mysterious background music

mysterious royalty-free film music designed for media projects

With Sonic Liberty’s background music mysterious scenes become rich in atmosphere.


Thrilling, suspenseful and ominous: our assortment of mysterious stock music, free of royalty.


The production music in this segment of our catalog was composed to deliver the right background music for a sense of obscurity and melancholy. Magical electronica mixes with spherical synths, eerie strings, orchestral and piano arrangements. In order to increase the mystery, the tempo is appropriately slow. In addition, we aim at providing you with many different moods; while some tracks are rather low-key, others are slightly upbeat. As a result, with our sound design mysterious sequences are easily mastered.

What can I use your mysterious background music for?
For one, you can use our stock music to endow your cinematic project with a mystical attribution and enigmatic atmospheres. Horror movies, thrillers and eerie suspense films benefit from mysterious music. Our collection offers something for every taste: if you prefer electronica, we provide tracks with heavy usage of synth arrangements. If your project requires more pathos, our orchestral tunes might be more appropriate. We also offer ominous music which is upbeat at the same time: perfect for cliffhangers, trailers and teasers, such music plays with the expectations of your audience. Enigmatic and upbeat tracks can also be used to create a sense of melancholy, making them perfect matches for drama scenes or pastoral landscape shots. In short, the songs in this segment are suitable to create a wide range of atmospheres. In addition, you can use our mysterious stock music to generate the right mood at your lobby or lounge. The calming effect of our piano tunes are great examples of easy listening. Not obtrusive, yet highly efficient, our composers aimed at crafting melodies with a slow tempo to inspire relaxation and comfort when needed. Of course, this applies to waiting loops as well: everybody knows the tediousness of holding the line. Appropriate production music, maybe including catchy piano or synth music, can decrease the likeliness of your customers hanging up on you. Sonic Liberty’s catalog of slow enigmatic music can be used in a great number of environments, for many moods. With the help of our sound design mysterious sequences are guaranteed to succeed. Please feel free to browse through our library and find the right stock music for you today.

