Go here for music to support scenes of forensic investigations, information analysis and investigations / detective work. This music often has a sense of mystery and 'puzzles' combined perhaps with feelings of technology and cutting-edge investigation techniques and tools. Shows like CSI, Silent Witness, real-life crime documentaries, criminal investigation programs and films often use music in this genre. In some of these tracks, you can almost hear the ticking of the machinery, the thought processes that solve the conondrums and find that vital part of information that solves the puzzle.
Spacey, moody, hypnotic, ambient & atmospheric track full of mystery & intrigue. Soft, floaty, emotional piano lines mix with sparse, stealthy beats to make music suitable for spy / mystery / dramatic / fantasy type projects. Thoughtful, reflective, careful, cautious & ethereal. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
An apprehensive, withheld, pensive and somewhat sneaky underscore track. Waiting for something, apprehension. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
A mellow and reflective mid-tempo background track based around dusty electric piano chords and an acoustic guitar lick. Reflective, thoughtful, slow moving and atmospheric. Somewhere between ambient and chillout. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Hard hitting drums compliment string stabs and a dark piano sound. Bangs with a head-nod sound in the vein of a Dr. Dre instrumental. [Tempo: Slow / 91 BPM]
A jazzy double bass and drum groove glues this tune together as soft spacey synth pads, choirs and soft lead guitar that just float over the top. Has a constant and undeniable momentum , always moving forward with hope and a hypnotic energy. Contains drums, bass, choirs, synth pads , lead guitar and strings. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 160 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for technology, industry, science, research etc. This tranquil ambient track is sparse but vast – easily blended with themes of technology, science, medicine and the future. With its reverb-drenched synth pads, looming drone and arpeggiator, this track ebbs and flows, keeping a steady pulse and evoking confidence and positive outcomes. Its ambiance is excellent for medical music, tech, corporate videos, scientific-based podcasts, drone shots, exploration, docu-biographies, and travel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 119 BPM]
Slightly dark, eerie & sinister electronic rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and guitar. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 119 BPM]
A slightly searching and contemplative electronic instrumental. Contemporary and laid back with a subtle sense of purpose. Will work well in fashion, design, drama, entertainment. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Tinkling, synthetics and filtered, pulsating drum beats. An eerie atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
A tense, ominous, brooding underscore for action, thriller, sci-fi and more. Pounding percussion, dark pads and sweeps. Urgency / Danger. Also available in a version without the drums, which represents a more sneaky / dark ambient feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
An evil soundscape evoking the image of psychos, stalkers, serial killers, crime scenes, murder, twisted plots and Investigation Discovery shows. Images of occult events, crime scene flashbacks, ghosts and monsters on Halloween and supernatural freak show circuses. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 114 BPM]
This track is at 60 BPM (Beats Per Minute) and is designed for visual and multimedia projects that require a clock tick track. The track features a nervous, pensive ticking clock rhythm with ambient swells and hits. Good for countdown, timed projects, time limits, or simply to illustrate the passing of time. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
A light fun, groovey track with lots of retro organ, clavinet & slow brass lines. The mid section has a latin flavoured breakdown with syncopated piano and brass. Would suit light hearted comedy/retro spoof projects. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
Sultry, hypnotic smooth jazz love song features flowing flugelhorn and 5-piece powerhouse horn section. Perfect for the bedroom or an evening out. [Tempo: Medium / 76 BPM]
Mystical, pensive underscore music track for use with crime, forensic investigation, mysterious connections, intrigue and suspicion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Cool electronica, arpeggiated synths, light breakbeats and soft pads. For science and technology, computer hacking, espionage, sci-fi, data mining, techno/thrillers and corporate. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Industrial, hard, pulsating and pounding stock music. Relentless and dark drum'n bass, electronica, breakbeat. Very moody and atmospheric. Inner city, urban vibes. Massive and foreboding. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
A mellow, funky trip-hop track with spacey moog synth, spoken vocals, vinyl scratching, sax samples and laidback beat. Perfect for creating a dark, lounging, contemporary vibe. Available with or without a female vocal occasionally saying "I'm Feeling You". [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Funky clavinet style synth starts this shuffley groover of a track. Non-stop bounce and energy from start to finish. The mid section brings a slight breakdown as ethereal voices and synth pads fade in and out. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Nice, breezy, smooth groove. Muted trumpet with a slight jazz feel comes in after about 1 minute (as heard in the preview). The first minute is just the groove, no melody, which also suits it nicely. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
A relaxed, catchy electro lounge track. Synthesizer and experimental beats. Hopeful character [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Harp clock ostinato combined with Piano and some inspiring elements. Suited for thinking and developing subjects, preparing a plan or hatching an idea. Longing for something with a hopeful vibe, emotional and determined. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Solar wind, mysterious drone, spacey echoes accompany a sparse and understated but yet majestic synthesizer melody, like echoes of a distant time or place. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Spacious, ethereal, airy, cinematic, thoughtful & dreamy “ambient rock” style. Plucked strings combine with a steady, hypnotic beat to make mesmerising music that would suit dramatic / mystery / detective / documentary type projects. Emotive, introspective, reflective, serious & repetitive. Float off into the sky. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 113 BPM]
