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
50 Town Race
ID: KF011907
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Fast and modern action track with groovy electronic beats and orchestra. 00:25
A Dire Soul
ID: KF020607
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.2
A disturbing, inscrutable music. Accordion combined with a persistent knocking and a quiet, sombre strings. 01:14
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
About To Thieve
ID: KF025405
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.3
Emotional tension with atmospherical breaks. Dreamy, thrilling and driving. 03:31
Acoustic Upturn
ID: KF010609
Album: American Cowboys
Atmospheric, sombre acoustic track, percussion-heavy with a desert feel to it. 01:33
Active Girls
ID: KF010211
Album: Action Orchestra
Action piece with stabbing brass hits and fast-paced string runs. 00:36
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
Agent Theme
ID: KF010305
Album: Agents&Spies
Classic spy film theme with far-east leanings, suspenseful and cool. 01:43
Agents Hopelessness
ID: KF014315
Album: Modern Suspense
A scary, gloomy spy track with quiet, restless strings and occasional wind player and percussion sounds. 01:12
Alfie
ID: KF021004
Album: Children Vol.2
Quiet but suspensful orchestral music that starts and stops several times. 01:54
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
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
Ancient Sanctuary
ID: KF019102
Album: Orchestral Landscapes
Dark orchestral fantasy-music with choirs, massive percussions and ethnic flutes (Shakuhachi, Duduk). 02:10
Angry Slashes
ID: KF019207
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Threatening film music with low brass, bongos, rushing strings, an energetic male choir voices and threatening roaring. 01:08
Animal Transformation
ID: KF022505
Album: Tension Cinema
The track starts with a cacophonic and menacing orchestral mood and changes to a dark melody played by flute and harp. Mysterious and fairy-tale-like. 01:09
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
Arabian Pirate
ID: KF010204
Album: Action Orchestra
Short, dramatic orchestral piece with oriental leanings. 00:47
Arising Pain
ID: KF015007
Album: Rock Grounds
Aggressive hard-rock track with dramatic electric guitar and strong, evil drums. 01:50
Armor And Sword
ID: KF029606
Album: Battlegrounds
A marching and percussive track that accompanies the army on its trek through impassable terrain. Every now and then exotic flutes set smaller accents. 01:36
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
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
Army Of Shades
ID: KF011712
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Sinister Fantasy-Action-track with massive brass, evil choirs and marching drums. 02:13
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
Assembling The Team
ID: KF010109
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Sombre spy film track, orchestra, piano and electronic beats. 02:25
At War
ID: KF029904
Album: Black Prophecy Vol.2
This orchestral track throws the listener directly into the warlike action. Supported by choir and percussion, it creates a chaotic atmosphere. 01:31
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
Backlands Drummer
ID: KF010608
Album: American Cowboys
Sombre, intense track dominated by percussion and acoustic guitars. 01:37
Backslide
ID: KF019201
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Sinister, spooky and inconsistent orchestra track with low strings, clarinet, harp and percussion. 00:42
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
Balanced Odds
ID: KF029705
Album: Black Prophecy Vol.1
A battle track that captures the action on the battlefield through a chaotic composition and makes it audible through the impressive orchestra. 01:36
Barrel Starter
ID: KF019609
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.2
A groovy, modern synthie track with a clear rhythm. Easy and energetic. 01:08
Battle Music
ID: KF014401
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Loud, energetic orchestra music, a threatening march with strong drum beats. Speeds up towards the end. 01:07
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
Bear Down
ID: KF019012
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.2
Dark orchestral fantasy battle music, with a bagpipe solo. 01:56
Before The Close
ID: KF016705
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
Muffled synthies full of action combined with calm strings. Brass opens up and increases towards an epic end. 01:11
Before They Came
ID: KF026503
Album: Spherical Mood
Slightly atonal und threatening ambience. Dark, weird and thrilling. 02:08
Better Than You
ID: KF012512
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Film music for orchestra and choir, like a big fight, full of courage and lurking danger. Threatening and resolute. 01:39
Bigger And Better
ID: KF015109
Album: Rocktronica
Energetic rock track full of synthies. Futuristic, activating and aggressive. 02:11
Bio Hazard
ID: KF011908
Album: Electrified Orchestra
An action track with powerful rhythm. Fast and vigorous. Strings bring emotions and threat. 02:09
Biting Cold
ID: KF019407
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
Threatening, futuristic electro track with piercing sounds, razor-sharp and aggressive. 01:43
Black Forge
ID: KF011512
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Very dark track with deep brass and stings. 01:13
Black Instinct
ID: KF011403
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
A slow and dark music. Very mysterious. 02:04
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
Black Sand Desert
ID: KF018404
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.1
Sinister, scary and dynamic orchestra track. Threatening, rhythmic strings, alternating between crescendo and diminuendo. 01:26
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
Black Wolf
ID: KF014206
Album: Military
An orchestral track, increasing towards the end, with a positive and hopeful finale. 03:33
Blade Deep
ID: KF011303
Album: Dark Cinema
