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
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ID: KF010101
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Orchestral music and synthesizer grooves. Dark, driving and mysterious. 02:27
Cool City
ID: KF010102
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Atmospheric track driven by a dark, sad piano and melodic strings. 02:27
The Observation Deck
ID: KF010104
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Suspense track full of subdued energy, driven by strings and piano. 02:34
Pursuers
ID: KF010106
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Orchestral suspense/spy piece, sombre and enigmatic. 02:31
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
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
Assembling The Team
ID: KF010109
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Sombre spy film track, orchestra, piano and electronic beats. 02:25
Shut-in
ID: KF010111
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Eerie, melodic track, orchestra combined with sporadic beats. 02:21
Lost Place
ID: KF010112
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Orchestral Action track featuring a marimba - calm yet steadily driving onwards. 02:12
Self-righteousness
ID: KF010113
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Subdued orchestral piece with slowly swelling strings and occasional creepy piano runs. 01:44
Percussive Curse
ID: KF010201
Album: Action Orchestra
Hounded percussion and hammering piano in a dramatíc orchestral action piece. 02:15
Iron Rabbit
ID: KF010202
Album: Action Orchestra
Percussion-heavy orchestral action track featuring fast string runs and fierce brass. 01:09
Lost Power
ID: KF010203
Album: Action Orchestra
Dramatic action track, vehement orchestra accompanied by large choir. 01:01
Arabian Pirate
ID: KF010204
Album: Action Orchestra
Short, dramatic orchestral piece with oriental leanings. 00:47
Infernalis
ID: KF010205
Album: Action Orchestra
Electronic beats and a fierce orchestra in a fast-paced action track. 01:19
Chasing The Mole
ID: KF010206
Album: Action Orchestra
Fast-paced, menacing action piece interspersed with a duduk and oriental vocals. 03:16
Conquer The Sky
ID: KF010207
Album: Action Orchestra
Send a call to arms with this dramatic, brass laden orchestral action track. 02:06
Get The Grip
ID: KF010208
Album: Action Orchestra
Quiet, eerie passages alternating with dramatic, beat- and brass-heavy action sequences. 01:35
Ethnic Fights
ID: KF010209
Album: Action Orchestra
Menacing, exotic percussion-laden orchestral action piece. 01:04
Fear
ID: KF010210
Album: Action Orchestra
Short and to the point, the perfect introduction to a spy thriller. 00:26
Active Girls
ID: KF010211
Album: Action Orchestra
Action piece with stabbing brass hits and fast-paced string runs. 00:36
No Trespassing
ID: KF010212
Album: Action Orchestra
Eerie, menacing action piece with high-range strings and a driving groove. 01:28
Commander
ID: KF010213
Album: Action Orchestra
Dramatic military action track with an energetic snare rhythm. 02:01
Street Collision
ID: KF010215
Album: Action Orchestra
Suspenseful action piece, orchestra, heavy percusision and electric guitar shreds. 02:04
Special Unit
ID: KF010216
Album: Action Orchestra
Dramatic orchestral rock piece with shredding guitars, heavy brass and electronic beats. 02:05
Showdown In The Air
ID: KF010217
Album: Action Orchestra
Fast-paced action piece with vibrant strings and bustling percussion parts. 01:59
Modern Chase
ID: KF010218
Album: Action Orchestra
Dramatic orchestral action track with heavy brass and a fast-paced rhythm. 02:07
Spinning Combat
ID: KF010219
Album: Action Orchestra
Electronic grooves and large orchestra meet in a powerful, dramatic piece. 01:18
The Game
ID: KF010301
Album: Agents&Spies
Short, modern spy film track, orchestra and electronics combined. 01:01
Codebreaker
ID: KF010302
Album: Agents&Spies
Multifaceted piece, subdued suspense leading into a fast-paced action sequence. 01:58
Suspenstic
ID: KF010303
Album: Agents&Spies
Orchestral spy film track with military snare groove, suspenseful with more positive ending. 01:05
London Eye
ID: KF010304
Album: Agents&Spies
Cool, quiet, tip-toeing spy film theme featuring winds, strings, Rhodes piano and jazzy percussion. 02:00
Agent Theme
ID: KF010305
Album: Agents&Spies
Classic spy film theme with far-east leanings, suspenseful and cool. 01:43
Jacks Van
ID: KF010308
Album: Agents&Spies
Suspenseful, calm-before-the-storm agent film track with melodic guitar. 02:00
