Look here for royalty-free underscores for Mystery and Suspense. Whether you're working on the scene where a mutilated body is found, or you're designing a video game where the hero sneaks around a deserted space ship, this area will provide sneaky, creepy and suspenseful music tracks. Much of this is orchestral music, but not all. Also electronic and more experimental musical sounds are used to create these tracks; most of which are subtle, ambient underscores, rather than up-front, brash compositions.
Spacious and hypnotic reversed guitars, minimalist and existential. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A semi-orchestral, cinematic underscore with a slight sense of mystery. Piano, bells and strings in a graceful, elegant production. A process, moving forward, steadily developing. Use for drama, investigation, mystery, subtle tension, process and development. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An eerie voice calls from a distance, drum hits keep us on our toes. A shadowy figure moves through the desert like a ghost; forsaken, alone. Would work great leading up to a military conflict in a middle east setting. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 72 BPM]
Disturbing but exotic and intensely moving. Electronic pads accompany Indian slide guitar in a dark environment. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A mysterious & atmospheric passage featuring a solo flute, strings, celeste and glockenspiel. Used to create a sense of unease underneath a monologue. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A gloomy, moody, atmospheric fantasy soundscape suitable as an underscore / backdrop to a mysterious and dark world. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Solemn underscore track for drama. Perhaps loss, death, sadness. A solo female voice over dark pads and subtle rhythms. Aftermath, or gloomy outlook. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Rich, sweeping melodic synthesizer track. Deep atmosphere, cosmic pulses, inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 129 BPM]
Horror Mystery Soundtrack. Creepy / Presence / Disturbing / Unrestful / Turmoil. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A slow, serious, pensive underscore for mystery drama, fiction, storytelling. Perhaps crime or criminal investigation, dark subjects. Cold. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Inner Struggle' and 'Inner Mind'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 57 BPM]
This is a deep and dark cinematic track. Guitar part and Piano low notes accompanied by emotional Viola/Cello melodies. For drama films, videos and documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
A dark underscore cue. Pensive, unnerving and unsettling, this piece is suitable for a sci-fi or horror scene. [Tempo: Very slow / 97 BPM]
A low, isolated harp picks heavily at low notes, then aided by a marimba, African percussion and shivering strings which adds to the tracks menace. A dark track that has hints of Michael Giacchino (a la Lost) about it. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Spacey, ethereal and tripped-out ambient electronic featuring synths, drones and hypnotic piano lines. Has a mysterious underwater feeling to it. Would suit thriller/suspense projects. [Tempo: Very slow / 61 BPM]
A piano duets with a sad, crying violin in this piece of music. The violin's melody is super emotional describing a range of emotions including sadness, regret and hurt. You can almost hear the tears dropping from the violin! This could also be used to set up a dark, dramatic, mysterious or emotional scene. It can also work quite well in a horror or thriller film. [Tempo: Slow / 126 BPM]
Hypnotic, Chill out, curious. Drum'n Bass feel. A song about the curiosity of wanting to know what someone you did know thinks of you. Do they still think of you, have they changed their minds, do they hate you. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
Slow temp, spacious guitar instrumental. Features a sparse echoing guitar melody, melodic echoing lead lines and reversed guitar swells. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
A melancholic and moving drama piece for strings and piano with an American folk feeling to it. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 130 BPM]
Something foul is lurking. Slow dark jazz with some scary FX and pads. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
These dark horror cues can be classed either as "music cues" or "sound effects", as in reality they function as both. They are all recorded with a large, live symphony orchestra with the same quality as any soundtrack from big budget movies. The effects are easy to loop and edit, and can be tailored to fit any cue, as they can be used from virtually any point. Consider them a construction kit to score horror, mystery and dark drama. Recorded, mastered, and delivered to you in pristine 24-bit audio. Also look for YS Horror Cues 21-40 and YS Horror Cues 41-60. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A pensive, orchestral film soundtrack score. A pulsating string rhythm gives the track a nervous feel, as if negotiation a difficult task, walking/climbing over a difficult area or trying to avoid being spotted etc. Suspenseful, challenging. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A dark and ominous track featuring choir and piano. Mysterious, chanting, perhaps occult séance or dark magic. [Tempo: Slow / 52 BPM]
A mysterious, ethnic mood conveying an uneasy or wondering state of mind. Going through a few distinct parts this weird fairytale begins simple but ends on a higher intensity, with a heartfelt ethnic chant. Good for fantasy, mystery, mythology, exploration and archeology etc. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Dark and spacious ambient textures, slowly evolving, sacred knowledge, hidden secrets. [Tempo: Very slow / 108 BPM]
