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dark royalty-free film music designed for media projects

476 Tracks Title     /ID Description Duration
Title Description Duration
Endless Lines
ID: KF011608
Album: Drama
A quiet and spooky piano track plus dark synth sounds. Very atmospheric. 02:34
The Observation Deck
ID: KF010104
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Suspense track full of subdued energy, driven by strings and piano. 02:34
Lurking Evil
ID: KF019310
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
A lurking, sneaking ambience track in three parts. With synthies, double bass and mouth organ. Like an invisible threat. 02:33
A Punished Army
ID: KF019307
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Scary orchestra music with solemn strings and low brass. Gets under your skin. 02:33
Sinister Moves
ID: KF011307
Album: Dark Cinema
Very atmospheric and futuristic track with energetic brass and quiet strings. 02:33
Security Cam's View
ID: KF010108
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Calm but suspenseful track for a spy film. Melodic strings and winds. 02:33
Servocontrol
ID: KF036207
Album: Retro Technology
A dark piano undertone serves the bass for the glitchy machines and mechanical rhythm featured on this track. 02:32
Halloweeners
ID: KF035001
Album: Box Office Hits
Opening with a creepy music box, the track punches in the percussion while the string melody and choir create a perfectly frightening atmosphere for your horror production. 02:32
Riffs From Mars
ID: KF030901
Album: Got The Guts
The assault on the Red Planet opens with a slowly building drone, the rhythm emphasized by a growing, militant electric guitar. The kit drums kick in, creating a solid, cosmic metal reminiscent of Holst's Planets. 02:32
Frantic Chevy
ID: KF018509
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.2
Very suspenseful orchestra track full of action. Impelling drum rhythms and strings, combined with powerful brass and synthies. Sounds like a fatal hunt. 02:32
On The Tide
ID: KF017009
Album: Calm Orchestra
Calm, melancholic ambience orchestra track with atmospheric strings and rapt clarinet. Mysterious and sinister, but hopeful. 02:32
Different Area
ID: KF015209
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.1
Driving, pervading electro sound with emphasis on bassy synthie riffs and aggressive beats. 02:32
Flux Capacitor
ID: KF036203
Album: Retro Technology
Cruise back in time with this darkwave track packed with digital effects and dark, aggressive saw wave arps. 02:31
Made Of Lead
ID: KF019606
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.2
Groovy electro-pop track with a danceable rhythm, accompanied by synthie-organ and electric guitar. 02:31
Pursuers
ID: KF010106
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Orchestral suspense/spy piece, sombre and enigmatic. 02:31
Urban Scum
ID: KF030701
Album: Sci-Fi Noir
Opening with a drone moved forward by dark impulses and low mechanical moans, the beat kicks in with a screech. The tension is built with electric guitars and other gear-filled noises. 02:30
A Pirate's Melancholy
ID: KF021806
Album: Calm Ambience
Sad and melancholic piece with acoustic guitar and orchestra. In the second half there is also an accordeon. 02:30
March Through Hell
ID: KF018501
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.2
A strong piece of music with dramatic brass and choir, strings and timpani. Has a huge, heavy and drastic effect. Dub-Step remix available: "March Through Hell (RMX)" (KF020904). 02:30
Fight
ID: KF036402
Album: Sinister Machinations
An aggressive, bass-filled beat and distorted guitars forges this industrial ambient track. 02:29
Long Hallway
ID: KF036401
Album: Sinister Machinations
Haunting tones and drifting effects build up to a reese bass-guided dark ambient sound. 02:29
Death Note
ID: KF030702
Album: Sci-Fi Noir
A quiet drone writes the beginning as it slowly builds up with various percussion. A wobble bass kicks in, revealing elements of dark dubstep over atmospheres dripping in reverb. 02:29
Hidden In The Swamp
ID: KF017302
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.2
Dark and sinister orchestral fantasy-music with choirs, massive percussions and ethnic flutes (Shakuhachi, Duduk). 02:29
Mobilize Your Strength
ID: KF010507
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Scary atmospheric track spiced with electronics and horror SFX. 02:29
Alarm
ID: KF035106
Album: Urban Streets
With driving 808 bass and creepy strings pushing the rhythm, this EDM trap track is sure to create shivers in your audience. 02:28
