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Track length: 3:10
Tempo: 125 bpm

Creepy and unsettling instrumental horror track featuring cyclic descending piano arpeggios, dark percussion and rhythmic effects. Haunting and unsettling instrumental piano music ideal for modern supernatural horror films and thrillers or documentaries needing a mysterious and eerie dramatic soundtrack or intro theme music.

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

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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.

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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: 3:31
Tempo: 60bpm

Mysterious and eerie instrumental track featuring spiralling and descending piano chords, plucked harp, music box and sparse percussion with rhythmic effects. Haunting and unsettling instrumental piano music with a Tim Burton feel, ideal for modern supernatural horror films and thrillers or documentaries needing a mysterious and eerie dramatic soundtrack or intro theme music.

Keywords: abandoned, alone, atmospheric, catburglar, childlike, clowns, creepy, cyclic, dark, descending, desolate, edgy, eerie, ethereal, ghost, ghostly, halloween, haunted, haunting, hiding, horror, instrumental, intro, melancholy,  minimal, musicbox, mystery, mysterious, pensive, piano, reflective, scary, slow, solitary, sparse, spectres, spectral, spiral, spiralling, spooky, spy, stalker, stalking, subtle, supernatural, suspense, theme, thriller, Tim Burton, tinkling, tiptoe, unearthly, unreal, unsettling

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Track length: 2:29
Tempo: 72 bpm

Spooky and eerie instrumental solo piano music with background washes of creepy and unsettling sound effects and music box. Ideal for supernatural horror films or documentaries with dark subject matter.

Keywords: abandoned, alone, asylum, atmospheric, child, childlike, children, clowns, creepy, dark, desolate, edgy, eerie, ethereal, ghost, ghostly, halloween, haunted, haunting, horror, insane, instrumental, lunatic, madness, melancholy, mental, minimal, music box, mysterious, padded cell, pensive, reflective, regret, regretful, sad, scary, slow, solitary, solo piano, sparse, spectral, spooky, subtle, supernatural, tinkling, unearthly, unsettling

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Track length: 2:35
Tempo: n/a (slow to medium)

Creepy and eerie instrumental solo piano music with childlike tinkling music box slowly building with subtle background strings and ambience, ending with eerie children singing. Ideal haunting and unsettling instrumental piano music for modern supernatural horror films.

Keywords: abandoned, alone, atmospheric, child, childlike, children, clowns, creepy, dark, desolate, eerie, ethereal, ghost, ghostly, halloween, haunted, haunting, horror, instrumental, melancholy,  minimal, music box, mysterious, pensive, reflective, regret, regretful, sad, scary, singing, slow, solitary, solo piano, sparse, spectral, spooky, subtle, supernatural, tinkling, unearthly, unsettling, vocal

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Track length: 3:17
Tempo: n/a (slow to medium)

Dark and eerie instrumental solo piano music with sparse washes of atmospheric background sound. Ideal haunting music for modern supernatural horror films (e.g. similar to The Ring) or dark atmospheric dramas.

Keywords: alone, atmospheric, creepy, dark, desolate, documentary, eerie, ethereal, ghost, ghostly, halloween, haunting, horror, instrumental, melancholy,  minimal, mysterious, pensive, reflective, regret,regretful, sad, slow, solitary, solo piano, sparse, spectral, spooky, subtle, supernatural, thoughtful, unearthly

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Track length: 6:20
Tempo: n/a (slow)

Dark and eerie atmospheric background drone music, ideal for horror films, thrillers, dramas or dark documentary scenes. Over 6 minutes of evolving atmospheric washes of dark ambient background sound that will add a chilling sense of ominous dread and foreboding to your film. Similar style of sound design as films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wolf Creek.

Keywords: alone, ambient, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, beatless, cinematic, cold, creepy, danger, dark, desolate, desolation, documentary, dramatic, dread, drone, eerie, ethereal, evolving, fear, fright, frightening, fx, ghost, ghostly, halloween, haunting, horror, hypnotic, instrumental, landscape, long, metallic, minimal, minimalist, mystery, mysterious, organic, scary, slow, solitary, solitude, sound effect, soundscape, sparse, spooky, tense, tension, unease, unsettling

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Track length: 3:48
Tempo: 80 bpm

Dark and impending atmospheric instrumental track featuring electronic bass, atmospheric background sounds, subtle piano, synth, electronic drums and percussive effects. Music that would be suitable for horror films or trailers needing a sense of brooding and imminent danger.

Keywords: approaching, atmospheric, brooding, claustrophobia, claustrophobic, cold, creatures, creepy, danger, dangerous, dark, doom, drama, dramatic, edgy, eerie, electronic, forbidding, foreboding, freezing, frozen, grave, graveyard, horror, hostile, icy, impending, imposing, instrumental, menace, menacing, monsters, scary, shadows, shadowy, survival, survivor, tense, tension, thriller, tomb, wind, windy, winter, zombie

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Track length: 2:59
Tempo: n/a (slow)

Dark and eerie atmospheric musical soundscape ideal for horror films or thrillers. Track starts with a low drone and slowly adds ghostly sounds and haunting effects building to a climax that will add an atmosphere of tense claustrophobia, dread and unease to your horror film scenes. Dark, scary and foreboding.

Keywords: alone, ambient, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, beatless, cinematic, claustrophobic, climax, cold, creepy, danger, dark,  doom, dramatic, dread, drone, eerie, ethereal, evolving, fear, floating, fright, frightening, fx, ghost, ghostly, halloween, hallway, haunted, haunting, heartbeat, horror, impending, instrumental, minimal, minimalist, mystery, mysterious, scary, slow, sound effect, soundscape, sparse, spooky, suspense, suspenseful, tense, tension, terror, unease, unsettling

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