In The Docks
ID: KF010310
Album: Agents&Spies
Electronic beats paired with an electric guitar in a suspenseful spy film theme. 02:09
Hunters
ID: KF010315
Album: Agents&Spies
Orchestra and piano in a suspenseful, slightly menacing thriller theme. 02:33
Runnerboy
ID: KF010317
Album: Agents&Spies
A typical detective or spy music à la James Bond: suspenseful brass, melodic e-guitar and strings. With a calm ending. 00:46
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
Engines
ID: KF010502
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Eerie track with growling metal percussion and screeching stingers. 00:55
Mobilize Your Strength
ID: KF010507
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Scary atmospheric track spiced with electronics and horror SFX. 02:29
Gigantic Thoughts
ID: KF010512
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Swells, stingers, rises and impacts form this SFX-laden suspense track. 01:32
Army Discharge
ID: KF010513
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Pervading, futuristic sound collage with lots of electro elements and a metal, threatening sound. 01:01
The Inevitable
ID: KF010514
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Scary ambient track with weird synthie sounds on a carpet of e-piano. Dangerously slow and lurking, like an unavoidable threat. 01:32
The Field
ID: KF010602
Album: American Cowboys
Country-infused, atmospheric guitar track with a driving pulse. 02:03
Backlands Drummer
ID: KF010608
Album: American Cowboys
Sombre, intense track dominated by percussion and acoustic guitars. 01:37
Acoustic Upturn
ID: KF010609
Album: American Cowboys
Atmospheric, sombre acoustic track, percussion-heavy with a desert feel to it. 01:33
No Country Sound
ID: KF010610
Album: American Cowboys
Dark, atmospheric tune with a driving acoustic guitar, rises to a heavy rock finale. 01:41
Storm Skyline
ID: KF010611
Album: American Cowboys
Percussion-heavy tune with driving guitars and a heavy pulse. 01:50
Slamming Banjo
ID: KF010614
Album: American Cowboys
Dark, atmospheric track with acoustic beginning, heavy guitars in part 2 and 3. 01:40
Savage Tension
ID: KF010616
Album: American Cowboys
Sombre americana track with a desert feel to it. Acoustic guitars and slide guitar. 02:05
Jolly Buster
ID: KF010619
Album: American Cowboys
Rollicking, funny country track in classic blues form. 01:39
Wild And Threatening
ID: KF010702
Album: American Landscapes
Thrilling track with a steady pulse of strings and banjo. 02:05
Gloomy Sky Front
ID: KF010703
Album: American Landscapes
Acoustic guitars and strings are the basis of this nice track with piano-arpeggios. 02:06
Buffalo Grill
ID: KF010705
Album: American Landscapes
Dark cinematic orchestral track with percussion and acoustic guitar. Modern western. 02:07
Waste Of Money
ID: KF010715
Album: American Landscapes
Atmospheric track with banjo and driving percussions. 01:41
Spooky Suspense
ID: KF010912
Album: Children
Mysterious chimes with chembalo and soulful guitar. Accompanied by orchestra. 01:34
Should Have Listened
ID: KF011019
Album: Club Beats
Modern action track with atmospheric electro elements and a thrilling electro melody. 02:15
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
Blade Deep
ID: KF011303
Album: Dark Cinema
An emotional sad violin with scary and dark electro sounds. 02:00
Lonely Plains
ID: KF011304
Album: Dark Cinema
A futuristic synth track, menacing and dark atmosphere. 02:13
Polygon
ID: KF011305
Album: Dark Cinema
Quiet, spooky strings with some electronic sounds. Atmospheric and mystical. 01:48
Strangled Corpse
ID: KF011308
Album: Dark Cinema
Futuristic electro track with pulsating synthesizers, soft pads and interesting sounds. 01:48
Dynamite
ID: KF011310
Album: Dark Cinema
A fast futuristic electro/orchestra track. Threatening, spooky and unsettling. 02:22
Black Piece
ID: KF011312
Album: Dark Cinema
Mystic and threatening music. In a very qiet and restless atmosphere. 01:35
Black Road
ID: KF011316
Album: Dark Cinema
Exciting electro track. Futuristic with strings and brass. 03:08
Higher Levels
ID: KF011401
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
Big and threatening orchestra music. Choir, drums and timpani. 03:02
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
Black Instinct
ID: KF011403
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
A slow and dark music. Very mysterious. 02:04
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
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
Italian Darkness
ID: KF011407
