menacing background music

menacing royalty-free film music designed for media projects

Sonic Liberty’s background music menacing compositions are made for movies.


With our sound design menacing scenes of any duration become palpable.

Everybody knows the forewarning tunes of John Williams’ legendary composition for the evil Galactic Empire in Star Wars. It combines just the right mixture of suspense and menace, making it one of the most memorable threatening orchestral scores in film history. It is also a prime example of how the right soundtrack can evoke the desired emotions in an audience. The looming orchestral film music of John Williams is a great inspiration to every composer. Sonic Liberty’s library for menacing sound design aims at providing you with an equally professional music for your film project. Not only do we offer orchestra music, but also all variations of tension-building, dark and ominous stock music. Our production music comprises intimidating strings, stately drums and tense piano tunes. Coming in any duration, our production music delivers the right tracks for horror films, actioners, thrillers and other cinematic projects featuring suspenseful themes.

Which genres are covered by this library?
Virtually any genre’s soundtrack can benefit from our menacing compositions. Once you have determined the direction you want your project to go intake, it is very easy to find royalty-free stock music for any suspenseful scenario within Sonic Liberty’s library. For example: an action scene involving a car chase and heavy gunfire might demand a frantically paced, high-octane track with dominant drums and distorted bass. Horror films may require claustrophobic soundtracks with eerie strings - just think of Hitchcock's legendary Psycho. A documentary with heavy exposition footage frequently utilizes looming, militaristic orchestra music. Our stock music is of course not limited to a motion picture score: video games, advertisements and radio plays can equally benefit from a forewarning soundtracks. With our sound design menacing scenes become outright threatening. In addition, using our production music is probably the easiest part of your project: while you browse and explore our database, single out potential candidates and chose the ones you would like to implement, we are dealing with the legal side. We take care of the boring stuff, keeping you from losing focus from the essential part of your project. Enjoy our extensive library and find the right soundtrack for you today.