456 Tracks Title     /ID Description Duration
Title Description Duration
A Dream About The World
ID: KF032006
Album: String Emotions
Expressive ethnic strings in front of powerful, synthetic pads increase to an emotional outburst with drums. 01:17
A Medieval Morning
ID: KF029404
Album: Orchestral Colors
An orchestral track describing an early summer sunrise in a forgotten city. The sublimity of the city is expressed as well as the many battles that have left their mark. 02:08
A Mystery Found
ID: KF018204
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.2
Mysterious jingle, not yet disclosing its secrets. Calm piano with rustling synthies. 00:13
A Storm Is Coming
ID: KF032803
Album: Twisted Trails
This synth-driven cinematic piece pulses the tension with 80s-inspired drums and piano interludes. 02:04
A.d. 2087
ID: KF021602
Album: Smooth Electro Vol.2
Dark and futuristic sound, like from out of space. A bright bell accompanies the spheric synths. 03:54
Adept
ID: KF016411
Album: World Tales Vol.1
Atmospheric,very slow music, exotic, with wooden flutes and strings. 02:19
Adrift
ID: KF031006
Album: #Weekendvibes
This jazzy electric piano picks up the groove as a blended flute/trumpet sound pipes in the missing parts of a melody. After the drop, it picks up with a straight bass and a super chilled EP vibe. 02:29
Adventure Starts
ID: KF013305
Album: Heroic Orchestra
Imaginative, epic orchestra music, with lots of magic and positive mood. 02:05
Age Of Aquarius
ID: KF032004
Album: String Emotions
Quiet pads and subtle sound design feature smooth and warm ethnic strings in the foreground. A calm and cinematic track. 02:30
Air
ID: KF014805
Album: Relax
A quite oriental, spheric lounge track, positive, with violin and acoustic guitar. 02:18
Alfie
ID: KF021004
Album: Children Vol.2
Quiet but suspensful orchestral music that starts and stops several times. 01:54
Alive Pets
ID: KF010914
Album: Children
Playful and smooth film music. 00:56
All Alone
ID: KF015903
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Real slow, sinister strings. Hardly any movement, still creating shivers down your spine. 02:08
Always Trouble With Santa Claus
ID: KF037904
Album: X-mas Cinema
This mysterious opening with strings, bells and violins gives way to action and adventure. 02:06
Ambient Space
ID: KF011101
Album: Cool Ambience
Esoteric and meditative track with a clear, space-like atmosphere. 00:55
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 Caves
ID: KF033605
Album: Cinematic Emotions
The track opens with a subtle, melancholic violin melody and a mystical progression. A deep bass and synth pluck arpeggiation introduce a sense of dark tension. 02:32
Ancient Prophecies
ID: KF016206
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
Exotic, powerful orchestral and vocal track in a mysterious, restless mood. 02:02
Ancient Rites
ID: KF016517
Album: World Travels Vol.1
The jungle comes to mind in this atmospheric track driven by a meandering flute and soulful strings. 02:08
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
Arabia
ID: KF016201
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
Oriental singing with passionate drum beats and mystical flutes. Mysterious and magical. 02:57
Arabian Pirate
ID: KF010204
Album: Action Orchestra
Short, dramatic orchestral piece with oriental leanings. 00:47
Armed Prayer
ID: KF028708
Album: Orchestral Tales
A peaceful yet ominous orchestral backdrop that culminates with a confident and decisive flourish. 02:16
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
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
Around Every Corner
ID: KF032804
Album: Twisted Trails
A distant horn plays the melody over a rumbling drone, while various elements join in to raise the tension. 02:19
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
Artful Inn
ID: KF010504
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Calm, meditative synth track with a picked pattern. 02:07
Asian Borders
ID: KF016410
Album: World Tales Vol.1
Grave, exotic piece with traditional asian instrumentation and a singing flute. 01:31
Attack Of The Lizard People
ID: KF019413
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
Wild, tribal and groovy Rythms with strange exotic and ethnic instruments. Like an unknown threat in a foreign jungle. 01:30
Attic Mystery
ID: KF035404
Album: Scoring Dramedy
The strings lead this hopeful track with a legato melody and staccato rhythm, overlaid with chimes and felt piano. 02:49
Aurora Polaris
ID: KF025501
Album: A Fantasy Story
Spherical, mysterious music, gradually developing in dramaturgy with soulful string melodies and echoing percussion. 02:38
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
Balkania
ID: KF016319
Album: World Pop
Balkan beats with dubby basses and and synthesizer. 02:17
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
Been Here Before
ID: KF018805
Album: Native American
Soft acoustic guitars, Spanish in appearance, and flutes, combined with strings and piano. A melancholic, thoughtful track. 03:01
Before They Came
ID: KF026503
Album: Spherical Mood
Slightly atonal und threatening ambience. Dark, weird and thrilling. 02:08
Beijing Moments
ID: KF021606
Album: Smooth Electro Vol.2
Calm electro track with a far eastern melody. 01:57
Beneath Glaciers
ID: KF029403
Album: Orchestral Colors
A spherical, floating orchestral track, which is characterized by an atmospherically shimmering sound carpet. Solo instruments appear again and again. 02:28
Big Disgrace
ID: KF014318
Album: Modern Suspense
Exotic-futuristic track with low, vibrating synthies, accompanied by energetic drums and bongos. 02:05
Black Forge
ID: KF011512
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Very dark track with deep brass and stings. 01:13
Black India
ID: KF016301
Album: World Pop
Oriental vocals and flutes are swinging with a grooving e-bass and percussoins. 03:11
Black Instinct
ID: KF011403
Album: Dark Orchestra Vol.1
A slow and dark music. Very mysterious. 02:04
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
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
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
Blood Dawn
ID: KF033807
Album: Wave & Vice
This darkwave track begins with a driving detuned bass and a brilliant, high-pitched arpeggiation. 02:23
Blood Of Cimmeria
ID: KF014403
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Action track with hard drum beats, loud wind players and oriental elements. 01:18
Boo
ID: KF030210
Album: Cartoons & Agents
This track gets progressively spooky in a comical sense as it progresses. An iconic main line carries the arrangement through the ever increasing suspense curve and bizarrely developing instrumentation. 02:06
Born This Way
ID: KF032906
Album: Movement
