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
Wuthering Flames
ID: KF019403
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
Menacing combat music of a dark future, with driving electronic percussion. 01:52
Words In My Head
ID: KF017503
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
Aggressive, energetic and threatening rock track. Hectic electric guitars, synthies and beats. 01:12
Wooden Suspense
ID: KF017107
Album: World Travels Vol.2
An untamed, aggressive music, sounding like wild animals and djungle. With drums, flutes and human voices. 01:23
Windrider
ID: KF011507
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Film music with driving and threatening atmosphere. Exotic and adventurous. 01:49
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
Wild And Threatening
ID: KF010702
Album: American Landscapes
Thrilling track with a steady pulse of strings and banjo. 02:05
Wicked Waves
ID: KF016817
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three short, quick stingers with electric piano and synthies. Creepy and spine-chilling, like a swooshing danger. 00:26
Weltuntergang
ID: KF014323
Album: Modern Suspense
Action music for orchestra, accompanied by electric guitar. In a restless, insecure atmosphere. 02:41
Weeping Willow
ID: KF015910
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
A mysterious, dark orchestra music with a supporting tune, accompanied by chimes. 02:35
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
Wave Guide
ID: KF015503
Album: Sports Rock Vol.2
A threatening, aggressive rock track with a lurid electric guitar. Energetic and liberating. 02:19
Water Footage
ID: KF015011
Album: Rock Grounds
Rock track with energetic electric guitar and powerful percussions. Groovy, aggressive and powerful. 01:39
Wastelands
ID: KF020601
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.2
Sinister track with oriental elements, anxiously, reminds of a threatening desert. 02:22
Waste Of Money
ID: KF010715
Album: American Landscapes
Atmospheric track with banjo and driving percussions. 01:41
War March
ID: KF019002
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.2
Combative film music, driving, threatening and energetic. Strings, woodwind players and vivid drums, with didgeridoo. Marching into battle. 01:34
War Machine
ID: KF029607
Album: Battlegrounds
An unsteady percussion-track, supported by warning signals of ethnic horns. 02:02
Waiting For The Door To Open
ID: KF022508
Album: Tension Cinema
Tensious, lurking soundtrack with shivering strings and deep piano. 01:46
Voltage Veins
ID: KF013607
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
A very fast, effervescent title track with quick, threatening strings and wind section, accompanied by hard drum beats. 00:32
Vision Overhead
ID: KF012509
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
An aggressive, threatening orchestra track with rushing drum rhythms and epic choir accompaniment. 01:19
Violent Icicles
ID: KF017514
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
Aggressive sci-fi combat boosted by nordic heavy metal guitars and beats. 01:39
Vigorous Strangle
ID: KF014519
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Exotic and untamed drums and bongos, partly accompanied by a synthesizer. An energetic, futuristic mixture. 01:05
Vicious Echoes
ID: KF016819
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three creepy orchestra stingers with low strings and scary synthie sounds. Intrusive and sinister. 00:39
Vertical Mobility
ID: KF013401
Album: High Action
Rapid, aggressive action track with hard electro beats and brass. With a fast, rushing rhythm. 01:09
Velvet Dreams
ID: KF018711
Album: Meditation
Atmospheric and dreamy track, with Scandinavian trance style, spreading a positive feeling and relaxation. 07:09
Vampire Club
ID: KF019802
Album: Trance Pop Vol.2
Dark and frightening track with a dark male voice. 01:40
Valid Data
ID: KF010101
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Orchestral music and synthesizer grooves. Dark, driving and mysterious. 02:27
Urgent Matter
ID: KF013606
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
A fast-paced title track, threatening and dangerous. With shrill strings and hard drums. 00:25
Unsurmountable
ID: KF012410
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
A dark, threatening march. A sinister army marching towards a battle, with orchestra and war-like drums. 01:33
Unique Origin
ID: KF012502
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
A dramatic orchestra music with sinister, warning choir in a fast rhythm. Threatening and driving. 01:35
Uncovered
ID: KF017008
Album: Calm Orchestra
Calm, sinister and scary film music with strings and oboe. Reminds of foggy darkness. 03:01
Ultra Pace
ID: KF013225
Album: Heavy Metal
Dynamic and aggressive, a metal-riff from beginning to end. 01:29
Twisting Spheres
ID: KF026505
Album: Spherical Mood
Dark atmosphere with atonal sweeps and stings. 02:08
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
Tunnel System
ID: KF013206
Album: Heavy Metal
Aggressive metal track with rapid electric guitar riffs and some electronic influence. 02:14
Tunnel Run
ID: KF015612
Album: Surf Vol.1
A motivating electric guitar surf track with energetic bass and catchy hookline. 02:15
Try To Survive
ID: KF014303
Album: Modern Suspense
Low piano sounds, beats and sharp strings create a creepy, threatening and unsettling mood. 02:00
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
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
Trial By Fire
ID: KF014513
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Powerful film music with percussions, drums and timpani. Aggressive, energetic and unyielding. 02:03
Trampling Down
ID: KF019005
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.2
Intense, energetic orchestra track with threatening, stomping brass, wild xylophone and metal beats. 00:37
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
Total Ecplise
ID: KF019612
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.2
Energetic action music with electro elements. Sounding alarm signal in the background. 02:29
Tortuga Dreams
ID: KF011711
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Dramatic film music for fights and adventures. 01:40
Tomb Invaders
ID: KF019103
Album: Orchestral Landscapes
Dark orchestral fantasy-music with choirs, massive percussions and ethnic flutes (Shakuhachi, Duduk). 02:05
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
To The Balustrade
ID: KF029601
Album: Battlegrounds
A tense percussion-track, supported by warning signals of ethnic horns. 02:15
To New Shores
ID: KF013005
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
An orchestra track sounding resolute, ambitious and …?? 01:03
