menacing background music

menacing royalty-free film music designed for media projects

Sonic Liberty’s background music menacing compositions are made for movies.


With our sound design menacing scenes of any duration become palpable.

Everybody knows the forewarning tunes of John Williams’ legendary composition for the evil Galactic Empire in Star Wars. It combines just the right mixture of suspense and menace, making it one of the most memorable threatening orchestral scores in film history. It is also a prime example of how the right soundtrack can evoke the desired emotions in an audience. The looming orchestral film music of John Williams is a great inspiration to every composer. Sonic Liberty’s library for menacing sound design aims at providing you with an equally professional music for your film project. Not only do we offer orchestra music, but also all variations of tension-building, dark and ominous stock music. Our production music comprises intimidating strings, stately drums and tense piano tunes. Coming in any duration, our production music delivers the right tracks for horror films, actioners, thrillers and other cinematic projects featuring suspenseful themes.

Which genres are covered by this library?
Virtually any genre’s soundtrack can benefit from our menacing compositions. Once you have determined the direction you want your project to go intake, it is very easy to find royalty-free stock music for any suspenseful scenario within Sonic Liberty’s library. For example: an action scene involving a car chase and heavy gunfire might demand a frantically paced, high-octane track with dominant drums and distorted bass. Horror films may require claustrophobic soundtracks with eerie strings - just think of Hitchcock's legendary Psycho. A documentary with heavy exposition footage frequently utilizes looming, militaristic orchestra music. Our stock music is of course not limited to a motion picture score: video games, advertisements and radio plays can equally benefit from a forewarning soundtracks. With our sound design menacing scenes become outright threatening. In addition, using our production music is probably the easiest part of your project: while you browse and explore our database, single out potential candidates and chose the ones you would like to implement, we are dealing with the legal side. We take care of the boring stuff, keeping you from losing focus from the essential part of your project. Enjoy our extensive library and find the right soundtrack for you today.

528 Tracks Title     /ID Description Duration
Title Description Duration
Velvet Dreams
ID: KF018711
Album: Meditation
Atmospheric and dreamy track, with Scandinavian trance style, spreading a positive feeling and relaxation. 07:09
High Leveled
ID: KF012607
Album: Fantastic Orchestra
An exotic, threatening, dark orchestra track with flutes and timpani, in a scary, mysterious atmosphere. 06:04
Orchestral Action
ID: KF011707
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
The music is divided into rhythmic parts, alternating between rushed menace and lurking tension. 05:06
Lands Of Ludlow
ID: KF016415
Album: World Tales Vol.1
Dark, exotic orchestra and choir music, deep and menacing. Rising at the end. 04:56
The Mothership
ID: KF017011
Album: Calm Orchestra
This dissonant and unsettling orchestral piece has a wide variety of dynamics. The themes are building up slowly, often disturbed by clusters and silence. 04:18
Explode
ID: KF022701
Album: Electrified Rock'n'Pop
An impulsive rock rhythm with drums, synth pads and solo synhts. Backed up with a distorted bass guitar. 03:51
Inscrutable Haze
ID: KF017304
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.2
Orchestral graveyard menace, with slight choirs and organ. 03:48
Minor Release
ID: KF014306
Album: Modern Suspense
Dramatic, loaded track with melodious piano and energetic strings. 03:44
Temptation
ID: KF014304
Album: Modern Suspense
Fast, threatening strings and subtle electric guitar soli. Fraught with tension. 03:40
Investigation
ID: KF014308
Album: Modern Suspense
Groovy action track with suspense and dynamic. 03:36
Black Wolf
ID: KF014206
Album: Military
An orchestral track, increasing towards the end, with a positive and hopeful finale. 03:33
Silent Sabotage
ID: KF014305
Album: Modern Suspense
Suspenseful, dynm,aic action track. Intensifications towards the end. 03:32
About To Thieve
ID: KF025405
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.3
Emotional tension with atmospherical breaks. Dreamy, thrilling and driving. 03:31
Massive
ID: KF019203
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Sonorous spy sound, threatening and mysterious. 03:31
Pornographic Assault
ID: KF021904
Album: Power Rock
Hectic, unpleasant electro-rock track with off-beat rhythms, lurid e-guitars and e-piano. Energetic, fast and intrusive. 03:28