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
Threatening and mystic music with strings and a driving pulse. 01:51
Nightship
ID: KF011409
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
Music for a haunted pirate ship, dark and menacing. Orchestra and choir. 01:31
Skyfire
ID: KF011501
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Dark, dramatic film music. Big and expressive. 02:00
Soaring Dreams
ID: KF011502
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Heroic and dramatic orchestra music. 01:41
Metamorphosis
ID: KF011505
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Choir driven action track with orchestra. Increasing drama and tempo towards the end. 02:29
Evolution
ID: KF011506
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Mysterious and powerful film music. 02:01
Windrider
ID: KF011507
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Film music with driving and threatening atmosphere. Exotic and adventurous. 01:49
The Great Hero
ID: KF011509
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Film music with threatening and mytical elements. Orchestra, choir and exotic percussion. 01:08
The Reckoning
ID: KF011510
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Orchestra track with fast timpani and percussion intro. Towards the end they are accompanied by big orchestra and choir. 01:40
Dark Stars
ID: KF011511
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Hopeful and modern orchestra track. Positive beginning, dark and threatening at times. 02:49
Black Forge
ID: KF011512
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Very dark track with deep brass and stings. 01:13
Dark Side
ID: KF011514
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Menacing timpanis and dark brasses. Contemplative orchestral piece. 01:21
Grenade
ID: KF011701
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
A dramatic, threatening orchestra track with choir and droning brass. 01:05
Run Down
ID: KF011702
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
A menacing, agitated orchestral track with lots of action and drama. 02:15
Silver Starter
ID: KF011704
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Powerful orchestra accompanied by am energetic choir. 01:18
Darkening
ID: KF011705
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
A dramatic, powerful orchestral piece for epic battles and combats. Accompanied by choir. 01:26
Platinum Steel
ID: KF011706
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Dramatic and very energetic orchestra track with roaring trumpets, timpani, percussion and flutes. 01:33
Orchestral Action
ID: KF011707
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
The music is divided into rhythmic parts, alternating between rushed menace and lurking tension. 05:06
Hunting The Clown
ID: KF011709
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Playful but very powerful track. Orchestra driven by military rhythm. Has many percussive elements. 01:16
Tortuga Dreams
ID: KF011711
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Dramatic film music for fights and adventures. 01:40
Army Of Shades
ID: KF011712
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Sinister Fantasy-Action-track with massive brass, evil choirs and marching drums. 02:13
Restless Chaser
ID: KF011901
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Modern action track with electro elements accompanied by a big orchestra. 02:00
Downhill Biking
ID: KF011903
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Dynamic science fiction track with many electro / synth elements and a pulsating rhythm. 03:10
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
Fervid Trail
ID: KF011905
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action track with orchestra and electric guitar. Very dramatic and energetic. 02:52
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
50 Town Race
ID: KF011907
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Fast and modern action track with groovy electronic beats and orchestra. 00:25
Bio Hazard
ID: KF011908
Album: Electrified Orchestra
An action track with powerful rhythm. Fast and vigorous. Strings bring emotions and threat. 02:09
Conversation Rules
ID: KF011909
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action music with synthetic elements, percussion and dark, dramatic string sounds. 02:41
Burned Down
ID: KF011910
Album: Electrified Orchestra
A very dynamic and powerful orchestra track accentuated by aggressive and fast beats. 02:04
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