Dark and dramatic modern action theme music with big Zeppelin-style drums, strings, piano, dulcimer, bass and synth. A repeating solo piano riff brings in heavy drums followed by a dramatic explosion of sound before the hammered dulcimer theme enters. Would work well for exciting TV or film intro music, sports footage, library or trailer music (see it against the Watchmen trailer in my visuals section).

Keywords: action, big, beats, brave, climactic, danger, dark, drama, dramatic, drums, dulcimer, edgy, electrifying, epic, exciting, explosive, heroic, instrumental, intense, loud, melodramatic, mystery, piano, sexy, scorpio, sports, spy, strings, sudden, superhero, theme, thrilling, vast

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Track length: 2:54
Tempo: 115 bpm

Exciting and dramatic fast paced electronica with heavy cinematic percussion, frantic action packed drums, big horn swells and arpeggiated stereo synth lines. Ideal action music for car chase film scenes, trailers or tense and exciting pursuit music (see it against a car chase example scene here).

Keywords: action, car chase, delay, dramatic, drive, driving, edgy, electronic, escape, exciting, extreme, fast, frantic, hunt, instrumental, pulse, pulsing, pursuit, rush, rushing, soundtrack, speed, stereo, synths, tense, track, trail, trailers

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Total running time: 44:53 (14 tracks)
Tempo: Various

The second volume of royalty-free cinematic piano music and dark atmospheric soundtracks for film and documentary makers. 14 more tracks (45 minutes in total) of dark, dramatic and atmospheric music and ambient soundtrack beds specially composed for use in film & TV media productions from film and documentary composer Simon Wilkinson. See the promo video here or click the track details link below for full track previews.

Following on from the dark and atmospheric sounds of Vol.1, this collection includes more piano, strings and organic atmospheric scores ideal for your films, documentaries, dramas, student films, thrillers or any visuals that require a dark, serious, suspenseful or melancholic and atmospheric soundtrack. The music complements Vol.1, but also stands alone from it with styles ranging from sparse piano pieces, floating strings, atmospheric underscores, Blade Runner-style warm synths and gentle picked acoustic guitar.

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. Click the promo video clip to the right to hear extracts against atmospheric visuals.

The album contains the 14 full tracks (45 minutes) of piano music and atmospheric soundtrack beds 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 (420Mb) 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, analogue, atmosphere, atmospheric, Blade Runner, cinematic, copyright, dark, dissonant, documentary, drama, dramatic, edgy, film, hypnotic, instrumental, introspective, library music, license, melancholy, moody, mp3, mystery, mysterious, piano, plucked, resource, royalty free, serious, shadowy, soundscape, stock music, student, tense, thriller, tool, TV, underscore, Vangelis, warm, warmth

Fantastic value -- most royalty-free music companies would charge you the same price for just one stock music track. Get all the 14 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.

Full track details:

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Track length: 7:12
Tempo: n/a (slow)

Dark and eerie science-fiction themed atmospheric ambient space music. No drums, no percussion, just seven minutes of long, organic, dark & evolving washes of instrumental cinematic soundscapes and unearthly drones.

Perfect atmospheric and dramatic underscore or background music for documentaries or for fans of ambient artists such as Brian Eno, Biosphere, Stars Of The Lid and other ambient textural music.

Similar in feel and atmosphere to the hypnotic and ethereal ending of Stanley Kubrick’s classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey; put it on headphones and drift away to dark and mysterious sci-fi landscapes and galaxies.

Watch the promo video featuring dark and other worldly deep space video footage from the European Space Agency/Hubble Telescope in the promo video to the right.

Keywords: 2001, ambient, atmospheric, background, beatless, binaural, cinematic, cold, dark, deep space, documentary, dramatic, drone, eerie, ethereal, evolving, floating, galaxy, hypnotic, instrumental, interstellar, landscape, meditation, metallic, minimal, minimalist, mystery, mysterious, NASA, organic, outer space, scary, sci-fi, science fiction, solitude, soundscape, space, sparse, void

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Track length: 3:41
Tempo: 70 bpm

Epic cinematic strings, piano and subtle low horns with big and heavy medium tempo Zeppelin-style drums and percussion give the music a dark feeling of impending danger and survival. Has an epic, atmospheric, icy winter feel that could work well for TV nature/history trailers; think modern Lawrence Of Arabia but with snow instead of deserts. See it against the trailer for John Carpenter’s classic film The Thing here.

Keywords: beats, big, brave, cold, courageous, crisp, danger, dark, drama, dramatic, drums, electronic, epic, exciting, forbidding, frozen, grand, heavy, heroic, hostile, ice, icy, impending, imposing, instrumental, large, loud, melodramatic, nature, strings, survival, thrilling, valiant, vast, wind

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Track length: 2:11
Tempo: 100 bpm

Dark and tense atmospheric music suitable for urban thrillers/dramas in the vein of ’24′. Stalking and brooding dramatic electronica with deep bass, haunting minimal piano and cinematic trip-hop beats with a Massive Attack style feel. Imagine snipers or spies stalking a target, with a similar menacing feel to modern cop/spy film soundtracks, e.g. Miami Vice etc.

Keywords: anxious, atmospheric, bass, brooding, cinematic, dark, downtempo, drama, edgy, electronic, impending, instrumental, menace, mystery, mysterious, piano, sniper, spy, suspense, tense, thriller, unease

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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: 4:38
Tempo: 80 bpm

Imagine James Bond set in the North African deserts: exciting, dangerous, driving, pulsing contemporary electronica and breaks with violin string stabs, sitar lines and a dusty yet modern electronic feel. Would work well as pursuit/chase music or as part of an ethnic drama/thriller soundtrack.

Keywords: action, Africa, Arabic, breaks, chase, danger, desert, drama, dramatic, driving, electronic, exciting, exploding, instrumental, James Bond, Middle East, Middle Eastern, modern, Morocco, mystery, piano, pursuit, rush, rushing, sitar, strings, synths

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Track length: 3:09
Tempo: 102 bpm

Upbeat medium-tempo electronic/dance instrumental track mixing strings and oboe with synthesizers, deep bass and subtle piano fills. Rhythmic, robotic and dynamic dance music with a slight industrial feel that would work well for adverts, promos, trailers, commercials or corporate presentations.

Keywords: bass, beeping, bold, commercial, dance, driving, electronic, forward, industry, instrumental, modern, oboe, piano, positive, pushing, rhythmic, robotic, run, running, rushing, strings, synths, synthesizer, upbeat

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Track length: 3:33
Tempo: 80 bpm

Mellow, crisp, medium-tempo instrumental breakbeats with cinematic string effects and warm bass topped off with sun-kissed soft melodic trumpet lines. Ideal music for relaxing on chilled summer nights with a glass of wine or lazing on the beach.

Keywords: bass, beach, breakbeats, breezy, calm, chilled, crisp, dinner party, easy, holiday, instrumental, laid back, lazy, mellow, melodic, placid, positive, relaxed, restaurants, sand, sea, serene, sun, summer, sunset, tranquil, travel, trumpet, upbeat, vacation, warm

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