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
They're Here
ID: KF029906
Album: Black Prophecy Vol.2
The approach of the enemy spaceship becomes tangible through this track. The wobbling strings lead to an inevitable confrontation. 02:04
Moving Into Position
ID: KF029602
Album: Battlegrounds
A driving percussive hybrid-track, which increases tension with some deep brasslike objections and sinister drones. 02:04
Breaking And Entering
ID: KF022506
Album: Tension Cinema
thrilling modern Ambience with synthetic soundscapes, high strings, low Booms and subtle Rhythms. Perfect fit for Thriller-/Mystery- and Stealth-Scenes! 02:04
The Frozen Lake
ID: KF022008
Album: Dark Tales
airytale-like and slightly atonal orchestral piece with bass-clarinet, alto flute and harp. Very calm and depressing, with a magical touch. 02:04
Divine Shot
ID: KF015010
Album: Rock Grounds
Action-rock track combining hard electric guitars and electro sounds in manner of a spy movie. 02:04
Know Your Score
ID: KF014317
Album: Modern Suspense
Gloomy, futuristic music with electro beats and metallic percussions. 02:04
Dark City
ID: KF014307
Album: Modern Suspense
Threatening, sinister orchestra sound within a terrifyied, desolate atmosphere. 02:04
Gasoline Thurst
ID: KF013413
Album: High Action
Fast, aggressive action track with rocking electric guitar and fast drums. The middle section is more quiet and melancholic. 02:04
Metal Drum Constructor
ID: KF013218
Album: Heavy Metal
Aggressive, rapid heavy metal track with hard electric guitars and fast drums. 02:04
Burned Down
ID: KF011910
Album: Electrified Orchestra
A very dynamic and powerful orchestra track accentuated by aggressive and fast beats. 02:04
Black Instinct
ID: KF011403
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
A slow and dark music. Very mysterious. 02:04
Street Collision
ID: KF010215
Album: Action Orchestra
Suspenseful action piece, orchestra, heavy percusision and electric guitar shreds. 02:04
Burning Hell
ID: KF019314
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Ambient track with energetic brass and drums against a background of smouldering synthies and strings. Dangerous and sinister. 02:03
Cold Bones
ID: KF019208
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Exotic and threatening film music with didgeridoo, muffled brass, strings ad bongos. Creates an uncomfortable setting. 02:03
Trial By Fire
ID: KF014513
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Powerful film music with percussions, drums and timpani. Aggressive, energetic and unyielding. 02:03
Wild Chase
ID: KF014511
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Synthies and drums create the aggressive dynamic of this track, orchestral percussion round it off. 02:03
Gotterschlacht
ID: KF014302
Album: Modern Suspense
Sinister spy track, with orchestra and electric guitar. 02:03
Divine Intervention
ID: KF014109
Album: Massive Orchestra
A dramatic rock and orchestra track, very energetic and loaded, a piano with it. 02:03
Locus Delicti
ID: KF012422
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
A futuristic orchestra track with calm intro; later on transition into hard percussion and choir parts. 02:03
The Field
ID: KF010602
Album: American Cowboys
Country-infused, atmospheric guitar track with a driving pulse. 02:03
Mysterious Path
ID: KF029712
Album: Black Prophecy Vol.1
A mysterious orchestral track that attracts attention with its interesting chord combinations and builds up uncertainty with long held notes. 02:02
War Machine
ID: KF029607
Album: Battlegrounds
An unsteady percussion-track, supported by warning signals of ethnic horns. 02:02
Skull Island
ID: KF026509
Album: Spherical Mood
Resounding drones with slightly atonal sounds. Driving, thrilling and atmospherical. 02:02
Road Satellite
ID: KF021910
Album: Power Rock
Aggressive e-guitar and retro-techno elements create a futuristic rock track. 02:02
Blessed Concubine
ID: KF019902
Album: World Adventure Vol.2
Threatening music like out of 1001 Nights. Arabic flute play surrounded by sinister strings, impelling percussion and powerful brass. 02:02
Tarred Harbor
ID: KF014319
Album: Modern Suspense
Metallic, cold percussions and distant, gloomy synthie sounds within a lonesome, futuristic track. 02:02
Roadrunners
ID: KF013414
Album: High Action
Action-rock trailer in a heated, exciting mood. electric guitar accompanied by electro beats. 02:02
The Attorney
ID: KF027606
Album: Automotive Vol.2
An epic and full electronic track with a surprisingly rocking conclusion 02:01
Black Trees
ID: KF015911
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
This orchestra track speaks of darkness and direct threatening. With piano oriental elements. 02:01
By The Sword
ID: KF014105
Album: Massive Orchestra
Powerful, pervading film music track with orchestra and electric guitar. Fast-paced combination with a strong voice choir. 02:01
Crossfire
ID: KF012308
Album: Epic Rock Vol.1
Action track for orchestra and electric guitar. Fast and dynamic with strings. 02:01
Evolution
ID: KF011506
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Mysterious and powerful film music. 02:01
Commander
ID: KF010213
Album: Action Orchestra
Dramatic military action track with an energetic snare rhythm. 02:01
Follow Me
ID: KF027610
Album: Automotive Vol.2
Atmospheric dubstep track with rhythmic strings and diverse sounds 02:00
Hooked By The Enemy
ID: KF025403
