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Dark, atmospheric and dramatic music for films, videos, documentaries and trailers.

Composer Simon Wilkinson provides music for film, TV and documentaries. From dark atmospheric ambient soundscapes to dramatic orchestral action music for film and video producers.

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License music easily at low cost

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Instantly license individual tracks for your films and documentaries.

Individual music tracks available to license at low cost for your film and video projects, whether you're a student filmmaker or TV professional. Clients include Fox, Sky One, BBC, Channel 4, the LA Lakers and many more.

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Royalty-free music collections

Royalty-free music collections

Atmospheric music that's ready to go

The royalty free collections include a license for unlimited usage.

Royalty-free music collections are also available that are ready to use in your films and projects with no further costs. From dark and cinematic atmospheric piano to quirky orchestral music for documentaries.

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Browse the collection of music tracks below or select a music category on the right to narrow down to a specific style (click each track cover for full details and to see other similar tracks). See licensing info and FAQs for full details on licensing the music for use in your projects. New tracks are being added all the time - sign up to the newsletter for news and exclusive subscriber discounts. Feel free to contact me with any questions or other comments.

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algiers_large1Track length: 4:38
Tempo: 80 bpm

Pulsing, driving and exciting contemporary electronica with synths, drum breaks, dramatic violin string stabs, piano riffs, sitar lines and a dusty yet modern electronic feel. Imagine James Bond set in the North African deserts: exciting, dangerous and atmospheric instrumental action music. Would work well for exciting TV or film intro music, sports footage, library or trailer music or as part of an ethnic drama/thriller soundtrack.

Keywords: action, Africa, Arabic, beats, breaks, chase, climactic, danger, dark, desert, drama, dramatic, driving, edgy, electrifying, electronic, epic, exciting, exploding, explosive, heroic, instrumental, intense, James Bond, melodramatic, Middle East, Middle Eastern, modern, Morocco, mystery, piano, powerful, pounding, pursuit, rush, rushing, sexy, sitar, spy, strings, synths, thrilling

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The Raven: Horror music by Composer Simon WilkinsonTrack length: 4:05
Tempo: 89 bpm

Creepy instrumental horror track featuring piano with subtle double bass, percussion and background effects. Haunting and unsettling instrumental piano music ideal for modern supernatural horror films and thrillers or documentaries and trailers needing a mysterious and eerie dramatic soundtrack or intro theme music.

Keywords: abandoned, alone, atmospheric, bird, creepy, dark, Edgar Allen Poe, edgy, eerie, ethereal, ghost, ghostly, halloween, haunted, haunting, hiding, horror, instrumental, intro, minimal, mystery, mysterious, pensive, piano, raven, scary, solitary, sparse, spectres, spectral, spiral, spiralling, spooky, stalker, subtle, supernatural, suspense, theme, thriller, unearthly, unreal, unsettling

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ZaharaTrack length: 2:21
Tempo: 162 bpm

Pounding epic orchestral action track with contemporary thunderous heavy drums, percussion and sweeping strings building to a dramatic and frantic climax. Ideal instrumental action music for film trailers, TV spots, commercials, stings or promos where exciting and intense dramatic orchestral action music is needed (e.g. extreme sports, danger, exciting, thrilling, chase scenes).

Hear the track in action below, as used in promo trailers for Fox’s smash hit show ‘24‘ starring Kiefer Sutherland:

Keywords: 24, action, adventure, battle, big, blazing, brass, builds, chase, cinematic, climactic, climax, courage, courageous, danger, dangerous, drama, dramatic, drums, epic, exciting, excitement, extreme, fast, fearless, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, frenzy, Hans Zimmer, heavy, heroic, huge, instrumental, intense, intensity, lightning, loud, machinima, massive, orchestra, orchestral, percussion, percussive, pounding, power, powerful, production, promo, pursuit, quick, smash, strike, striking, strings, symphonic, thunder, thundering, thunderous, trailer music, TV, war, widescreen, Zahara, Zorro

As heard on TV

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See more TV trailers for Seasons 7 and 8 of Fox’s hit show 24 using Zahara!

