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
Return Of The Unwanted
ID: KF019903
Album: World Adventure Vol.2
Melancholic, mysterious orchestra music with impelling timpani beats, xylophone and harp. Significantly calmer towards the end. 02:00
Riddle Theme
ID: KF032802
Album: Twisted Trails
Soft synth drums lay the bed under a piano that asks more questions than it answers. 02:21
Rise Of The Brave
ID: KF021709
Album: Epic Dimension
Rising to the sun. An emotional orchestra with increasing intensity. 01:12
Rising Moon
ID: KF017108
Album: World Travels Vol.2
Loud, hard drum and timpani beats combined with very sensitive, heroic strings. An exotic, wild and emotional music. 02:14
Romanium
ID: KF014322
Album: Modern Suspense
Disturbing, sinister film music. Sad violin solo meets hard wind player sounds and drum rhythms. 01:16
Run Down
ID: KF011702
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
A menacing, agitated orchestral track with lots of action and drama. 02:15
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
Running Out Ammunition
ID: KF019319
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Menacing orchestral piece with mysterious choir in the background. 00:42
Savage Tension
ID: KF010616
Album: American Cowboys
Sombre americana track with a desert feel to it. Acoustic guitars and slide guitar. 02:05
Scarytale
ID: KF011615
Album: Drama
Dark and haunting piano-piece with boys-choir and orchestral comping. 01:04
Scorched Earth
ID: KF015917
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Partly aggressive, sinister music with orchestra, electric guitar and vocals, amongst them creepy chimes. 01:00
Scrub Corpse
ID: KF015907
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
A quiet, sinister music with exotic percussions. An impressive, gloomy atmosphere. 01:03
Searching For A Waterhole
ID: KF029604
Album: Battlegrounds
A driven part spheric synthie-track with an oriental inclination. 01:31
Searching For Trails
ID: KF021803
Album: Calm Ambience
Calm, dark background track with acoustic guitar and unsettling soundscapes. 01:50
Secret Lab
ID: KF032807
Album: Twisted Trails
Soft chimes set a mysterious mood. A heavy, brooding bass carries the track, with the melody interlaced by guitar, horns, and strings. Perfect for a spy thriller. 02:47
Secrets Of The Harp
ID: KF022006
Album: Dark Tales
Sad and dark orchestral piece with strong melodic ideas, mostly carried by the harp. Atmospheric soundscapes (waterphone) in the background. 01:44
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
Sense Of Emptiness
ID: KF012402
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
A threatening, mysterious atmosphere; sinister and hopeful at the same time. Orchestra, with energetic drum accompaniment. 01:42
Servocontrol
ID: KF036207
Album: Retro Technology
A dark piano undertone serves the bass for the glitchy machines and mechanical rhythm featured on this track. 02:32
Seven Million
ID: KF010313
Album: Agents&Spies
Big band spy film track with funky guitars and melodic strings. 03:02
Shadowlands
ID: KF016413
Album: World Tales Vol.1
A slow and mystical music with oriental and african character. 01:02
Shady Operation
ID: KF034609
Album: Automotive Commercial
This smashing synthwave track is accented by robotic vocals and a solid beat keeping the listener locked into a nostalgic reality. 03:12
Shady Places
ID: KF036405
Album: Sinister Machinations
A dark ambient track with haunting echoes and heavy distorted guitar articulations build up a criminal suspense. 02:25
Shady Settlement
ID: KF018803
Album: Native American
muffled drums combined with strings and gently groovy percussion. With flute and xylophone. Single energetic brass blows. 03:01
Shaman Kingdom
ID: KF034506
Album: Timeless Horizons
The track opens with throat singing and timpani taps, a cello builds the tension over a low drone. 02:44
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
Shimmer In The Woods
ID: KF029406
Album: Orchestral Colors
A mysterious orchestral track that carries the listener off to legendary places. 01:01
Shimmer On Water
ID: KF012612
Album: Fantastic Orchestra
An enchanted, mysterious music for a fantasy movie with strings, woodwind players and piano. 01:02
Shoot Down Bar
ID: KF014515
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
A futuristic electro-percussion track, gloomy, effect-laden and enigmatic. 02:35
Shut-in
ID: KF010111
Album: Action Grounds Vol.1
Eerie, melodic track, orchestra combined with sporadic beats. 02:21
Silk & Smooth
ID: KF011205
Album: Dance
Minimal dance music - sober but energetic. 02:13
Silver Starter
ID: KF011704
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Powerful orchestra accompanied by am energetic choir. 01:18
Sinister Dreams
ID: KF014112
Album: Massive Orchestra
Film music for a grand orchestra, increasing in intensity, accompanied by soft piano sounds and electric guitar. 02:10
Sinister Moves
ID: KF011307
Album: Dark Cinema