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.3
An increasing amount of tension. A driving and thriling piece of music. 02:00
Cold Shimmer
ID: KF019216
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Menacing, freezing apocalyptic future sounds with pads and dark orchestra. 02:00
The Coming
ID: KF018504
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.2
Suspenseful, dramatic track with threatening strings, billowing bass and brass, conjuring up danger. 02:00
We Overcame
ID: KF014406
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
A dramatic orchestra track with a big array of sounds and choir accompaniment. 02:00
Try To Survive
ID: KF014303
Album: Modern Suspense
Low piano sounds, beats and sharp strings create a creepy, threatening and unsettling mood. 02:00
Shadow Harvest
ID: KF013023
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
Epic, sonorous orchestra music with majestic atmosphere. Courageous, hopeful and dynamic. 02:00
Restless Chaser
ID: KF011901
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Modern action track with electro elements accompanied by a big orchestra. 02:00
Skyfire
ID: KF011501
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Dark, dramatic film music. Big and expressive. 02:00
Blade Deep
ID: KF011303
Album: Dark Cinema
An emotional sad violin with scary and dark electro sounds. 02:00
Jacks Van
ID: KF010308
Album: Agents&Spies
Suspenseful, calm-before-the-storm agent film track with melodic guitar. 02:00
London Eye
ID: KF010304
Album: Agents&Spies
Cool, quiet, tip-toeing spy film theme featuring winds, strings, Rhodes piano and jazzy percussion. 02:00
Speed Action
ID: KF021913
Album: Power Rock
This rock track cries out for a fast trip with a race car. Speed and risk. 01:59
The Dark Lord Arrives
ID: KF017303
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.2
Dark, portentous marching orchestral music with low brass, deep male choirs and rhythmic strings. 01:59
Showdown In The Air
ID: KF010217
Album: Action Orchestra
Fast-paced action piece with vibrant strings and bustling percussion parts. 01:59
High Energy
ID: KF016712
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
Dramatic brass and strings, alternating volume. Energetic, exciting and heroic orchestra composition. 01:58
Codebreaker
ID: KF010302
Album: Agents&Spies
Multifaceted piece, subdued suspense leading into a fast-paced action sequence. 01:58
Full Sails
ID: KF029603
Album: Battlegrounds
A fast-paced orchestra-track, characterized by objections of male voices and a melodyline of a cello. 01:56
The Hunt
ID: KF029314
Album: Hybrid Tension
A creepy, sinister and tormenting track spreading shakiness through devious harmonies. 01:56
Retribution
ID: KF029301
Album: Hybrid Tension
An aggressive and piercing hybrid-track with stops, swells and driving percussion. 01:56
Bear Down
ID: KF019012
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.2
Dark orchestral fantasy battle music, with a bagpipe solo. 01:56
Eternal Wrath
ID: KF012319
Album: Epic Rock Vol.1
Energetic orchestra music with hard electric guitar riffs and choir. Uncompromising and intimidating. 01:56
Turbo Charger
ID: KF012312
Album: Epic Rock Vol.1
Hard, fast rock and orchestra music. Strings and brass are accompanied by rapid drums, electric guitar and choir. 01:56
Human Duty
ID: KF012001
Album: Emotional Trailer
A tremendous orchestra theme accompanied by a dramatic choir. Energetic and heroic. 01:56
She Was Grand
ID: KF010318
Album: Agents&Spies
A mysterious track with a combination of suspenseful and thoughtful strings against a background of billowing synthies, powerful drums and timpani, energetic brass and piano. 01:56
Ruins of the Past
ID: KF025515
Album: A Fantasy Story
A brave hero desperately fights their way through a hostile, sinister environment. 01:55
Cat With Nine Tails
ID: KF018906
Album: Night Scenes&Suspense
Punky mid-tempo track with dominant bass, guitar flourishes and industrial elements. 01:55
Machinehead
ID: KF014412
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Heroic, solemn orchestra track, military in appearance. 01:55
Alfie
ID: KF021004
Album: Children Vol.2
Quiet but suspensful orchestral music that starts and stops several times. 01:54
Take Umbrage
ID: KF012415
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
A sinister and epic orchestra music, with energetic strings and resounding wind section, accompanied by a bright choir. 01:54
Fast Lane
ID: KF027609
Album: Automotive Vol.2
Driving dubstep track with an emotional guitar intro and atmospheric synths 01:53
Jungle Fever
ID: KF019415
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
Wild, tribal and groovy Rythms with strange exotic and ethnic instruments. Like an unknown threat in a foreign jungle. 01:53
Blankets Resurrection
ID: KF027504
Album: Automotive Vol.1
A bass-driven epic track with classical female voice and dubstep elements on top 01:52
Wuthering Flames
ID: KF019403
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
Menacing combat music of a dark future, with driving electronic percussion. 01:52
Ensorcelled
ID: KF012407
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Orchestra msuic with oriental elements, accompanied by a powerful choir. Energetic and threatening. 01:52
Electrified
ID: KF018408
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.1
Energetic drum beats against a background of exotic, heroic brass and strings. High tension until the last tone. 01:51