Timidity
ID: KF012522
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Action music with grand orchestra, accompanied by hard electro beats. Very energetic and powerful. 01:14
Time To Start
ID: KF014301
Album: Modern Suspense
Synthies and electro beats in a futuristic, restless track within an sinister atmosphere. 02:08
Three Corpses
ID: KF027607
Album: Automotive Vol.2
A rocking trailer track with clever beats, dubstep elements and emotional cello 02:05
Thirst For Blood
ID: KF012516
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Choir and orchestra track with a driving, threatening atmosphere. Very powerful. 01:26
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
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
The Tunnel
ID: KF016807
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Sinister horror ambience with disturbing noises and drones. 01:38
The Slasher
ID: KF020606
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.2
Creepy, threatening and dissonant track with piano, double bass, low brass and high-pitched strings. Female humming at the end. Off-key and ominous. 00:35
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
The Shield
ID: KF016714
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
Disturbing and aggressive orchestra track with percussions and brass section, combined with synthie sounds. 01:31
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
The secret Chamber
ID: KF025208
Album: Epic Fantasy
Menacing sounds of a legendary chamber told by a dark orchestra. 00:47
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
The Observation Deck
ID: KF010104
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Suspense track full of subdued energy, driven by strings and piano. 02:34
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
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
The Last Battle
ID: KF018410
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.1
Epic fantasy-battle-music with rhythmic orchestra and choirs and a dramatic feeling. 01:29
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 Hunt
ID: KF029314
Album: Hybrid Tension
A creepy, sinister and tormenting track spreading shakiness through devious harmonies. 01:56
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
The Headless Horseman
ID: KF025211
Album: Epic Fantasy
Dark, fairytale-like orchestral piece that start calm and thrilling but builds up to an evil unsettling climax. 01:00
The Great Step
ID: KF012015
Album: Emotional Trailer
A dramatic orchestra track with epic choir. The hard drums give it a military and heroic mood. 01:32
The Great Hero
ID: KF011509
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Film music with threatening and mytical elements. Orchestra, choir and exotic percussion. 01:08
The Gate
ID: KF014411
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Agitating and threatening orchestra track with energetic choir. 00:35
The Game
ID: KF010301
Album: Agents&Spies
Short, modern spy film track, orchestra and electronics combined. 01:01
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
The Final Stand
ID: KF012014
Album: Emotional Trailer
Dramatic and sweeping orchestra track with epic choir and hard percussion. 02:11
The Field
ID: KF010602
Album: American Cowboys
Country-infused, atmospheric guitar track with a driving pulse. 02:03
The Destructor
ID: KF017501
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
Richly aggressive, roaring rock track with loud, distorted electric guitars, hard drums and sinister electric piano sounds. 01:34
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
The Coming
ID: KF018504
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.2
Suspenseful, dramatic track with threatening strings, billowing bass and brass, conjuring up danger. 02:00
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
The Cemetery
ID: KF022007
Album: Dark Tales
Dark and thrilling Ambience with orchestral colours, violin and acousic guitar. 01:08
The Caravan
ID: KF029101
Album: World Tales Vol.3
A serious and sinister, also percussive track that spreads rush and haste. The ethnic songs and instruments are mysterious. 01:00
The Bruiser
ID: KF013403
Album: High Action
Aggressive hard rock track with thrilling electric guitars, paired with fast elector beats. 02:32
The Awakening
ID: KF016811
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three wavelike synthie sounds. Scary, intrusive and threatening. Like the emergence of evil spirits. 00:30
The Attorney
ID: KF027606
Album: Automotive Vol.2
An epic and full electronic track with a surprisingly rocking conclusion 02:01
The Assault
ID: KF029605
Album: Battlegrounds
A driven percussion-track. 01:02
The Aftermath
ID: KF012010
Album: Emotional Trailer
Dramatic film music with dark and restless mood. Strings and brass accompanied by piano and percussion. 00:53
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
Thai Drums
ID: KF019410
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
An exotic, sonorous music with lots of percussion and Far Eastern instruments. 01:36
Tense Situation
ID: KF019211
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Slow, sinister music with harp, low strings and synthies. Screeching here, tremulous there. 02:12
Temptation
ID: KF014304
Album: Modern Suspense
Fast, threatening strings and subtle electric guitar soli. Fraught with tension. 03:40
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
Tarred Harbor
ID: KF014319
Album: Modern Suspense
Metallic, cold percussions and distant, gloomy synthie sounds within a lonesome, futuristic track. 02:02
Tantrum Ride
ID: KF012503
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
A struggle for life and death, full of energy and drama. An orchestra and choir music for the great cinema. 01:05
Tank Two
ID: KF022103
Album: Modern War
Dark and variety film music with changing rhythms 02:37
Tank On Patrol
ID: KF022104
Album: Modern War
Spheric film music, military but reserved. Bright strings and dark horns. 02:37
Tales Of Bliss
ID: KF013014
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
Majestic orchestra music, powerful, thoughtful and hopeful. 02:35
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
Swelling Drums
ID: KF014505
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
A powerful mixture of percussions, timpani and drums. Exotic and threatening. 01:05
Sweeping Bass
ID: KF011915
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action track with mystic ambience, menacing and dark. 02:23
Suspenstic
ID: KF010303
Album: Agents&Spies
Orchestral spy film track with military snare groove, suspenseful with more positive ending. 01:05
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