Royalty Free Dark / Somber Music

Dreamy, ethereal soundscape with a lo-fi vintage tonal vibe mixed with filtered synth and spacey, reverbed guitar lines. Anchored by a soft beat, the rest floats above as the shimmers, echoes and delays meld together in a timeless, carefree web of delicate, enchanted daydreaming.

Lo fi chill hop with that familiar lazy jazz style. Electric keyboards, a laid back beat and simple support from the upright bass do their thing, highlighted by beautifully balanced guitar weeps, but what you're really here for is the chillest of muted trumpet lines for that ultimate late night smokey club vibe. Très chic indeed.

Laid back soft rock track. A bluesy clean guitar lead becomes the focus after a bass and drum intro, backed also by gated synth pads and accents. The steady driving backbeat grounds the piece, the reverb and effects open it up to create an overall cool, chilled vibe with a sense of purpose and optimism.

Epic trailer music. Very epic. Starting calmly with synth pulses and atmospheric tension, it builds through powerful strings and percussive hits to become something else altogether grander. Add in the searing brass a choir and you're hitting next level drama. Melodic and powerful with a hybrid undertone throughout, it's a great example of fantastical action music.

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.

Hard hitting cyberpunk with massive electro-industrial, dubstep vibes. Aggressive, energetic and, for the most part, a full-on power assault on your senses, it does actually have a calmer midsection that offers a temporary respite, but you get the impression it's only so it can come back harder afterwards. Expect distorted synths, punchy drums, digital fx and scrambled brains.

Contemporary classical duet for piano and flute. Slightly ethereal, slightly playful, its diversity mainly comes from rhythmic changes, dynamic variety and chordal dissonance. Soft, dreamy passages lead to fast, aggressive hits and steady rolling motifs change to uneven, juxtaposed off-beat rhythms to form a modern, classical piece that hints at a sombre, downtrodden mood with a carefree, optimistic side.

Gloriously dramatic orchestral theme. Based around a dark string ostinato theme, and incorporating deep brass and cinematic percussion to beef it up, it captures a mood of tension and slowly building intensity, augmented by a final key change as the climax draws near. Rhythmically steady yet repetitively fast paced, it captures an energy and vibe that can be applied to numerous projects requiring a sense of urgency and action.

A dark, mysterious-sounding ambient track featuring a celeste lead and a beautiful string ensemble

An atmospheric mid tempo track, with hints of traditional Asian music mixed with chilled percussion and synth textures. The main theme played on tuned wooden percussion is subtly backed with a granular pad and soft beat, built on with guitar harmonics and synth sweeps to create a mood of mystery, intrigue, suspense and wonder. Relaxing, pensive and enigmatic.

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.

Tense orchestral track. Unsettling offbeats and ominous descending themes, mixed with fast, jagged strings, create a world of swirling intensity that cycles round, only momentarily pausing at times to rebuild again. Supported by a backbeat of percussive hits and interjecting brass stabs, it has high energy and movement with a strong gothic, epic feel.

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

Hopefully no-one tries listening to this on a cheap phone speaker or $1 headphones - the majority of it just won't be there. That's because, like all the best sounds, it's all about the bass. This ancient solfeggio frequency of 69.3 Hz is the lowest and lesser-known tone and is supposed to act as a resonance deepener. Mixing lush, soothing tones and ethereal sounds with the richness of the almost rumbling bass gives off a warm, comforting vibe of spiritual contentment, sure to soothe and invigorate in equal measure.

A slow-tempo, emotional acoustic folk song with rich orchestral string section background and an overall sad, melancholic feel

Panic and run, or stay focused and calculated? That's your dilemma here as the clock ticks on, generating a cinematic soundscape of tension and suspense, building to a crescendo of deep, dark industrial impacts, sub drops and warps. An ever building, reverb soaked swarm of cavernous time pressure in rhythmic and musical form.  

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.

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.

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.

Gloriously ambient track with a heavy cinematic leaning. Building a bed of tension through soft piano and strings, it breaks into an expressive outpouring of reflective emotion, using a dynamic cello lead and chiming guitar. It's a theme that returns with more complexity and intensity, but manages to keep it's fragile, delicate sensitivity with a calming yet weighty vibe. Slow paced, and all the more powerful for it.