Very atmospheric and futuristic track with energetic brass and quiet strings. 02:33
Skyelves
ID: KF012609
Album: Fantastic Orchestra
Dreamy , melancholic music. An oboe accompanied by mysterious strings, with a timpani creating dramatic effects. 02:00
Skyfire
ID: KF011501
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Dark, dramatic film music. Big and expressive. 02:00
Slow Motion
ID: KF017018
Album: Calm Orchestra
Spooky, exotic track with harp, flute and percussion. Combined with gentle strings and brass, forcing the tension. Nature sounds. 02:41
Slug Race
ID: KF010510
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Synth track with droning bass, very calm and atmospheric. 01:54
Smooth Escape
ID: KF033805
Album: Wave & Vice
This downtempo synthwave track keeps up the energy with a solid four-on-the-floor and minimalist synth arpeggiator. The spacey pads bring an immersive effect. 02:22
Sneaky Seduction
ID: KF029708
Album: Black Prophecy Vol.1
A delicate track that unfolds a mysterious world full of uncertainty and receives a passionate depth through the orchestra. 01:35
Sons Of Arion
ID: KF013010
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
Exotic, energetic theme, telling of the departure into a new world. Hard drum beats accompanied by orchestra and choir. 03:14
Sorrowful Kind
ID: KF015908
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Spheric, quiet music with very soft synthie sounds and a slow, depressing melody of strings. 01:19
Soul Of Fire
ID: KF016211
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
Expressive orchestra track with eastern sounding. Mysterious and restless. 01:46
Space Music
ID: KF011918
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Powerful film music, energetic and menacing at times. 02:40
Spain Drums
ID: KF016208
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
Spanish music in a track for orchestra and acoustic guitar. Energetic and spirited. 01:32
Spain Energy
ID: KF016209
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
Orchestral track with lead guitar and trumpet, accompanied by castanets and bongos. Passionate and energetic. 01:27
Spain Wellness
ID: KF017106
Album: World Travels Vol.2
Slight allusion of a tango. Gentle, vivacious music, like a sunset romance. 01:37
Spectrum Locus
ID: KF012409
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Dramatic orchestra music with energetic choir accompaniment, bright brass sounds and pervading drum rhythms. 01:37
Spirited Dance
ID: KF017214
Album: Dance Charts
Dark house beat with guitar chords. Atmospheric and relaxed. 01:12
Spooky Suspense
ID: KF010912
Album: Children
Mysterious chimes with chembalo and soulful guitar. Accompanied by orchestra. 01:34
Squad Plan
ID: KF022107
Album: Modern War
Dark, futuristic track with spheric synths and percussions. Soft strings in the middle part. 01:07
Sssshh!
ID: KF022811
Album: Children's Corner
Jumping, sneaking Bass with high strings. Marimba, piano and percussion. 01:28
Stay Tuned
ID: KF027502
Album: Automotive Vol.1
A hypnotizing and atmospheric track that consists of dreamy strings, voice effects as well as a trip-hop beat and piano chords 02:04
Stealing The Medallion
ID: KF028707
Album: Orchestral Tales
An epic orchestral track with a playful interlude and a heroic ending. 01:30
Stealth
ID: KF015919
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
Persistent tapping, a tortured bassoon and gloomy strings. A creepy, off-key track. 01:25
Still Energetic
ID: KF012507
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Film music resounding hope, danger, mysteries and combats. Epic and spectacular. 01:11
Still Unharmed
ID: KF020105
Album: World Tales Vol.2
Calm, creepy djungle track with dll sounds of strings, didgeridoo, choir voices, flute and gong. A mysterious, tense expedition. 01:39
Stockholm
ID: KF029313
Album: Hybrid Tension
A restless yet contemplative track which combines spheric synthetic moments with a solo-cello. 01:27
Strange Island
ID: KF025210
Album: Epic Fantasy
dark, fairytale-like orchestral piece with bass-clarinet, alto flute and harp. Very calm and depressing, with a magical touch. 01:41
Strange Trip
ID: KF015309
Album: Smooth Electro
Electro beats combined with an atmospheric piano melody. Very spheric. 03:52
Strangled Corpse
ID: KF011308
Album: Dark Cinema
Futuristic electro track with pulsating synthesizers, soft pads and interesting sounds. 01:48
Subdued Suspense B
ID: KF014309
Album: Modern Suspense
Slightly dissonant, restless track. Lurking strings create a gloomy atmosphere in the background. 01:01
Subdued Suspense C
ID: KF014310
Album: Modern Suspense
Spheric track, superficially relaxed with danger lurking in the background. Synthies, drums and strings. 01:33
Subline
ID: KF015916
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.1
A gentle whisper of threat. Very slow, inscrutable sounds of strings and a sporadically inserted piano. 01:36
Super Logo
ID: KF011912
Album: Electrified Orchestra
A futuristic track with piano, strings and synthesizers. Very mystic and confusing. 01:51