Down The Rabbit Hole
ID: KF034703
Album: Cinematic Curiosity
A classical piano rondo paired with modern kit drums and staccato strings that work to build tension and add pressure. 02:28
The Final Battle
ID: KF030910
Album: Got The Guts
Waves of string staccato pulses in as dark horn blasts seize the moment, carrying the audience into guttural metal riffs. Harmonic horns pick up in the background only to be cut off and returned to the quiet and tense movement of the strings. 02:28
At The Crossroads
ID: KF030709
Album: Sci-Fi Noir
A dark drone with a reverb-rich atmospheric percussion sets the tone of the track. An eerie melody plays to the rhythm of a rattle, and the energy is brought up with an electronic drum kit. 02:28
Chased
ID: KF030708
Album: Sci-Fi Noir
The track opens with a tense percussion and is quickly cut apart with blasts of bass and a frenetic synth line. 02:28
Pyramid Crumble
ID: KF030706
Album: Sci-Fi Noir
Opening with a drone kissed by the remnants of human voices and a creeping arpeggiation from a broken music box, the track slowly crumbles into an oblivion of wobbling basses and a melody reminiscent of ancient Egypt. 02:28
Outburst
ID: KF031502
Album: Cinematic Impact
A dark, obscure thriller start that intensifies and throws extreme punches while remaining twisted, threatening and slightly psychedelic. The finale near the end brings in big brass and massive walls of sound for maximum fatality. 02:27
Gamma Slam
ID: KF017515
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
Apocalyptic industrial rock. A track with hard, fast beats and intense e-guitars. 02:27
Cool City
ID: KF010102
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Atmospheric track driven by a dark, sad piano and melodic strings. 02:27
Valid Data
ID: KF010101
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Orchestral music and synthesizer grooves. Dark, driving and mysterious. 02:27
Pixelated Life
ID: KF036209
Album: Retro Technology
An esoteric music box guides the glitching percussion over an abstract and cosmic synth-led melody. 02:26
Digitized
ID: KF034601
Album: Automotive Commercial
Sine synths play out a suspenseful motive over energetic drums and a repetitive bass line that’s an unsolved mystery. 02:26
Interrogation
ID: KF030703
Album: Sci-Fi Noir
The track starts with a cryptic melody and builds up to a dark electronic dance between machines and men, with a heavy bass underlying the passion. 02:26
Brick In Awe
ID: KF019409
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
Sonorous, different percussion beds with a futuristic character, sporadically accompanied by bright, atmospheric singing. 02:26
Green Sahara
ID: KF016406
Album: World Tales Vol.1
African drums and flutes in a profound, atmospheric track. The sound of the hot desert. 02:26
Shady Places
ID: KF036405
Album: Sinister Machinations
A dark ambient track with haunting echoes and heavy distorted guitar articulations build up a criminal suspense. 02:25
Born To Reign
ID: KF021908
Album: Power Rock
Apocalyptic industrial rock, energetic and sporty. 02:25
Four Horsemen
ID: KF014102
Album: Massive Orchestra
Energetic, dramatic orchestra and rock band music. Long orchestral intro and rock finale. 02:25
Doomsnight
ID: KF012320
Album: Epic Rock Vol.1
Resounding music with a calm beginning. For the big orchestra, accompanied by an e-guitar with very catchy riffs. 02:25
Assembling The Team
ID: KF010109
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Sombre spy film track, orchestra, piano and electronic beats. 02:25
Energetic
ID: KF027510
Album: Automotive Vol.1
An emotional, melodic track with present piano and melodious strings topped with ethereal voice samples and a subliminal trip-hop beat 02:24
Echo Machine
ID: KF020210
Album: Energy Rock Vol.3
A positive, energetic rock track with thrilling rhythms and catchy riffs. 02:24
Slowly It Creeps
ID: KF011916
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action track with dark and restless brass sounds. Fast tempo and a catchy rhythm. 02:24
Blood Dawn
ID: KF033807
Album: Wave & Vice
This darkwave track begins with a driving detuned bass and a brilliant, high-pitched arpeggiation. 02:23
Finger Marks
ID: KF014316
Album: Modern Suspense
Quiet, scary strings, accentuated with occasional beats. Sinister and disturbing. 02:23
Modern Suspense
ID: KF014314
Album: Modern Suspense
Mysterious strings accompanied by metallic beats and chimes. 02:23
Jump All Day
ID: KF038606
Album: Hyped Crowds
