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
Tribal Theory
ID: KF014512
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
An exotic music, reminding of primeval forests. With drums, timpani and bongos. The atmosphere is dangerous and threatening. 02:28
Junction Box
ID: KF013209
Album: Heavy Metal
Hard, aggressive electric guitars and metallic synthies combined within an energetic action track. 02:28
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
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
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
Slowly It Creeps
ID: KF011916
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action track with dark and restless brass sounds. Fast tempo and a catchy rhythm. 02:24
Groove System
ID: KF015203
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.1
Electro track with a hard breakbeat and dynamic sound effects. Reminds of modern spy movies. 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
Sweeping Bass
ID: KF011915
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action track with mystic ambience, menacing and dark. 02:23
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
In Time You Will Know
ID: KF015201
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.1
Trance-action music with a hard electro beat and spheric synthie melody. Vivid and dynamic. 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
The Cloaked Man
ID: KF017113
Album: World Travels Vol.2
Exotic adventure track with Arabian leanings, the perfect music for games, films or travel documentaries. 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
Infiltration
ID: KF022507
Album: Tension Cinema
Threatening track with a menacing mood. Dark and thrilling like the soundtrack of a horror movie. 02:20
Preliminary Opener
ID: KF020220
Album: Energy Rock Vol.3
Beating, furious energy rock with energetic electric guitar melody and atmospheric synthies. 02:20
Hysteria
ID: KF015501
Album: Sports Rock Vol.2
Aggressive hard rock track with fast-paced electric guitars, interrupted by a soft interlude of synthies in the middle of the song. 02:20
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
Nine Lives
ID: KF017507
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
Powerful, aggressive music for orchestra and electro elements. Strings and brass as pivotal elements. 02:19
Wave Guide
ID: KF015503
Album: Sports Rock Vol.2
A threatening, aggressive rock track with a lurid electric guitar. Energetic and liberating. 02:19
Bad Karma
ID: KF012315
Album: Epic Rock Vol.1
Powerful orchestra track in large format, accompanied by fast electric guitars and an energetic choir. 02:19
Heavy Metal Roaring
ID: KF013417
Album: High Action
Resounding electric guitars paired with futuristic electro elements. A modern action track. 02:17
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
To The Balustrade
ID: KF029601
Album: Battlegrounds
A tense percussion-track, supported by warning signals of ethnic horns. 02:15
Tunnel Run
ID: KF015612
Album: Surf Vol.1
A motivating electric guitar surf track with energetic bass and catchy hookline. 02:15
Contact Wire
ID: KF013208
Album: Heavy Metal
Harsh metal track with aggressive electric guitars, energetic and threatening drums and some electro parts. 02:15
Run Down
ID: KF011702
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
A menacing, agitated orchestral track with lots of action and drama. 02:15
Should Have Listened
ID: KF011019
Album: Club Beats
Modern action track with atmospheric electro elements and a thrilling electro melody. 02:15
Percussive Curse
ID: KF010201
Album: Action Orchestra
Hounded percussion and hammering piano in a dramatíc orchestral action piece. 02:15
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
Head On Collision
ID: KF014107
Album: Massive Orchestra
Action music for orchestra and electric guitar. Dramatic, aggressive towards the end. 02:14
Tunnel System
ID: KF013206
Album: Heavy Metal
Aggressive metal track with rapid electric guitar riffs and some electronic influence. 02:14
Fingers Twisted
ID: KF013205
Album: Heavy Metal
Speed-metal track with harshly threshed drums and heavy guitar shreds. 02:14
Into The Machine
ID: KF013121
Album: Hard Electro
Fast and driving electro sci-fi groove with breakbeats. 02:14
Rough Cuts
ID: KF015217
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.1
Electric guitar track with lots of synthie-elements. A blend of rock and electro. 02:13
Stoned Tossed Far
ID: KF014517
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Percussion, electro beats and synth-bass mingled into a minimalistic, mechanic track. 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
Sudden Interception
ID: KF014202
Album: Military
Brass and choir define this dramatic, gloomy track. 02:12
Lady Demise
ID: KF014110
Album: Massive Orchestra
A scary, enormous orchestra track with choir accompaniment and electric guitar. 02:12
Lost Place
ID: KF010112
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Orchestral Action track featuring a marimba - calm yet steadily driving onwards. 02:12
Hellspire Ravens
ID: KF017301
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.2
Sinister Fantasy-Action-track with massive brass, evil choirs and marching drums. 02:11
Bigger And Better
ID: KF015109
Album: Rocktronica
Energetic rock track full of synthies. Futuristic, activating and aggressive. 02:11
Paralyzed
ID: KF013120
Album: Hard Electro
A futuristic and very dynamic hard-rock track. With energetic electric guitars and electro sounds. 02:11
The Final Stand
ID: KF012014
Album: Emotional Trailer
Dramatic and sweeping orchestra track with epic choir and hard percussion. 02:11
Nights Of Uncertainty
ID: KF020117
Album: World Tales Vol.2
An exotic, scary and threatening track with melodic strings, brass and flutes, combined with rhythmic tambourine, harp and castanets. 02:10
Tech Threat
ID: KF019408
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
Futuristic orchestra music with hard electro elements and timpani beats, accompanied by sombre strings and brass. 02:10
Ancient Sanctuary
ID: KF019102
Album: Orchestral Landscapes