Eerie and creepy music track featuring slide guitar and electronics. Mystical and brooding music. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A dark ambience to hi-light the grim features of serious moments. For crime-related scenes and situations, dark drama, psychological drama. Also for scifi. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A spooky, creepy, darkly atmospheric track in orchestral arrangement. Starting with creepy celeste and evolving into dark, atmospheric orchestral landscape, it makes a great fit for your horror or mystery project. Think classic dark mysteries. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
Ominous, foreboding, middle-eastern textures. Occasional chanting voice, eastern string instruments, dark drones and slow rhythms. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A creepy, spooky and atmospheric track arranged for strings section. Classic horror or mystery feel. Think classic murder mysteries, Sherlock Holmes, Yorkshire Ripper, Tim Burton films etc. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A dark and haunting track for mystery, thriller or dark drama. Bleak, haunting, ominous. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 34 BPM]
A tragic and emotional piece of music with big strings, boys choir and woodwinds. A melodic and crescendo-like middle section played by strings, then finished off with a softly sung melody by a boys choir. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Expanding ambient, cosmic textures, futuristic layers, good for sci-fi, contact and discovery. [Tempo: Very slow / 119 BPM]
A repetitive and ominous bass starts and is joined by a sprinkling of dreamy and peaceful piano, harp and strings creating a nice contrast. Great for movies, documentaries, TV drama, corporate projects and short films. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A short, intense, dark track. Slightly otherworldly, with a single, solemn, female vocal. A track for a gruesome discovery.... [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Foreboding drone with mountain flute, ethnic percussion and vocalizing, chants. General exotic, mysterious feel, can be Native American, South American, Polynesian, Aztec, Inca, or African. Tribal, ethnic, exotic, africa. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
Tense, indecisive, foreboding, listless and restless. Swell near end delivering to lingering tension that can resolve or be left hanging. Good for drama, intrigue, moral dilemma, daytime drama, troubled romance. This track is recorded with a real live philharmonic orchestra. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Broken and fragmented, hard hitting, stuttering and sputtering electro rock with industrial elements. Chopped-up, spitting guitar riffs with extreme distortion. This is pretty grungy stuff, high on adrenaline. A sense of cutting-edge mechanics, machinery, etc [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery/horror cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a ruthless intruder. Orchestral with eerie piano and creepy ambient fx, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark atmospheric cinematic piece of music with mysterious harmonies and synth sequences great for dramatic suspense movies and videos. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A dark solo piano piece that has an underlying feeling of menace, danger and horror. Piano sounds like a beating heart at the end as the suspense grows but resolves. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A pensive, ominous and dark - but restrained, cinematic / orchestral piece. Hints of trouble on the horizon. Suitable for drama, crime, period drama, film/tv. [Tempo: Medium / 158 BPM]
A dark, industrial and heavily percussive piece with elements of dubstep. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
An upbeat ethnic track featuring Oud, ethnic percussion and woodwinds. Middle East, North Africa. Exploration, adventure, discovery, travel to exotic places. Bright, positive, lively. Perhaps Egypt, Turkey, Marocco or other Arabic, Islamic places. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
Music for a grand adventure. Semi-orchestral arrangement, rich on emotion and sweeping melodies. [Tempo: Slow / 58 BPM]
low drone and electronic percussion create an atmosphere of tension and expectation that builds to a release marked by an eerie fractured piano melody. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Busy, high intensity, drum'n bass oriented, electro-static breakbeat sizzler. [Tempo: Very fast / 160 BPM]
A red sun rises on a desolate, war torn city in the middle east. A soldier looks out over the smoke clouds and wonders if the end justifies the means. Epic in scope, yet full of space, would be perfect for travel documentaries requiring a moody atmosphere. Also great for understated, brooding trailers and promos. Orchestra, ethnic instruments (duduk), large percussion and atmospheric pads. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
A track of uneasy discord and mysterious twists and turns. A disturbed mind, a fragile sanity? [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Pure rock drama! Waves of guitars and drums come crashing in on the intro synth sequence. Intensity builds through the verse until the chorus attacks with full on guitars and staccato strings. The last chorus has 2 searing lead guitar solos to up the heat just one more notch. Contains guitars, bass, strings, synth and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
This is a mellow cinematic track with layered guitar parts accompanied by live Cello sound. Will fit best as a soundtrack for films and videos. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