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leavingparis_large1Track length: 5:16 or 3:30
Tempo: n/a (slow to medium)

Melancholy and emotional instrumental solo piano music with sparse touches of pizzicato string & harp plucks giving an air of romantic regret and longing. Similar in style to the piano pieces from Amelie and The Hours soundtracks or the minimal piano music of Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Ludovico Einaudi and Yann Tiersen. Thoughtful, emotional, pensive and sparse music ideal for film or documentaries. Available as either a full length or shorter edited version.

Keywords: affecting, affectionate, airy, alone, Amelie, art, atmospheric, autumn, background, beauty, chords, cinematic, contemplative, delicate, desolate, documentary, drama, emotion, emotional, emotive, Erik Satie, ethereal, evocative, film, filmic, gentle, harp, human, instrumental, leaving, lonely, Ludovico Einaudi, melancholy,  minimal, moody, moving, peaceful, pensive, Philip Glass, piano, quiet, regret, relaxing, repetition, romantic, sad, sensitive, sentimental, serene, slow, soft, soft piano, solitary, solo piano, soundtrack, sparse, subtle, tender, The Hours, thoughtful, touching, tranquil, Yann Tiersen

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Royalty Free Vol.3: Animated AnticsTotal running time: 32:16 (18 tracks)
Tempo: Various

The third volume of royalty-free music for film and documentary makers consists of 18 tracks (32:16 minutes in total) of plucked and pizzicato orchestral music from film and documentary composer Simon Wilkinson. The music is ideal for science, travel, nature and wildlife documentaries, film, TV and animated media productions – hear the medley clip above or click the track details link below for full length previews of all tracks.

This third volume of royalty-free music focuses on delicately arranged instrumental orchestral music featuring quirky and upbeat plucked violins, deep pizzicato cellos and double bass, lively marimba and harp and percussive xylophone and glockenspiel. The mood of the music ranges from quirky and upbeat fun pieces to darker and more serious fairytale-like atmospheric tracks. The music is ideal for science, travel, nature and wildlife documentaries but would also work well for films, cartoons, animations, commercials and adverts.

This album includes a royalty-free license which allows the user to use the music in an unlimited number of film & documentary productions. Whether it’s for TV broadcast, student/feature films, trailers, personal websites, Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, Myspace etc. (and up to 1,000 physical copies for retail DVD sales) – click here for full license details. The ideal audio resource to add to all documentary and filmmakers’ libraries for when you’re looking for the right atmospheric music cue to complete your scene.

The album contains 18 tracks (32:16 minutes) of plucked orchestral strings which will be automatically emailed to you as a zip file after purchase. You can select from mp3 or wav from the dropdown below but please be aware the wav zip file is quite large (300 Mb) so make sure your connection is fast enough to handle large downloads. If you’re buying from a country outside of the UK, Paypal will automatically convert the amount from your currency to British Pounds so you can buy from anywhere in the world.

Keywords: adverts, animals, animation, animated, arrangement, background, bells, bouncy, cartoon, celeste, cello, chimes, clarinet, comedy, commercials, copyright, crotales, dinosaurs, documentaries, documentary, double bass, energetic, fairytale, film, fun, funny, geography, glockenspiel, harp, humour, instrumental, journey, library music, license, light, lighthearted, lively, marimba, montage, mystery, nature, oboe, orchestra, orchestral, percussive, picked, pizz, pizzicato, playful, plucked, plucks, positive, quirky, royalty free, science, scientific, soundtrack, staccato, stock music, strings, timpani, travel, upbeat, vibes, violin, wildlife, xylophone

valueFantastic value – most royalty-free music companies would charge you a similar price for just one stock music track. Get all 18 tracks (32:16 minutes) including the full license to use this music in an unlimited number of your films and projects from a dedicated film composer for just one low price.