Dark orchestral fantasy-music with choirs, massive percussions and ethnic flutes (Shakuhachi, Duduk). 02:10
Invincible
ID: KF017506
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
An epic action track with orchestra, choir and synthies. Very energetic, thrilling and futuristic. 02:10
Monolith
ID: KF016401
Album: World Tales Vol.1
Sinister, menacing orchestral music with oriental elements. Ever-changing between sostenuto and impulsive. 02:10
Gotham Under Siege
ID: KF015005
Album: Rock Grounds
Exotic orchestra track with quite oriental vocals and pervading percussion. 02:10
Sinister Dreams
ID: KF014112
Album: Massive Orchestra
Film music for a grand orchestra, increasing in intensity, accompanied by soft piano sounds and electric guitar. 02:10
Burning Banners
ID: KF012314
Album: Epic Rock Vol.1
A rock orchestra track with grand array of sound. Energetic, dramatic, threatening drohend und hoffnungsvoll. 02:10
Death Tutor
ID: KF017511
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
Rocking orchestra and choir track, combined with hard electric guitar riffs, electro beats and oriental singing. 02:09
Original Edge
ID: KF012416
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Energetic, touching orchestra music, hopeful and immense. Accompanied by a grand choir. 02:09
Pure War
ID: KF012318
Album: Epic Rock Vol.1
A threatening, warning sci-fi track with electro elements, electric guitar, strings and brass. 02:09
Bio Hazard
ID: KF011908
Album: Electrified Orchestra
An action track with powerful rhythm. Fast and vigorous. Strings bring emotions and threat. 02:09
In The Docks
ID: KF010310
Album: Agents&Spies
Electronic beats paired with an electric guitar in a suspenseful spy film theme. 02:09
Twisting Spheres
ID: KF026505
Album: Spherical Mood
Dark atmosphere with atonal sweeps and stings. 02:08
Lash Out
ID: KF026504
Album: Spherical Mood
Slightly atonal und percussive ambience. Dark, weird and thrilling. 02:08
Before They Came
ID: KF026503
Album: Spherical Mood
Slightly atonal und threatening ambience. Dark, weird and thrilling. 02:08
Time To Start
ID: KF014301
Album: Modern Suspense
Synthies and electro beats in a futuristic, restless track within an sinister atmosphere. 02:08
Sun And Moon
ID: KF012405
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
A threatening, sinister film title for orchestra and choir. With energetic timpani beats and razor-sharp string sounds. 02:08
Forged March
ID: KF011402
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
This music is threatening and mystic. The acoustic guitar gives the track an exotic character. 02:08
Cavalry's Rolling In
ID: KF029901
Album: Black Prophecy Vol.2
This orchestral track begins very restrained and then builds up to full size. It is joined by a choir that makes the piece even more impressive. 02:07
Foreign Territory
ID: KF020115
Album: World Tales Vol.2
Suspenseful orchestra track. Hectic, threatening and mysterious, like a danger from foreign areas. 02:07
The Seventh Passage
ID: KF017509
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
A dramatic, powerful orchestra track, intensified by a loud-voiced choir and energetic electric guitar sounds. 02:07
Dark Vengeance
ID: KF017504
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
Sinister, impelling track with hard electric guitar, accompanied by a sonorous orchestra. 02:07
Burning Ground
ID: KF016804
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Menacing apocalyptic future sounds with pads and dark orchestra. 02:07
Dark Vikings
ID: KF015913
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Epic orchestral music, very energetic, agitating, threatening and ceremonial. 02:07
Buffalo Grill
ID: KF010705
Album: American Landscapes
Dark cinematic orchestral track with percussion and acoustic guitar. Modern western. 02:07
Modern Chase
ID: KF010218
Album: Action Orchestra
Dramatic orchestral action track with heavy brass and a fast-paced rhythm. 02:07
Open Waters
ID: KF012404
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Impressive, aggressive orchestra track with hard timpani drums and dramatic choir. 02:06
Good And Evil
ID: KF012317
Album: Epic Rock Vol.1
Heroic, emotional action track with orchestra and synthetic elements, combined with choir accompaniment in the background. 02:06
Don't Be Fancy
ID: KF011904
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Sci-fi action track with hard rhythm and energetic and menacing strings. Exciting and dangerous. 02:06
Gloomy Sky Front
ID: KF010703
Album: American Landscapes
Acoustic guitars and strings are the basis of this nice track with piano-arpeggios. 02:06
Conquer The Sky
ID: KF010207
Album: Action Orchestra
Send a call to arms with this dramatic, brass laden orchestral action track. 02:06
Three Corpses
ID: KF027607
Album: Automotive Vol.2
A rocking trailer track with clever beats, dubstep elements and emotional cello 02:05
Leap In The Dark
ID: KF019904
Album: World Adventure Vol.2
Far Eastern orchestra music with electro elements, calm at the beginning, growing dangerously. With synthies and mandolin. 02:05
Tomb Invaders
ID: KF019103
Album: Orchestral Landscapes
Dark orchestral fantasy-music with choirs, massive percussions and ethnic flutes (Shakuhachi, Duduk). 02:05
Deep Under
ID: KF018909
Album: Night Scenes&Suspense
Sinister spy atmosphere with impelling rhythm and bright melodies. 02:05
Defender
ID: KF017505
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
An energetic, aggressive and partly funky rock and orchestra track. Cool and full of action. 02:05
Legend Rising
ID: KF011404
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
Mystic and dark music with some fast elements. Energetic strings, loud timpani and choir. 02:05
Wild And Threatening
ID: KF010702
Album: American Landscapes
Thrilling track with a steady pulse of strings and banjo. 02:05
Savage Tension
ID: KF010616
Album: American Cowboys
Sombre americana track with a desert feel to it. Acoustic guitars and slide guitar. 02:05
Special Unit
ID: KF010216
Album: Action Orchestra
Dramatic orchestral rock piece with shredding guitars, heavy brass and electronic beats. 02:05
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