A grooving downtempo dance track with an infectious, high synth melody line carried over claps and keys. 02:22
Brave Heroes
ID: KF016214
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
A heroic samurai-action track with large orchestra. 01:16
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 Again
ID: KF029311
Album: Hybrid Tension
An energetic yet spheric track, which consists mainly of a reverberated piano, high staccati-strings and a driving beat. 01:07
Brixxx
ID: KF020908
Album: Orchestral Dubstep
A driving and cinematic dubstep-track with epic choir fills and a melodic interlude 02:00
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
Buffalo Grill
ID: KF010705
Album: American Landscapes
Dark cinematic orchestral track with percussion and acoustic guitar. Modern western. 02:07
Busted
ID: KF037510
Album: City Rhythm
This driving dubstep features elements of trap in its drops and builds while keeping things heavy and chopped up for maximum audio mayhem. 03:05
Busy Christmas Elves
ID: KF037905
Album: X-mas Cinema
A glockenspiel melody worthy of a ballet, this frolicking track contains the energy of a happy mystery. 02:03
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
Carol Of The Bells (Piano)
ID: KF038207
Album: Christmas Piano
This piano arrangement of the Ukrainian Christmas classic preserves the mysterious and dynamic character of more traditional versions. 02:04
Case Of Doubt
ID: KF017016
Album: Calm Orchestra
Orchestral film scene of tension and suspense, with an additional piano 02:02
Casts and Spells
ID: KF016218
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
A pensive, exotic music. The Harp sets the tone, accompanied by low strings and winds. 01:25
Cat Run
ID: KF011710
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
An enchanting chase with magical obstacles. Orchestra and accordeon. 02:08
Cataclysm
ID: KF012515
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Dramatic orchestra music with powerful strings, accompanied by a threatening choir. 01:39
Champions Of Light
ID: KF028709
Album: Orchestral Tales
An epic orchestral tale that follows the peaks and valleys of a steady and heroic rise to a greatness, complete with subtle moments of tension that simmer and fester before bursting into a dramatic finale. 02:25
Chasing The Past
ID: KF012602
Album: Fantastic Orchestra
Charming, energetic film music with lots of fantasy for a grand orchestra. 01:21
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
City Limits
ID: KF018912
Album: Night Scenes&Suspense
Suspenseful spy track, lurking and trheatening. 03:28
Clarke's Contact
ID: KF010319
Album: Agents&Spies
Thrilling agent theme with driving strings and a quiet part in the middle. 01:04
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
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
Cornered Thrill
ID: KF015902
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Metallic and futuristic track with a gloomy, sinister atmosphere. 03:10
Cowboy Core
ID: KF010615
Album: American Cowboys
Emotional, melancholic acoustic track. 01:33
Critical Mass
ID: KF011902
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Futuristic action track with a powerful and emotional orchestra. 02:45
Crossing the Desert
ID: KF029608
Album: Battlegrounds
A spherical track, which is mainly influenced by the solo violin and continues to build up. 01:28
Crystal Healing
ID: KF034503
Album: Timeless Horizons
The meditation begins with a woman's soft mystical singing followed by two harrowing piano chords. Perfect for scenes of reflection and introspection. 02:30
Cultural Encounter
ID: KF032003
Album: String Emotions
Ethnic strings in front of warm pads and fine, percussive elements form a cinematic scene with a gradual build-up. 01:47
Curiosity
ID: KF018205
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.2
Mysterious and positive jingle. Electric piano, piano and synthie sounds create curiosity. 00:13
Dangerous Assumptions
ID: KF019312
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Creepy, suspenseful orchestra track with strings, brass, bright female choir and single, roaring beats. Scray, gloomy atmosphere. 02:51
Dark Companion
ID: KF035409
Album: Scoring Dramedy
Played over a deep legato synth bass, this modern cinematic track stirs up the tension and anxiety. 02:24
Dark Giant
ID: KF012608
Album: Fantastic Orchestra
A mysterious, energetic orchestra music with enchanted choir vocals within a calm atmosphere. 01:25
Dark Ocean
ID: KF017007
Album: Calm Orchestra
Calm, sinister and smouldering music with cello, electric piano, piano, rain stick and flute. Some isolated xylophone tones. 03:07
Dark Shadows
ID: KF016805
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Very calm, creepy track with bongos, strings and brass sounds. Reminds of a cautious boat trip through dark, foggy, unknown jungle waters. 03:08
Dark Side
ID: KF011514
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Menacing timpanis and dark brasses. Contemplative orchestral piece. 01:21
Dark Sky
ID: KF015912
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
A sinister, quiet track with some threatening action elements. 02:22
Dark Vikings
ID: KF015913
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Epic orchestral music, very energetic, agitating, threatening and ceremonial. 02:07
Dead Beds
ID: KF011612
Album: Drama
Music box accompanied by strings. A latent threat. 01:50
Deep Swell
ID: KF010509
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Atmospheric, sombre synth track with filtered electronic beats. 01:37
Deeply Endangered
ID: KF016710
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
Creepy and suspenseful music with synthies, strings and powerful timpani. With a hopeful, dramatic section towards the end. 02:57
Detroit
ID: KF037503
Album: City Rhythm
This track exudes a chill atmosphere that draws heavily from trip hop, featuring a deep, dank bass and whining synth melodies. 02:13
Deus Ex Machina
ID: KF018506
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.2
Sinister, suspenseful orchestra track with vivid, rhythmic strings, powerful drums and billowing electric piano. Quiet outro. 01:47
Devastated Soul
ID: KF014111
Album: Massive Orchestra
Hard electric guitars and a quiet piano, combined with strings increasing in volume. A powerful, emotional ballad. 02:15
Digitized
ID: KF034601
Album: Automotive Commercial
Sine synths play out a suspenseful motive over energetic drums and a repetitive bass line that’s an unsolved mystery. 02:26
Disarmed
ID: KF017907
Album: Grand Themes Vol.2
A bright, mysterious choir on a thrilling orchestra. Reminds of breakup and adventure. Dub-Step remix available "Arms Of Zeus" (KF020903). 02:54
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