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: 2:13
Tempo: 132 bpm

Exciting and epic orchestral action music with staccato strings, bold sweeping horns, thunderous pounding heavy drums and percussion, punctuated by staccato choirs as the music builds to a frantic climax. Ideal action music for medieval battle scenes, film trailers, TV spots, commercials, stings or promos where intense dramatic orchestral action music is needed (e.g. extreme sports, war scenes, danger, excitement, thrilling chase scenes). See a promo clip here.

Keywords: 300, action, battle, big, brass, climactic, climax, drama, dramatic, drums, epic, exciting, fight, French horn, Greek, Hans Zimmer, heroic, instrumental, loud, machinima, orchestral, percussion, percussive, pounding, production, promo, strings, thunder, thunderous, trailer music, Trojans, war, widescreen

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Total running time: 45:36 (15 tracks)
Tempo: Various

A collection of royalty-free cinematic piano music and dark atmospheric soundtracks perfect for film and documentary makers. 15 individual tracks (over 45 minutes in total) of dark, dramatic and atmospheric piano music and ambient soundtrack beds specially composed for use in film and TV media productions from film and documentary composer Simon Wilkinson. Click here to see the promo video or click the track details link below for full track previews.

From Thomas Newman-style (e.g. similar to American Beauty) gentle sparse piano to dark evolving atmospheric ambient soundscapes and hypnotising background atmospheres; music that’s ideal for dramas, thrillers, student films, documentaries or any film visuals that require a dark, serious, suspenseful or melancholic and 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. See the promo video clip to the right to hear extracts against atmospheric visuals.

The album contains the 15 full tracks (over 45 minutes) of piano music and atmospheric soundtrack beds 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 (430Mb) 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: airy, ambient, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, CD, cheap, cinematic, copyright, dark, dissonant, documentary, documentary music, drama, dramatic, edgy, emotional, Erik Satie, ethereal, feeling, film, filmmaker, independent, instrumental, library music, license, low cost, melancholy, moody, mp3, music, piano, production, resource, royalty free, sad, serious, soundscape, soundtrack, sparse, stock music, student, suspense, tense, Thomas Newman, tool, TV

Fantastic value -- most royalty-free music companies would charge you the same price for just one stock music track. Get all the 15 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 cost price.

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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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Track 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 intense dramatic orchestral action music is needed (e.g. extreme sports, danger, exciting, thrilling, chase scenes).

Keywords: 24, action, big, builds, chase, climactic, climax, dramatic, drums, epic, exciting, excitement, Hans Zimmer, heroic, instrumental, loud, machinima, orchestral, percussion, percussive, pounding, production, promo, pursuit, strings, thundering, thunderous, trailer music, widescreen, Zahara

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As heard in the TV trailers for Seasons 7 and 8 of Fox’s hit show 24!

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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.

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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: 2:12
Tempo: 135 bpm

Dark, unsettling piano music track with an almost childlike feel. Slightly off-kilter rhythmic solo piano with subtle harp plucks, staccato cello and double bass string lines. Subtly dissonant piano melodies give an atmosphere of impending trouble, paranoia or drama. Would work well in dark films, thrillers or documentaries.

Keywords: cello, dark, dissonant, drama, dramatic, dread, edgy, eerie, fear, harp, impending, instrumental, menacing, paranoia, paranoid, rhythmic, solo piano, staccato, strings, tense, thriller, trouble, uneasy, warning

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Track 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 olympic or sports montage videos needing emotional and optimistic climactic background music.

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

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Track length: 5:16
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 regret and longing. Similar in style to the piano pieces from Amelie and The Hours soundtracks or the minimal piano music of Michael Nyman and Philip Glass. Thoughtful, emotional, pensive and sparse music.

Keywords: alone, atmospheric, autumn, beauty, contemplative, desolate, documentary, emotional, harp, instrumental, leaving, lonely, melancholy,  minimal, pensive, Philip Glass, regret, repetition, sad, slow, solitary, solo piano, sparse, subtle, The Hours, thoughtful

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