Quest For Power (RMX)
ID: KF020905
Album: Orchestral Dubstep
Calm dub step track with roaring bass and an epic orchestra. Dark and restive. Dub-Step version of "The Power Of All" (KF017906) 03:16
Chasing The Mole
ID: KF010206
Album: Action Orchestra
Fast-paced, menacing action piece interspersed with a duduk and oriental vocals. 03:16
Mission Alphy
ID: KF022101
Album: Modern War
Dark agent theme with melodic strings. Rising intensity and a thrilling part in the end. 03:14
Approaching Calamity
ID: KF019007
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.2
Sinister, ominous track with xylophone, restless strings and mysterious flute. Combined with an energetic male choir and billowing synthies. 03:14
Cornered Thrill
ID: KF015902
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Metallic and futuristic track with a gloomy, sinister atmosphere. 03:10
Downhill Biking
ID: KF011903
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Dynamic science fiction track with many electro / synth elements and a pulsating rhythm. 03:10
The Sky Is Grey
ID: KF018911
Album: Night Scenes&Suspense
A spy track with electric guitar, accompanied by orchestra. Sinister and uneasy atmosphere. 03:08
Black Road
ID: KF011316
Album: Dark Cinema
Exciting electro track. Futuristic with strings and brass. 03:08
Grinding Fists
ID: KF018806
Album: Native American
Track with energetic drums and percussion, calm strings, rain stick and flute with it. Like forceful fists in a fight. 03:07
Dark Ocean
ID: KF017007
Album: Calm Orchestra
Calm, sinister and smouldering music with cello, electric piano, piano, rain stick and flute. Some isolated xylophone tones. 03:07
Medieval Fright
ID: KF015909
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
A sinister, dark orchestra music with ghostly choir voices, paired with dark wind players and timpani. 03:07
Moorland
ID: KF020103
Album: World Tales Vol.2
Threatening, impelling orchestra track, full of action and versatile. For large ensemble. 03:02
Petrified
ID: KF018901
Album: Night Scenes&Suspense
Atmospheric ambience track with flute, electric piano, rattles and acoustic guitar. Mysterious and creepy. 03:02
Lands Of Heathen
ID: KF016416
Album: World Tales Vol.1
Dark orchestra piece, oriental flavor, with a dangerous, mysterious atmosphere. 03:02
Higher Levels
ID: KF011401
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
Big and threatening orchestra music. Choir, drums and timpani. 03:02
Midnight Chase
ID: KF019705
Album: Spooky Orchestra
Dark orchestral fantasy track with a spooky undead horror vibe. 03:01
Dangerous Jungle
ID: KF019219
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Sunspensful film music with threatening, insidious strings, impelling rhythms and roaring brass. 03:01
In Bondage
ID: KF018802
Album: Native American
An exotic track with percussion, xylophone, flute and strings. Cracking, rattling and scary. 03:01
Uncovered
ID: KF017008
Album: Calm Orchestra
Calm, sinister and scary film music with strings and oboe. Reminds of foggy darkness. 03:01
Creepy Cave
ID: KF025401
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.3
Rhythmic strings and percussions, perfect for a suspenseful scene. 03:00
Mics And More
ID: KF019611
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.2
Futuristic spy track with typical agent theme and threatening electro sounds. 03:00
Breeds Of The Swamp
ID: KF025407
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.3
Thrilling strings and piano lines create this rising and falling amount of tension. 02:59
Fight No Matter What
ID: KF019108
Album: Orchestral Landscapes
An exotic, mysterious track for orchestra and piano, combined with oriental vocals. Energetic and sonorous. 02:59
Combined Efforts
ID: KF019006
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.2
Threatening, heroic track with xylophone, strings and forceful brass. Combined with choir voices. Energetic, thrilling and stirring. 02:59
Fiction Fight
ID: KF017306
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.2
Orchestra track with spy film attitude, full of action and threatening. 02:59
Invisible Mights
ID: KF018511
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.2
An intense, sinister orchestra track with energetic electric guitar and strings, bass and brass. Combined with an expressive male choir and a choir of "angels". Like war between heaven and hell. Dub-Step version available: "The High And Mighty (RMX)" (KF020906). 02:57
Last Warning
ID: KF019004
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.2
Energetic, impellent track with percussions, rhythmic acoustic guitar and strings. Parts with threatening synthies, choir and brass. Interesting mix of dance and fight music. 02:56
To The Enemies
ID: KF019318
