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Track length: 3:42
Tempo: 60 bpm

Slow and atmospheric instrumental music track with warm organic washes of ambient background sound, sparse but deep bass, gentle melodic percussive beats and lush Blade Runner style synths. A hypnotic, atmospheric and dreamlike visual soundscape that would make ideal underscore for night time city scenes, documentaries and film music, background music for relaxation, study, yoga or meditation. Watch the promo video below against stunning atmospheric photography of cityscapes.

Keywords: ambient, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, Blade Runner, calm, chill, chilled, cinematic, city, cityscape, Cliff Martinez, dark, deep, documentary, dream, dreamlike, dreamy, drone, dusky, esoteric, ethereal, floating, gentle, hazy, heartbeat, hypnotic, instrumental, landscape, lush, meditate, meditation, minimal, minimalist, misty, moody, mystery, mysterious, nature, night, nighttime, nocturnal, organic, relaxation, relaxed, relaxing, shadowy, sleep, slow, solitary, solitude, soundscape, sparse, study, Tokyo, traffic, tranquil, underscore, warm, zen

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Track length: 3:41
Tempo: 70 bpm

Epic, dark and atmospheric instrumental track from Simon Wilkinson featuring cinematic strings, subtle piano, low horns and heavy medium-tempo Zeppelin-style drums and percussion. Inspired by the classic John Carpenter movie The Thing, the music has an epic, atmospheric, icy winter feel with a sense of impending danger or survival that would work well for geographic, nature or history TV trailers.

Keywords: atmospheric, beats, big, brave, climactic, cold, courageous, crisp, danger, dangerous, dark, drama, dramatic, drums, edgy, electronic, epic, exciting, forbidding, foreboding, freezing, frozen, geographic, grand, heavy, heroic, hostile, ice, icy, impending, imposing, instrumental, intense, John Carpenter, large, loud, melodramatic, nature, pounding, powerful, strings, survival, survivor, the thing, thrilling, valiant, vast, wind, windy, winter

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Total running time: 53:26 (17 tracks)
Tempo: Various

This collection of dark atmospheric royalty-free music makes the perfect soundtrack for film & documentary makers needing dark, tense or edgy music for their videos. 17 individual tracks (over 53 minutes in total) of dark, dramatic and atmospheric piano music, ambient electronic soundcapes and pulsing contemporary beat driven tracks specially composed for use in film & TV media productions from composer Simon Wilkinson. Hear a collection of short extracts from all the tracks above or click the track details link below for full previews.

This collection focuses on music that would make an ideal soundtrack for documentaries with dark subject matter including crime, investigation, conspiracy, corruption, betrayal, murder, suspense or also for drama or thriller feature films and shorts, promotional films, art films, student films, documentaries or any film visuals that require a dark, serious, suspenseful or atmospheric feel.

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 or dramatic music cue to complete your scene. Watch the promo video on the right.

The album contains the 17 full tracks (over 53 minutes) which will be automatically available to download 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 (500Mb) 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: ambient, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, betrayal, cheap, cinematic, claustrophobia, claustrophobic, conspiracy theory, copyright, corruption, crime, criminal, CSI, dark, decay, delusion, desolate, documentary, documentary music, drama, dramatic, edgy, eerie, evidence, film, filmic, filmmaker, forensics, grainy, gritty, homicide, horror, independent, instrumental, investigation, investigative,  library music, license, lonely, low cost, melancholy, menace, menacing, montage, moody, mp3, murder, music, mysterious, mystery, paranoia, paranoid, piano, police, production, progression, promotional, pulse, pulsing, resource, royalty free, serious, shadows, shadowy, slow, solo piano, soundscape, soundtrack, sparse, stock music, student, subtle, suspense, tense, tension, twisted, TV, underworld

Fantastic value -- most royalty-free music companies would charge you the same price for just one stock music track. Get all the 17 tracks (53 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 cost price.

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Track 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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Track 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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Track 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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Total running time: 44:01 (11 tracks)
Tempo: Various

The fourth volume of royalty free music for film and documentary makers presents 45 minutes of intrigue, action and suspense music perfect for filmmakers looking to add some musical drama to their productions. Ideal for thrillers and dramas, the collection ranges from dramatic action, chase and fight music to dark subdued atmospheric tracks and tense, emotional building drama. Click the track details link below for full track previews.

Musical styles include tense and edgy dramatic percussion, dissonant haunting and eerie piano, dark pulsing electronica, Fender Rhodes, atmospheric and ambient soundscapes, guitar and much more, all ideal soundtrack material for your independent feature film thriller, documentary, drama, student film or other visual productions.

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 or dramatic music cue to complete your scene.

The album contains the 11 full tracks (nearly 45 minutes) of dramatic and atmospheric music 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 (450Mb) 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: ambience, ambient, anxious, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, cinematic, copyright, crime, criminal, danger, dark, dissonant, documentary, drama, dramatic, edgy, exciting, feature, fight, film, guitar, instrumental, investigation, library music, license, melancholy, montage, moody, Midnight Mile, movie, mp3, paranoia, paranoid, piano, resource, royalty free, score, serious, soundscape, soundtrack, stock music, student, suspense, tense, tension, textural, thriller, tool, TV

Fantastic value – most royalty-free music companies would charge you the same price for just one stock music track. Get all the 11 tracks (45 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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Track length: 2:20
Tempo: 65 bpm

Slow, atmospheric instrumental track with gentle plucked acoustic guitar and solo piano notes slowly leading to organic pads and subtle percussive sounds. Quietly atmospheric and slightly melancholy instrumental music with a reflective and mysterious air that would work well for documentaries or slow and atmospheric film scenes.

Keywords: acoustic guitar, atmosphere, atmospheric, autumn, contemplative, documentary, downbeat, emotion, emotional, gentle, introspective, instrumental, melancholy, memories, memory, moody, nostalgia, nostalgic, pensive, piano, plucked, quiet, rainy, reflection, reflective, regret, sad, slow, sparse, strings, subtle, tender, thoughtful, wistful

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Track length: 3:12
Tempo: 100 bpm

Instrumental electronica ranging in mood from ethereal washes of floating intro synths with percussive melody to pulsing electronic percussion, breaks and mysterious and dark downtempo piano. Music that would work well for scientific visuals, construction, travel, or documentary footage.

Keywords: atmospheric, background, cities, contemporary, dark, electronic, industrial, instrumental, modern, mystery, mysterious, piano, pulsating, pulse, pulsing, sci-fi, scientific, science fiction, space, suspense, synths, synthesizers

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Track length: 4:05
Tempo: 100 bpm

Soft brushed jazz drums introduce warm electric Fender Rhodes keyboards, gentle acoustic guitar strumming, piano, oboe, soft strings and subtle electronica tones. Mellow instrumental music with a downbeat, melancholy and wistful air that would be ideal for reflective films or documentaries.

Keywords: acoustic guitar, atmospheric, autumn, contemplation, contemplative, documentary, downbeat, electronica, emotional, gentle, instrumental, introspective, melancholy, mellow, moody, oboe, pensive, piano, rainy, reflective, regret, sad, slow, thoughtful, warm, wistful

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