Superhuman
ID: KF017001
Album: Calm Orchestra
Low, calm and sinister orchestra track with melodic strings and synthie sounds, occasional woodwinds and harp. 01:51
Suspicious Guys
ID: KF030209
Album: Cartoons & Agents
A classic "sneaking about" track. Clarines, trumpets, baritone sax, vibraphone and a steadily intesifying arrangement give the piece an "endearing bad guys" touch. 02:14
Sweeping Bass
ID: KF011915
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Action track with mystic ambience, menacing and dark. 02:23
Sweet Melody
ID: KF011603
Album: Drama
Sad, thoughtful and dark music with positive and hopeful ending. Piano accompanied by strings. 04:14
Tango Molto
ID: KF016505
Album: World Travels Vol.1
A calm and thoughtful tango piece featuring a beautiful solo piano, 02:21
Tank On Patrol
ID: KF022104
Album: Modern War
Spheric film music, military but reserved. Bright strings and dark horns. 02:37
Tank Two
ID: KF022103
Album: Modern War
Dark and variety film music with changing rhythms 02:37
Taskmaster
ID: KF032801
Album: Twisted Trails
This tension-filled hybrid cinematic piece is characterized by a pulsing bass line and drawn cello pulls. 02:40
Technical Display
ID: KF033806
Album: Wave & Vice
A piano opens the track with a more modern techno percussion groove. The synths quickly add in that nostalgic touch. 02:28
Temple Of The Winds
ID: KF016216
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
Heroic, exotic music for large orchestra. With energetic drum and flute accompaniment. 01:27
Temple Saints
ID: KF012013
Album: Emotional Trailer
Epic film music with a male solo voice accompanied by a vigorous choir and big orchestra. 02:36
Thai Artistic
ID: KF016202
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
Dynamic, artful music with oriental elements in the style of Peking Opera. 01:39
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 Life
ID: KF016210
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
An epic, energetic orchestra track with exotic, far-eastern elements. Playful and easy passage in the middle. 01:29
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 Burden To Bear
ID: KF029408
Album: Orchestral Colors
This elegiac track makes the listener feel great doubts. The orchestra is very reserved and carries the solo instruments that tell of lost battles. 02:08
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 End Of The Road
ID: KF032809
Album: Twisted Trails
The track opens with a slow piano question over a droning bass and strings. A slight touch of synth arpeggios delicately plays in waves. 02:08
The Fellowship
ID: KF029401
Album: Orchestral Colors
This track captures the anticipation of a great adventure and the fantastic world in which it takes place. 02:13
The Field
ID: KF010602
Album: American Cowboys
Country-infused, atmospheric guitar track with a driving pulse. 02:03
The Forest Realm
ID: KF025207
Album: Epic Fantasy
Mystical sounds from far lands full of wonder and beauty. Glittering spaces, hornes and a female choir. 01:34
The Forgotten Land
ID: KF029409
Album: Orchestral Colors
This track captivates with its sophisticated harmonic twists and turns and conveys the feeling of a strange world. 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 Game
ID: KF010301
Album: Agents&Spies
Short, modern spy film track, orchestra and electronics combined. 01:01
The Gargoyle's Dance
ID: KF010916
Album: Children
Soft rhythmic orchestral piece with pizzicato-strings and woodwinds. 01:36
The Great Hero
ID: KF011509
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Film music with threatening and mytical elements. Orchestra, choir and exotic percussion. 01:08
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 Ice Melts
ID: KF028705
Album: Orchestral Tales
A moving orchestral piece that fills the scene with a sense of awe and wondrous revelation. 02:28
The King's Final Call
ID: KF029704
Album: Black Prophecy Vol.1
A tense orchestral track that causes uncertainty and fear through jumping and trembling strings. The arrangement is characterized by long sustained notes. 02:06
The Last
ID: KF019218
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Dramatic film music with clarinet as lead voice, accompanied by sedate strings and powerful timpani. 02:11
The Lost Room
ID: KF022009
Album: Dark Tales
Calm and dark underscore-Track with harp, dark strings and unsettling atmospheric synths. 01:09
The Louvre
ID: KF010307
Album: Agents&Spies
Welcome to France, Mr. Bond! Spy film track spiced with accordion and flute. 00:42
The Magical Forest
ID: KF025212
Album: Epic Fantasy
This track is both mysterious and magical, dreamy and calm. The soundscape consists mainly of a subtle string-bed, harp and celesta. 01:09
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 Monk's Secret
ID: KF022010
Album: Dark Tales
soft, magical piece with zither and atmospheric soundscapes. Dark and mysterious. 01:48
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