an underlying rhythmic stability, it's certainly an effect rather than a melody.

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.

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.

Rhythmically and musically diverse orchestral piece. Interesting to the point of experimentation due to the dissonances and jerky rhythms, it is inherently a classically inspired composition with 20th Century music influences. A sense of the bizarre mixed with battle drum percussion, you have fast, chaotic woodwinds interjecting with off beat brass stabs and a prominent choir echoing and mirroring the main themes. A strong military feel, with a mix of gothic darkness and mischeivous endeavour in a cinematic package.

Calming cinematic ambience tinged with a melancholic reflection. At heart, it's a minimalist track of simple, reverbed guitar gradually being overtaken by soft arpeggiated piano, gentle strings and a soulful cello lead to become a soothing escape into another world, albeit one which hints at unknown wonders and potential darkness. Slow and methodical with a dreamlike quality.

A serenely beautiful slice of Celtic whistfulness, enough to transport you effortlessly through the rolling mists and enchanted forests of an idyllic setting to an ethereal place beyond. Soft, intimate strings lay a foundation for the lyrical Irish flute and pipes, made all the more magical by airy vocal pads and gentle percussive thrills. Slightly sad and regretful, but spiritual, evocative and comforting at the same time.

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.

A soft, melancholic acoustic track, featuring guitar, piano and strings. Opening with arpeggiated guitar accompanying a simple, yearning melody, the piece plays on the theme as it builds with piano and eventually the legato strings to solidify the overall ambience of regret. Bittersweet in its mood, with lots of question/answer phrasing, the piece is a thoughtful study of a traumatised mind.

A short, spooky horror theme with a vintage, lo-fi feel to evoke those darkest of unwanted memories from times best forgotten. Hollow and brittle, but hypnotically repetitive, there are small subtleties to lift it - detuned instruments, dropouts, jagged string stabs and pizzicato - with a near constant deep brooding bass to rumble your bones. An edgy and mysterious, fast moving track that works great as a tension builder or scene setter.

A short track telling of a sudden change of sorrow with piano, strings and percussion

A deep EDM bass track, featuring a trap beat, strings and ethnic elements. Pretty chilled, with a slightly abstract approach and ethereal quality that blends a feeling of wonder and awe with laid back nights, the result is a modern and dynamic cut interweaving between soft beats, sparse vocal samples, marimba leads and smooth string passages. Curious and intriguing.

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