A bass-heavy trance track with driving rhythms, a pulsing drop and rise, and an overall dark tone is perfect for late-night club settings, raves, and action. 02:22
Ink Drops
ID: KF035102
Album: Urban Streets
This dark and heavy downtempo track begins with energetic sampled violins and horns with an 808 driven beat. 02:22
Wastelands
ID: KF020601
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.2
Sinister track with oriental elements, anxiously, reminds of a threatening desert. 02:22
East To West
ID: KF019605
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.2
Groovy electro action track with hard rhythms, accompanied by a relaxed electric guitar. 02:22
Awaking The Abyss
ID: KF017309
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.2
Sinister orchestral Fantasy-Action-track with massive brass, evil choirs and an unholy feeling. 02:22
Dark Sky
ID: KF015912
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
A sinister, quiet track with some threatening action elements. 02:22
Dynamite
ID: KF011310
Album: Dark Cinema
A fast futuristic electro/orchestra track. Threatening, spooky and unsettling. 02:22
Low Drive
ID: KF011302
Album: Dark Cinema
A relaxing track with many futuristic elements. The choir performs the melody at the end of the track. 02:22
Jet Flow
ID: KF034610
Album: Automotive Commercial
This hard-hitting psytrance track keeps changing between cybernetic pulsations and driving distorted guitars. 02:21
Border Patrol
ID: KF030705
Album: Sci-Fi Noir
The track begins with a short screaming bass line, picked up with heavy distorted drums. After the drop, it rebuilds with a pulsating search and destroy by a thudding bass and machine-like percussion innovations. 02:21
Codename Ares
ID: KF014203
Album: Military
Track with a sinister beginning, accelerating in threat and danger and finally ending in a positive, peaceful tone. 02:21
Shut-in
ID: KF010111
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Eerie, melodic track, orchestra combined with sporadic beats. 02:21
Cyber Bugs
ID: KF035009
Album: Box Office Hits
Dark whispering, a ticking clock, klaxons, synthetic movements – this tension-filled track pulls the listener through both horrors and dark worlds of science fiction alike. 02:20
Synthetics
ID: KF030704
Album: Sci-Fi Noir
Starting with a wobbling bass repeating a short burst over spacey atmospherics, the track builds up with percussion and heavy bass kicks, accompanied by chaotic tension-building whirs and electric guitars. 02:20
Infiltration
ID: KF022507
Album: Tension Cinema
Threatening track with a menacing mood. Dark and thrilling like the soundtrack of a horror movie. 02:20
Get Down
ID: KF037509
Album: City Rhythm
The blasting bass horns and energetic vocals ensure that this track keeps your club scene vibe hopping, popping, and locking. 02:19
No Man's Land
ID: KF036706
Album: Epic Trailer Hybrid
In space, no one can hear the synths scream. This track is laden with sci fi influences while the horns reveal the dark forces converging on Earth’s defense. 02:19
Abandoned House
ID: KF036408
Album: Sinister Machinations
This haunting ambient track contains suspenseful cues and dark, foreboding tones. 02:19
Crime And Space
ID: KF033804
Album: Wave & Vice
A bouncing arpeggiation starts the track while a dirty bass carves in the edges. The slow pad progression and resonance-rich melody push the groove forward. 02:19
Twilight Prophecy
ID: KF031504
Album: Cinematic Impact
With a gloomy atmosphere at the start / ending, heartbeats and dangerous braams, this track has a toxic atmosphere to it. Travelling, creature-esque sounds add to the dread and suspense. Finally, dramatic brass and percussion drive it home. 02:19
Lost In Reverie
ID: KF017902
Album: Grand Themes Vol.2
Sinister, threatening track at the beginning, with strings, brass and synthies. Develops into a dramatic, melancholic piece. 02:19
Golden Orb
ID: KF036702
Album: Epic Trailer Hybrid
Beginning with a dark and mysterious droning, a synth kick pulses a slow beat taken over by tense strings and percussion. 02:18
Don't Haste
ID: KF011301
Album: Dark Cinema
Soft strings and woodwind instruments accompanied by relaxing synthetic noises. Some piano sounds at the end of the track. 02:18
Shattered
ID: KF033506
Album: Power Source
This fast-paced trapstep anthem starts with a classic urban synth line that molds into aggressive horn blasts. 02:17
Balkania
ID: KF016319
Album: World Pop
Balkan beats with dubby basses and and synthesizer. 02:17
First Person
ID: KF037208
Album: Press Start
This intense science fiction track is led by pumping pads and ripping synth arpeggios, laced with cryptic vocals fading in and out. 02:16