528 Tracks Title     /ID Description Duration
Title Description Duration
Stretched Out
ID: KF013608
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
A positively stirring, fast jingle with wind section intro, energetic electric guitar and electro beats. 00:12
Impulse
ID: KF013609
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
Aggressive track full of action with hard electric guitar, groovy synthies and sharp wind players. 00:14
Shelter
ID: KF017703
Album: Fanfares
Cautious brass at the beginning, getting more intense, combined with powerful timpani define this short, energetic track. 00:20
Final Lockdown
ID: KF025609
Album: Destructive Trailers
Cutting synth and massive, frightening percussion combined with wailing background elements. A claustrophobic dungeon sequence. 00:24
Urgent Matter
ID: KF013606
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
A fast-paced title track, threatening and dangerous. With shrill strings and hard drums. 00:25
50 Town Race
ID: KF011907
Album: Electrified Orchestra
Fast and modern action track with groovy electronic beats and orchestra. 00:25
Wicked Waves
ID: KF016817
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three short, quick stingers with electric piano and synthies. Creepy and spine-chilling, like a swooshing danger. 00:26
Fear
ID: KF010210
Album: Action Orchestra
Short and to the point, the perfect introduction to a spy thriller. 00:26
Relentless Grip
ID: KF025610
Album: Destructive Trailers
Devastating hits with relentless, furious, ripping wipes and stings. Depicts horrifying entities with tremendous force. 00:28
Gain Control
ID: KF013619
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
A short, energetic orchestra track in the style of an action movie with fast strings and hard rhythm. 00:28
Mediocre Movie
ID: KF013419
Album: High Action
Short electro-rock passage, accompanied by a threatening, metallic roar. Aggressive and disturbing. 00:28
The Awakening
ID: KF016811
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three wavelike synthie sounds. Scary, intrusive and threatening. Like the emergence of evil spirits. 00:30
Open Up
ID: KF013628
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
Futuristic action intro with synthetic sounds and piano arpeggio, sinister and threatening. 00:30
Mean Falls
ID: KF016816
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Creepy synthies combined with weird strings, divided into three stingers. Full of suspense and threat. 00:32
Voltage Veins
ID: KF013607
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
A very fast, effervescent title track with quick, threatening strings and wind section, accompanied by hard drum beats. 00:32
The Slasher
ID: KF020606
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.2
Creepy, threatening and dissonant track with piano, double bass, low brass and high-pitched strings. Female humming at the end. Off-key and ominous. 00:35
The Gate
ID: KF014411
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Agitating and threatening orchestra track with energetic choir. 00:35
Active Girls
ID: KF010211
Album: Action Orchestra
Action piece with stabbing brass hits and fast-paced string runs. 00:36
Trampling Down
ID: KF019005
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.2
Intense, energetic orchestra track with threatening, stomping brass, wild xylophone and metal beats. 00:37
Infernal Tones
ID: KF016818
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three threatening, sinister and calm orchestra stingers with insistent brass and strings. 00:37
Malicious Waylay
ID: KF016815
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three creepy and intense orchestra stingers. Calm and threatening at the same time. With brass and strings. 00:38
In Cold Blood
ID: KF016812
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three short, threatening stingers with aggressive brass, combined with synthies, cymbals and timpani. 00:38
Vicious Echoes
ID: KF016819
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three creepy orchestra stingers with low strings and scary synthie sounds. Intrusive and sinister. 00:39
Evil Intent
ID: KF016813
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three creepy orchestral stingers. Quietly threatening, with strings, brass, timpani and synthies. 00:40
Crushing Sensation
ID: KF025603
Album: Destructive Trailers
Tense, eerie, pulsating, almost industrial percussion with an epic rise towards the end. 00:41
Running Out Ammunition
ID: KF019319
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Menacing orchestral piece with mysterious choir in the background. 00:42
Backslide
ID: KF019201
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Sinister, spooky and inconsistent orchestra track with low strings, clarinet, harp and percussion. 00:42
Lethal Coercion
ID: KF016814
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.2
Three orchestra stingers with brass, synthies, electric piano and strings. Intrusive, annoying and creepy. Like being pushed into a corner by an evil force. 00:43
Dead Freight
ID: KF025604
Album: Destructive Trailers
A series of cinematic hits furiously swelling to a raging percussive climax. 00:44
Runnerboy
ID: KF010317
Album: Agents&Spies
A typical detective or spy music à la James Bond: suspenseful brass, melodic e-guitar and strings. With a calm ending. 00:46
The secret Chamber
ID: KF025208
Album: Epic Fantasy
Menacing sounds of a legendary chamber told by a dark orchestra. 00:47
Arabian Pirate
ID: KF010204
Album: Action Orchestra
Short, dramatic orchestral piece with oriental leanings. 00:47
Dark Forces