An emotional sad violin with scary and dark electro sounds. 02:00
Blankets Resurrection
ID: KF027504
Album: Automotive Vol.1
A bass-driven epic track with classical female voice and dubstep elements on top 01:52
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
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
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
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
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
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
Broken Arrow
ID: KF012412
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Dramatic, epic orchestra track with energetic strings, a spheric singing voice and an effervescent choir. 01:36
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
Buffalo Grill
ID: KF010705
Album: American Landscapes
Dark cinematic orchestral track with percussion and acoustic guitar. Modern western. 02:07
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
Burn Them All
ID: KF022001
Album: Dark Tales
Dark and sinister orchestral fantasy-music with low brass, massive percussions and medieval guitar. 01:02
Burned Down
ID: KF011910
Album: Electrified Orchestra
A very dynamic and powerful orchestra track accentuated by aggressive and fast beats. 02:04
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
Burning Bridges
ID: KF028609
Album: Electroactive
Fast paced, furious, grungy and hitting hard electro-metal track. 02:39
Burning Fire
ID: KF029304
Album: Hybrid Tension
A tramping and heavy track in half-time which is pushed along by swells, staccati-strings and partly experimentell percussion. 01:28
Burning Ground
ID: KF016804
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Menacing apocalyptic future sounds with pads and dark orchestra. 02:07
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
Burning Horizon
ID: KF012403
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Orchestra and choir music with heavy military rhythm as drum accompaniment. 01:51
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
Call Chain
ID: KF014320
Album: Modern Suspense
Quiet, sinister orchestra music, accentuated with electro beats and percussive accompaniment. Melancholic, sad and gloomy. 02:38
Cat With Nine Tails
ID: KF018906
Album: Night Scenes&Suspense
Punky mid-tempo track with dominant bass, guitar flourishes and industrial elements. 01:55
Cataclysm
ID: KF012515
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Dramatic orchestra music with powerful strings, accompanied by a threatening choir. 01:39
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
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
Chase Of Chases
ID: KF018505
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.2
Slightly melancholic orchestra track with rhythmic strings, billowing synthies, suddenly energetic electric guitars and drums. Reminds of a wild chase. 01:35
Chasing The Mole
ID: KF010206
Album: Action Orchestra
Fast-paced, menacing action piece interspersed with a duduk and oriental vocals. 03:16
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
Chemical Heat
ID: KF014321
Album: Modern Suspense
Gloomy, restless action track. The tension is curbed with difficulty and releases its power in the middle part in the form of harrassed drum rhythms. 01:23
Circulated
ID: KF012501
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Epic, threatening film music for grand orchstre and choir. In a thrilling, combative atmosphere. 01:11
City Stabbing
ID: KF014506
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Action track with rocking electric guitar, pervading drums and modern electro elements. 01:26
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
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
Codebreaker
ID: KF010302
Album: Agents&Spies
Multifaceted piece, subdued suspense leading into a fast-paced action sequence. 01:58
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
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
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
Cold Shimmer
ID: KF019216
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Menacing, freezing apocalyptic future sounds with pads and dark orchestra. 02:00
Color Range
ID: KF014504
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
A dramatic, continually accelerating track with drums, timpani, percussions and gong. 01:36
Combined Effort
ID: KF013610
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
Fast strings with sudden wind section sounds combined in a brutal rhythm. 01:03
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
Commander
ID: KF010213
Album: Action Orchestra
Dramatic military action track with an energetic snare rhythm. 02:01
Conquer The Sky
ID: KF010207
Album: Action Orchestra
Send a call to arms with this dramatic, brass laden orchestral action track. 02:06
Conquering The Island
ID: KF029305
Album: Hybrid Tension
A driven, tense synth-track with orchestral elements and electronic beats. 01:36
Contact Wire
ID: KF013208
Album: Heavy Metal
Harsh metal track with aggressive electric guitars, energetic and threatening drums and some electro parts. 02:15
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
Conversation Rules
ID: KF011909
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action music with synthetic elements, percussion and dark, dramatic string sounds. 02:41
Cool City
ID: KF010102
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Atmospheric track driven by a dark, sad piano and melodic strings. 02:27
Cornered Thrill
ID: KF015902
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Metallic and futuristic track with a gloomy, sinister atmosphere. 03:10
Corrupt Minds
ID: KF017608
Album: European Cinema
Elated accordion with sinister, creepy strings and piano tones. Threatening stinger at the end. 01:07
Crawling
ID: KF019315
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Threatening strings, creeping closer… A suspenseful, scary track. 02:54
Creeping Goliath
ID: KF025605
Album: Destructive Trailers
Deep, dark brass, subtle staccatto strings and massive, stompy percussion. Epic trailer material. 00:53
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