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OlympiaTrack length: 4:24
Tempo: 90 bpm

Uplifting and inspirational instrumental music track featuring acoustic guitar, strings, cello, piano, drums and bass. Would make ideal inspirational music for olympics or sports montage videos needing emotional and optimistic climactic background music.

Keywords: acoustic guitar, athletics, cello, climactic, climax, contemplative, elegant, emotional, gymnastics, highlights, hopeful, human, inspirational, inspiring, instrumental, montage, motivational, moving, olympics, optimistic, piano, positive, rousing, sporting, sports, stimulating, stirring, strings, strum, thoughtful, uplifting, violin, wistful

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takedown_large1Track length: 2:11
Tempo: 100 bpm

Dark and tense atmospheric music suitable for dark documentaries, urban thrillers or crime dramas. Sparse, stalking and brooding dramatic electronica with minimal bass, haunting piano and atmospheric cinematic trip-hop beats. Imagine snipers or spies stalking a target, with a similar menacing feel to modern cop/spy film soundtracks, e.g. Miami Vice, Heat, The Town, 24 etc.

Keywords: anxious, assassin, atmospheric, bass, brooding, cinematic, crime, dark, downtempo, drama, edgy, electronic, gunman, Harry Gregson-Williams, impending, instrumental, menace, mystery, mysterious, ominous, piano, sniper, sparse, spy, suspense, tense, threatening, thriller, urban, unease

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Late Night MetroTrack length: 3:37
Tempo: 84 bpm

Late night laid back mellow instrumental music featuring Fender Rhodes keyboards, gentle wah wah and acoustic guitar, warm bass and subtle electronica in a similar style to downtempo artists like Air and Zero 7. Cool, relaxed and atmospheric medium tempo instrumental groove ideal for background music in film scenes.

Keywords: acoustic guitar, bass, breakbeats, chilled, city, cool, cruising, deep, dinner party, downtempo, electronica, funky, groove, guitar, instrumental, laid back, late night, lazy, mellow, mp3, positive, relaxed, Rhodes, shadowy, smoke, smoky, smooth, soulful, soundtrack, trip hop, upbeat, vibe, wah wah, warm

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antarctica_largeTrack length: 7:32
Tempo: n/a (slow)

Seven and a half minutes of slow atmospheric ambient music and organic soundscapes with minimal piano. A chilly trip through Antarctic waters, passing huge glaciers. Atmospheric and visual soundscape, ideal dramatic underscore for nature documentaries and films, background music for relaxation, study, yoga, meditation or ambient music for sleep.

For fans of minimal ambient music such as Brian Eno, Stars Of The Lid, Biosphere, Cliff Martinez etc. Hear the music played against beautiful BBC documentary video footage of Antarctica here.

Keywords: ambient, antarctic, antarctica, antartica, arctic, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, BBC, beauty, calm, chill, chilled, chilly, cinematic, cold, dark, documentary, drama, dramatic, drone, eerie, ethereal, floating, frozen, gentle, glacial, glacier, hypnotic, ice, icebergs, instrumental, landscape, long, meditation, minimal, minimalist, mysterious, nature, organic, polar, relaxation, relaxing, sleep, slow, solitary, solitude, soundscape, sparse, still, study, underscore, zen

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bloodstorm_largeTrack length: 2:31 or 1:00
Tempo: 150 bpm

Dramatic and epic orchestral action track, ideal for film trailers or scenes of fighting & battles. Starts off quietly and erupts into a dramatic attack of orchestral percussion, heavy drums, brass & strings before quietening down to a piano coda then building one last time to a persistent intense & dramatic climax. Likened to the Lord Of The Rings or The Omen soundtrack. Select from a full length mix or also available in an exact 1 minute version.

Keywords: 60 seconds, action, battle, brass, choir, choral, climactic, drama, dramatic, epic, fight, film music, Hans Zimmer, heroic, instrumental, LA Lakers, machinima, one minute, orchestral, percussion, piano, pounding, powerful, soundtrack, strings, symphonic, tense, thunderous, trailer music, war

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