A disturbing, constantly moving soundscape of scraping strings and odd sounds, as if sensing the presence of a malignant power, lurking monster or perhaps alien being. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A pulsating, drama building music track, featuring lead synth, ambience synths, and epic orchestra. Powerfully rising into a big, epic track, featuring full orchestra combined with hybrid sounds, and and large percussion ensemble. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
Dark and gritty music featuring an introspective piano melody and underlying guitar riff and drone textures that create a reflective and suspenseful mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
A feeling of rising tension pervades this epic TV drama style track. Think 24. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
Downbeat, downtempo, easy-going hip-hop / lo-fi / trip hop. Minimalistic style. Moody, elegant, with a chilled, dark side. Wide open synth textures and subtle groove vibes. Excellent for web sites, commercials etc. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A creepy and dramatic piece with unique sounds creating disillusion, confusion and worry. Pulsating drones and bass notes, deep strings and mechanical, electronic drums make this track geared towards dramatic TV cues heard on Investigation Discovery, Unsolved Mysteries and Dateline NBC. Crime scene flashbacks, killers and supernatural events come to mind. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Pulsating and pensive, film/TV-score. Combination of orchestral and electronic elements. A sense of danger, urgency, dire situations. Good for dramatic Reality-TV, film score, movie soundtrack, film trailer or game trailer. Dangerous situations, emergency, build-up to a confrontation or hostile encounter, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 76 BPM]
Sneaky, slow, somewhat dark "spy funk" track with electro / dub influences and occasional lead guitar lines. Good for Crime in Progress, Spy / Agent, Secret Mission, undercover police operation, forensic investigations etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
Drones and pulsating rhythm. Mystery and tension. Nice underscore for a dramatic situation. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Vocal ballad with piano and female vocal. [Tempo: Medium / 68 BPM]
Beaty, driven, electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively with great momentum. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Looking inside for answers, following up on troubling questions, searching and wanting to understand are easily conveyed in this marimba-centered piece. Bells, pizzicato strings, pan drums, drums, shaker, bass and synth pad float behind the marimba hypnotically. Suitable for all kinds of emotional drama, and themes/scenes where melancholy and searching dominate. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
An ambient film soundtrack cue with a very mysterious edge. Pensive, slowly moving soundscape, like hiding, sneaking, or breaking and entering. A subtle rhythmic element enters about half way through along with a deep drone, giving the track a darker, more ominous edge. Great for crime thriller, investigative documentary, a tense moment during reality show or forensic investigation, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 109 BPM]
Funky smooth jazz ballad, like Randy Crawford or other blues / R&B / funk / jazz crossovers. Muted trumpet lead, soulful electric piano, jazz solo. Also available as an Underscore version, without the lead instruments. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A sweeping, softly swaying, romantic chillout music. Orchestral strings and piano, joined a little later by a laidback,subtle, Enigma-like beat. Flute also joins in later. Sensual and emotional. A mix between the classic (string orchestra, piano, flute) and the modern (laidback drum machine beat). Classy, elegant, delicate. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Dramatic trailer music that mixes electronic instruments and strings. It is split into two sections: tension/build up and then a full onslaught. This makes it work well in trailers that have exposition in the first half, then fast cuts and action in the second. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 145 BPM]
Slow pads with saxophone. Classic 'private detective' or late night jazz bar sound. City night, soft jazz. Surly, erotic, sensual. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 47 BPM]
Ambient Chill track with soft, lush keyboards that portray multiple levels of high and low melodies and harmonies joined by a variety of complexly textured percussion grooves. [Tempo: Slow / 89 BPM]
An open, transparent underscore music with a somewhat mysterious, pensive tone. Echoey guitars over a slightly dark drone. Thoughtful and reflective, perhaps regret or waiting for something. The end part takes on a more assertive, gloomy, doom laden feel. Also available as an Underscore version, and as a version without the drums. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 BPM]
Spacey, tripped out, dazed and yet with innate momentum and drive. Soundtrack to a midnight sleepwalk in a big city. Contains piano, synths , bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
With strings, electronic rhythms and synthesizers, this underscore track brings a sense of tension, foreboding, fear and danger. Impending battle, undercover, espionage, dangerous situations. Good for action and adventure thrillers, science fiction, investigation, forensics. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Soft, slow, moody, hypnotic, atmospheric track using spacious piano and gated synth pulses. Mysterious, mesmeric, intriguing, dark & brooding. Would suit thriller / dramatic / mystery / spy / crime type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
Dark and gloomy, powerful and pensive action thriller underscore. Nervous and understated rhythmic pulse, dark, twitchy strings. A deep sense of danger and dark forces. Great as a soundtrack for film, tv or game, mystery thriller, undercover mission, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Classic mystery themes in the style of popular TV series, composed by Yuri Sazonoff. Some of these are recorded entirely with a live orchestra, others with a combination of orchestral and electronic elements, like so much of television music today. Good for drama, tv mystery, law & crime, intrigue and story telling. [Tempo: Medium / 67 BPM]
Tough to describe in words. A hypnotic dance throb runs through this fairly avante garde track as various synth leads come in and out. Very spacey and yet relentlessly trance inducing. Brings visions of an underground pumping, sweaty nightclub scenario to mind. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
Repeating, downtempo electro groove. Slow, funky electronica. Somewhat spacey / dreamy / otherworldly. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