Contrast
ID: KF032007
Album: String Emotions
This track features expressive ethnic strings and percussive EDM elements, synthetic arpeggios and, later, powerful DubStep leads. 02:16
Red Walls
ID: KF014404
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
A roman war march with roaring wind players and pervading timpani, accompanied by energetic strings and an enormous choir. 02:16
Hot Night
ID: KF035910
Album: Moon Tune
With sitar and pan flutes giving the track an international flavor, the sauce is thickened with a fat, pumping bass. 02:15
Phobia
ID: KF031510
Album: Cinematic Impact
Metallic shimmering, cybernetic elements, burning bass synthesizers and solid, distorted, unstoppable drums. Take cover if it'll stay standing. 02:15
Pushing Through
ID: KF031508
Album: Cinematic Impact
Marrying elements from high-tempo techno and amped stadium-grade drum and bass, this track brings cinematic electric guitars to the fray. 02:15
Stark
ID: KF030904
Album: Got The Guts
A slower but high-tension piece with driving guitars and horns. The track breaks down into a question and answer between strings and distorted guitars. 02:15
Distory
ID: KF031509
Album: Cinematic Impact
Distorted, twisted synths come and disappear in the darkness with dangerous unpredictability until a percussive sequence readies for battle. It turns into an all-out war with screaming synths terrorizing the opponent while heavy drums drive the action forward. 02:14
Rising Moon
ID: KF017108
Album: World Travels Vol.2
Loud, hard drum and timpani beats combined with very sensitive, heroic strings. An exotic, wild and emotional music. 02:14
Into The Machine
ID: KF013121
Album: Hard Electro
Fast and driving electro sci-fi groove with breakbeats. 02:14
Space Raiders
ID: KF011602
Album: Drama
Modern film music with piano. Dramatic and a bit disturbing. 02:14
The Wait
ID: KF010110
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Subdued, atmospheric track. Sombre strings and guitar, piano accents. 02:14
Worshippers
ID: KF037508
Album: City Rhythm
This hauntingly atmospheric track seamlessly blends trap and cinematic elements. The powerful bass and Arabic influences add an extra layer of intensity, creating a suspenseful experience. 02:13
Restless
ID: KF036410
Album: Sinister Machinations
Low bass tones encapsulate this dark pulsating track, with an echoing guitar and hollow synth playing the melody. 02:13
Standards
ID: KF035109
Album: Urban Streets
With glitchy effects, tape stops, hat stutters, and ghostly vocals, this trapstep pushes the mood darker and will be sure to bring an edge to your scene. 02:13
Heavy Impact
ID: KF030902
Album: Got The Guts
The track starts immediately into a high impact rhythm, with heavy guitars driving a fast-paced dynamism. The kit drums drop off at the break, coming back in for an almost funky dialectic interlude between guitars and synth horns. 02:13
Chief Of Sports
ID: KF015110
Album: Rocktronica
Dynamic electro-rock track with trancy synthies. Calm and energetic passages alternating. 02:13
Army Of Shades
ID: KF011712
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Sinister Fantasy-Action-track with massive brass, evil choirs and marching drums. 02:13
Gods And Demons
ID: KF011406
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
The powerful choir is fighting against the thunder of the drums and brass. 02:13
Lonely Plains
ID: KF011304
Album: Dark Cinema
A futuristic synth track, menacing and dark atmosphere. 02:13
Tense Situation
ID: KF019211
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Slow, sinister music with harp, low strings and synthies. Screeching here, tremulous there. 02:12
No Back Row
ID: KF018908
Album: Night Scenes&Suspense
Sci-fi orchestra track, combining modern elements and classic symphony orchestra. Lurking and energetic. 02:12
Diagnosis Murder
ID: KF011314
Album: Dark Cinema
Drawn-out synthetic sounds. Drone-like, menacing and dark. 02:12
Lost Place
ID: KF010112
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Orchestral Action track featuring a marimba - calm yet steadily driving onwards. 02:12
Traffic Lights
ID: KF034603
Album: Automotive Commercial
This understated acid track with an ambient repeating vocal line takes the listener back to the dark action thrillers of the late 90s and sequels of a certain comic book vampire. 02:11
Misty Paths
ID: KF022012
Album: Dark Tales
Dark, brooding string patterns with slight traditional Japanese elements. 02:11
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