Burning Horizon
ID: KF012403
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Orchestra and choir music with heavy military rhythm as drum accompaniment. 01:51
Italian Darkness
ID: KF011407
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
Threatening and mystic music with strings and a driving pulse. 01:51
Searching For Trails
ID: KF021803
Album: Calm Ambience
Calm, dark background track with acoustic guitar and unsettling soundscapes. 01:50
Going For Desaster
ID: KF019212
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
A scary, dramatic track with sinister staccato strings and xylophone. Suspenseful and threatening, still melodic. 01:50
Arising Pain
ID: KF015007
Album: Rock Grounds
Aggressive hard-rock track with dramatic electric guitar and strong, evil drums. 01:50
Alteration
ID: KF014507
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
A track full of energy with timpani, drums and percussions in a fast, driving rhythm. 01:50
Mission Omega
ID: KF014205
Album: Military
Threatening, restless orchestra music with lots of drum roll and alarming wind section sounds. 01:50
Lionhearted
ID: KF012408
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
An adventurous film music full of action, with choir and drum accompaniment. A courageous, motivating atmosphere. 01:50
Storm Skyline
ID: KF010611
Album: American Cowboys
Percussion-heavy tune with driving guitars and a heavy pulse. 01:50
Windrider
ID: KF011507
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Film music with driving and threatening atmosphere. Exotic and adventurous. 01:49
Samurai Yell
ID: KF014520
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Percussion track with numerous drums, timpani and gong. A Far Eastern-spectacle. 01:48
Strangled Corpse
ID: KF011308
Album: Dark Cinema
Futuristic electro track with pulsating synthesizers, soft pads and interesting sounds. 01:48
Polygon
ID: KF011305
Album: Dark Cinema
Quiet, spooky strings with some electronic sounds. Atmospheric and mystical. 01:48
Keeping Pace
ID: KF019401
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
A percussive track, energetic and impulsive. With several elements of electric piano, synthies, electric guitar and acoustic guitar. Fast and exciting. 01:47
The Mansion
ID: KF016806
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Sinister and mysterious ambience, perfect for unsettling horror scenes. The lonely melody is played by a scary piano and often disturbed by soft string clusters. 01:47
Majestic Blood
ID: KF012511
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Creepy, lurking film music with grand orchestra. The second part creates a dramatic, heroic mood, accompanied by a choir. 01:47
Waiting For The Door To Open
ID: KF022508
Album: Tension Cinema
Tensious, lurking soundtrack with shivering strings and deep piano. 01:46
Got Trapped
ID: KF014521
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Exotic drum music, reminding of djungle and wilderness. Bongos and percussions. 01:46
Arped Knight
ID: KF020907
Album: Orchestral Dubstep
A hypnotically epic dubstep track with 8-bit-synths and driving string ostinato lines topped off with an atmospheric break in the interlude 01:45
Numb Drunk
ID: KF019607
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.2
Action track with hard drums and electric guitars. Interrupted by a meditative, calm middle section with dream sequence. 01:45
Lifelong
ID: KF019411
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
A modern military track, lots of drums and synthies, combined with trumpets and orchestra. 01:45
Blood Brothers
ID: KF018514
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.2
Crescendo orchestra track, melancholic, with dramatic strings and brass. In combination with sinister choir singing. 01:45
Rising Forces
ID: KF018411
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.1
Energetic, very powerful film music with an impulsive orchestra and an ominous choir. Thrilling to the full extent. 01:45
He's Coming
ID: KF017310
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.2
Dark and uneasy Orchestral-Horror. Sinister Themes are disturbed by string-Clusters and haunting piano-melodies. 01:45
Moving Pipes
ID: KF016204
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
Action-packed exotic music. Hard drums and percussion, with ominous orchestra and bagpipes. 01:45
After Death
ID: KF013405
Album: High Action
Hard sci-fi rock with fast electric guitars and very powerful drums, accompanied by electro beats. 01:45
Smash Attack
ID: KF011906
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Timpani, drums and synth beats form most of the track, the end sees some orchestral action. A dramatic action piece. 01:45
Foreshadowed
ID: KF018808
Album: Native American
An atmospheric, breathy track with shaky reed pipe, strings and harp. Threatening and mysterious. 01:44
Thai Folksy
ID: KF017105
Album: World Travels Vol.2
Oriental sounds and Far-Eastern elements. An exotic track which spreads a positive, enchanting atmosphere. 01:44
Gone Emotions
ID: KF016409
Album: World Tales Vol.1
Orchestral track with mystical atmosphere revolving around a meditative chant, with a dramatic turn around at the end. 01:44
Stone Runner
ID: KF014407
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Gloomy, threatening orchestra track with a low, dark male choir. 01:44
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