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
A scary and futuristic track full of suspense in three parts. With synthies, electric piano and muffled beats. 02:55
Crawling
ID: KF019315
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Threatening strings, creeping closer… A suspenseful, scary track. 02:54
The High And Mighty (RMX)
ID: KF020906
Album: Orchestral Dubstep
Menacing choir accompanies a restive dub step beat. The track has a minimal passage in the middle that increases to an energetic finale. Dub-Step version of Invisible Mights (KF018511). 02:53
Arms Of Zeus (RMX)
ID: KF020903
Album: Orchestral Dubstep
Atmospheric dub step track with sci fi synth and suspenseful orchestra. Like an epic space battle. Dub-Step version of "Disarmed" (KF017907) 02:53
Close To Danger
ID: KF019205
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Agitated, low strings and calm, sedate strings taking turns. Combined with electric piano sounds and atmospheric synthies. Gloomy and sinister. 02:53
Breathing
ID: KF029804
Album: Viral Pop
Starting with a fresh, relaxed beat with piano chords and clean electric guitar, the piece packs a lot of heat in its chorus, where fast hi-hats and crisp synth lines drive the music. 02:52
Towards The Light
ID: KF016716
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
A thrilling, dramatic track, threatening and msyterious - reminds of a spectacular escape through the canal system… Synthies, dramatic strings and drums. 02:52
Fervid Trail
ID: KF011905
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action track with orchestra and electric guitar. Very dramatic and energetic. 02:52
Russian Huntdown
ID: KF022106
Album: Modern War
Calm and menacing track. Dark electronic music elements and a pensive orchestra. 02:50
Dark Stars
ID: KF011511
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Hopeful and modern orchestra track. Positive beginning, dark and threatening at times. 02:49
Be Prepaired
ID: KF019204
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Sinister, gloomy and quiet track with lots of silent interludes. Low, threatening strings, weird electric piano and synthies. 02:48
Enduring War
ID: KF016711
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
Clear, melodic piano, dramatic strings, brass and drums. The music breaks up several times, only to swell up again with an energetic sound. 02:47
Dark Waters
ID: KF015901
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Action track with quiet, gloomy introduction, then agitated and fast-paced in the process. In the background, the sound of grinding of sword blades. 02:45
Clever is the Thief (RMX)
ID: KF020901
Album: Orchestral Dubstep
Dramatic strings and menacing synths with and increasing intensity. The track has a lot of varying rythms and gets more and more dub step like. 02:44
Cold Fright
ID: KF019306
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
A calm, creepy track with sinister synthies, suspenseful strings and brass. Wavelike, increasing intensity in the middle section. 02:44
Spare Nothing
ID: KF021912
Album: Power Rock
Virtuoso e-guitar track with sonorous synthies. Futuristic and energetic. 02:43
Steel Vest
ID: KF013207
Album: Heavy Metal
An energetic, aggressive heavy metal track, with a more quiet middle section. 02:43
Intoxicator
ID: KF019604
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.2
Restless electro music with slow passages in the middle part, a continuous rhythm and bright accents. 02:41
Dark Pitch
ID: KF019305
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Calm, low strings and creepy synthie sounds define this sinister track. With unpleasant moments of tension. 02:41
Weltuntergang
ID: KF014323
Album: Modern Suspense
Action music for orchestra, accompanied by electric guitar. In a restless, insecure atmosphere. 02:41
Conversation Rules
ID: KF011909
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action music with synthetic elements, percussion and dark, dramatic string sounds. 02:41
Trust Nobody
ID: KF016718
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
Dramatic, sinister and energetic string music with quiet piano and insistent drums, bass line and synthies. A gloomy track. 02:40
Space Music
ID: KF011918
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Powerful film music, energetic and menacing at times. 02:40
Burning Bridges
ID: KF028609
Album: Electroactive
Fast paced, furious, grungy and hitting hard electro-metal track. 02:39
March Through Hell (RMX)
ID: KF020904
Album: Orchestral Dubstep
Dramatic orchestra with a powerful dub step beat. Driving sci fi piece with a calm part in the middle and a rising finale. Dub-Step version of "March Through Hell" (KF018501) 02:39
Rotor Blade
ID: KF020714
Album: Energy Rock Vol.4
An electro-rock track under high pressure, with billowing synthies and hard, impelling e-guitars. 02:39
