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Track length: 3:23
Tempo: 75 bpm

Slow and pensive orchestral strings with haunting and atmospheric ethnic duduk woodwinds, slowly build in intensity and atmosphere to introduce muted but dramatic deep timpani and taiko drums, sparse piano chords, plucked harp and mournful French horns.

Mournful, mysterious and haunting atmospheric instrumental film score style music, with an air of awe, grace, beauty and melancholy. As heard in the soundtrack to the stunning Dakotalapse time lapse video “Plains Milky Way” by Randy Halverson (see the video below).

Keywords: airy, ambient, astronomy, atmosphere, atmospheric, awe, background, beautiful, beauty, brooding, BSG, calm, calming, credits, danger, dark, drama, duduk, earth, fading, faith, fear, filmic, foreboding, French horn, gentle, grace, harp, impending, inspirational, instrumental, intro, looming, majestic, majesty, melancholy, milky way, minor key, mournful, mystery, mysterious, nature, orchestra, orchestral, ominous, piano, premonition, quiet, sad, score, sedate, slow, sombre, sorrow, soundtrack, sparse, spiritual, stature, strings, subtle, taiko, time lapse, titles, vanishing, widescreen, wonder

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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. Hear a medley of short extracts above, see the promo video below 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; filmic music that’s ideal for dramas, thrillers, promotional films, art films, 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.

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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 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: 1:06
Tempo: 92 bpm

Dramatic epic orchestral action music with staccato strings, horns, thunderous pounding heavy drums and percussion, punctuated by staccato choirs as the music builds to a frantic climax. With the intro hit and tail trimmed, the track can fit 1 minute scenes exactly.

Ideal dramatic music for trailers, battle scenes, action videos, 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 (as heard in pre-game intro videos for the L.A. Lakers).  See an example promo video below.

Keywords: action, battle, big, brass, brave, climactic, climax, drama, dramatic, drums, epic, excitement, exciting, fight, French horn, gladiator, Hans Zimmer, heroic, instrumental, LA Lakers, loud, machinima, orchestra, orchestral, percussion, percussive, pounding, powerful, production, promo, strings, thunder, thunderous, trailer music, war, warriors, widescreen

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Track length: 3:43
Tempo: 97 bpm

Thunderous and epic dramatic orchestral action music with spiccato strings, deep pizzicato double bass, sweeping French horns and staccato choirs as the music builds through ascending chord sequences to a frantic climax.

Ideal dramatic and atmospheric symphonic action music for 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).

As heard in the stunning Dakotalapse time lapse video Tempest Milky Way by Randy Halverson (see video on the right).

The music is available to download in either of two versions: with or without background sound effects (which include atmospheric wind and thunder claps). Select your preferred mp3 version from the dropdown below when ordering.

Keywords: action, adventure, adventurous, battle, big, brass, brave, choir, choral, cinematic, climactic, climax, dark, drama, dramatic, drums, epic, excitement, exciting, fight, fighting, film, French horn, geographic, geography, Hans Zimmer, heroic, Holst, instrumental, intense, lightning, loud, machinima, Mars, milky way, National Geographic, nature, orchestra, orchestral, Planets, pounding, powerful, production, promo, rousing, score, snare, soundtrack, storm, stormy, strings, suspenseful, symphonic, tempest, tempestuous, tense, thunder, thunderous, time lapse, tornado, trailer music, war, warriors, whirlwind, widescreen

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Track length: 2:13
Tempo: 132 bpm

Exciting and epic dramatic 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 symphonic 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.

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Track length: 2:49
Tempo: 88 bpm

Dark and dramatic modern action music by Simon Wilkinson. Big Zeppelin-style drum breaks, strings, piano, dulcimer, bass and synth. A repeating solo piano riff brings in heavy drums followed by a dramatic explosion of sound and a hammered dulcimer theme.

Would work well for exciting TV or film intro music, sports footage, library or trailer music (see it against some time lapse video footage from dakotalapse.com below or also against the Watchmen trailer in my visuals section).

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

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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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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: 3:10
Tempo: 120 bpm

Cyclic and ominous mysterious instrumental piano music featuring subtle percussion, harp and washes of dark background atmospheric synth. Ideal music for human interest documentaries, political thrillers, dramas or trailers needing a mood of impending trouble, danger, paranoia and subversion.

Keywords: ambience, anxious, arpeggio, atmosphere, atmospheric, cinematic, contemplative, corruption, cyclic, dark, descending, documentary, drama, dramatic, edgy, escape, fear, harp, human interest, impending, instrumental, introspective, melancholy, moody, mysterious, mystery, paranoia, paranoid, political, soundtrack, shadows, shadowy, tense, thoughtful, thriller, unease, warning

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