Dead Reckoning
ID: KF019309
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Suspenseful strings combined with heroic brass and theremine. Gentle but threatening. 02:39
Heavy Weapons
ID: KF018406
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.1
Energetic, threatening music with powerful brass and strings, with few individual flute sounds. Aggressive, with the sound of sword blades and heroic choir. 02:39
Thief
ID: KF021701
Album: Epic Dimension
Dark and mysterious. A track with a high intensity, like a thief that creeps around his victim. 02:38
Opulence
ID: KF019110
Album: Orchestral Landscapes
A very changeable, epic orchestra music, mulitfaceted, like telling a full story. From sinister and mysterious to hopeful, dramatic and threatening. 02:38
Call Chain
ID: KF014320
Album: Modern Suspense
Quiet, sinister orchestra music, accentuated with electro beats and percussive accompaniment. Melancholic, sad and gloomy. 02:38
Tank On Patrol
ID: KF022104
Album: Modern War
Spheric film music, military but reserved. Bright strings and dark horns. 02:37
Tank Two
ID: KF022103
Album: Modern War
Dark and variety film music with changing rhythms 02:37
Ambivalence
ID: KF019206
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Very calm, atmospheric passages with gentle strings, xylophone and high choir voices alternate with scary passages with brass, percussion and threatening strings. 02:37
Full Attention
ID: KF016717
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
Thrilling and dramatic music for a secret mission: dramatic strings as lead, combined with drums, synthies and piercing sounds. 02:37
Weeping Willow
ID: KF015910
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
A mysterious, dark orchestra music with a supporting tune, accompanied by chimes. 02:35
Tales Of Bliss
ID: KF013014
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
Majestic orchestra music, powerful, thoughtful and hopeful. 02:35
Check Point
ID: KF010107
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Menacing track for a spy film or thriller. Orchestra accompanied by military snare grooves. 02:35
Broken Words
ID: KF029805
Album: Viral Pop
A gritty trap-electro track alternating between thoughtful, atmospheric passages and a down-to-business, almost aggressive synth-dominated main part. 02:34
Change Of Strategy
ID: KF018510
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.2
Sinister and exciting orchestra music with energetic strings and brass, mysterious choir and rhythmic trumpets. 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
High Tension
ID: KF019317
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
An orchestra track full of action consisting of three parts with their specific peculiarities. Altogether hectic, creepy and dramatic. Mainly strings and brass. 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
Hunters
ID: KF010315
Album: Agents&Spies
Orchestra and piano in a suspenseful, slightly menacing thriller theme. 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
Sedate Place
ID: KF018910
Album: Night Scenes&Suspense
Sedate, groovy electric guitar within a futuristic, lonesome atmosphere. Thoughtful and relaxed. 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
The Bruiser
ID: KF013403
Album: High Action
Aggressive hard rock track with thrilling electric guitars, paired with fast elector beats. 02:32
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
Golgatha
ID: KF014101
Album: Massive Orchestra
At first, sinister piano music. Strings and drums amending in the second part and finally a hard electric guitar with it. 02:31
Pursuers
ID: KF010106
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Orchestral suspense/spy piece, sombre and enigmatic. 02:31
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
Interception
ID: KF016702
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
An electro track with orchestra elements: billowing, futuristic synthies combined with rhythmic strings. Full of action and thick in sound. 02:30
Total Ecplise
ID: KF019612
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.2
Energetic action music with electro elements. Sounding alarm signal in the background. 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
Metamorphosis
ID: KF011505
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Choir driven action track with orchestra. Increasing drama and tempo towards the end. 02:29
Mobilize Your Strength
ID: KF010507
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Scary atmospheric track spiced with electronics and horror SFX. 02:29
Bullet Time
ID: KF022704
Album: Electrified Rock'n'Pop
An impulsive actiontrack with distorted bass guitar and synths. On top a constant e-guitar and brasses. 02:28
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