ID: KF025607
Album: Destructive Trailers
Dark, foreboding strings, massive percussion and alarming brass entries. Thrilling, dazing and tremendous. 00:48
Jungle Tales
ID: KF016217
Album: World Adventure Vol.1
A track out of the jungle. Dangerous, exotic and adventurous. 00:52
Creeping Goliath
ID: KF025605
Album: Destructive Trailers
Deep, dark brass, subtle staccatto strings and massive, stompy percussion. Epic trailer material. 00:53
Solomon's Wife
ID: KF020605
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.2
An ambivalent track: female humming, solo at first, then accompanied by soft, low strings and harp. Interrupted in between by shrill, unpleasant, energetic string and synthie sounds. 00:53
The Aftermath
ID: KF012010
Album: Emotional Trailer
Dramatic film music with dark and restless mood. Strings and brass accompanied by piano and percussion. 00:53
Hit The Cinemas
ID: KF025606
Album: Destructive Trailers
Tense and unsettling percussion. Featuring gloomy ambiences and aggressive synth. 00:54
Shape Shifter
ID: KF019313
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.2
Dramatic orchestra track with powerful brass, melodic strings and clarinet passage. Suspenseful, energetic and calm at the same time. 00:55
Engines
ID: KF010502
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Eerie track with growling metal percussion and screeching stingers. 00:55
Medium Suspense A
ID: KF019412
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
A futuristic, enigmatic action track with spy film character and a lot of suspense. 00:57
Medium Suspense B
ID: KF017512
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
An aggressive, threatening hard rock and orchestra track for suspenseful action scenes. 00:58
The Caravan
ID: KF029101
Album: World Tales Vol.3
A serious and sinister, also percussive track that spreads rush and haste. The ethnic songs and instruments are mysterious. 01:00
The Headless Horseman
ID: KF025211
Album: Epic Fantasy
Dark, fairytale-like orchestral piece that start calm and thrilling but builds up to an evil unsettling climax. 01:00
Drone Attack
ID: KF019414
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
modern hybrid action-Track with massive grooves and strong orchestral themes. In the second half the tempo rises abruptly. 01:00
Foul Slaughter
ID: KF019405
Album: Percussive Action Vol.2
A rock action track with a fast, energetic rhythm and short electric guitar riffs. 01:01
Subdued Suspense A
ID: KF014311
Album: Modern Suspense
This track spreads subtle unrest by otherwise being emotional and thoughtful. Military drums underlying the piano. 01:01
Army Discharge
ID: KF010513
Album: Ambient&Drones Vol.1
Pervading, futuristic sound collage with lots of electro elements and a metal, threatening sound. 01:01
The Game
ID: KF010301
Album: Agents&Spies
Short, modern spy film track, orchestra and electronics combined. 01:01
Lost Power
ID: KF010203
Album: Action Orchestra
Dramatic action track, vehement orchestra accompanied by large choir. 01:01
The Assault
ID: KF029605
Album: Battlegrounds
A driven percussion-track. 01:02
Burn Them All
ID: KF022001
Album: Dark Tales
Dark and sinister orchestral fantasy-music with low brass, massive percussions and medieval guitar. 01:02
Dark Planet
ID: KF021706
Album: Epic Dimension
A spooky piano and a roaring bass. Music like from an other world. 01:02
High Voltage
ID: KF018409
Album: Massive Trailer Vol.1
Fast, suspenseful and energetic track with strings, electric guitars and percussion. Threatening and aggressive at the point. 01:03
Ropy Lump
ID: KF014402
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
A pervading string melody accompanied by hard drums and orchestra. 01:03
Combined Effort
ID: KF013610
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
Fast strings with sudden wind section sounds combined in a brutal rhythm. 01:03
To New Shores
ID: KF013005
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
An orchestra track sounding resolute, ambitious and …?? 01:03
Losing Ground
ID: KF029713
Album: Black Prophecy Vol.1
A restless, driven orchestral track consisting of four different rhythmic parts. 01:04
Ethnic Fights
ID: KF010209
Album: Action Orchestra
Menacing, exotic percussion-laden orchestral action piece. 01:04
Vigorous Strangle
ID: KF014519
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Exotic and untamed drums and bongos, partly accompanied by a synthesizer. An energetic, futuristic mixture. 01:05
Swelling Drums
ID: KF014505
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
A powerful mixture of percussions, timpani and drums. Exotic and threatening. 01:05
Tantrum Ride
ID: KF012503
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
A struggle for life and death, full of energy and drama. An orchestra and choir music for the great cinema. 01:05
Grenade
ID: KF011701
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
A dramatic, threatening orchestra track with choir and droning brass. 01:05
Suspenstic
ID: KF010303
Album: Agents&Spies
Orchestral spy film track with military snare groove, suspenseful with more positive ending. 01:05
Intertwined
ID: KF014409
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Orchestra sounds, resembling gun shots, accentuated with a powerful choir in a gloomy, threatening atmosphere. Danger is near. 01:06
Hairy Beast
ID: KF014408
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Threatening orchestra music with military drums and trumpets. Accompanied by an energetic, dramatic choir. 01:06
Hurt But Alive
ID: KF012506
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Hard, brutal timpani beats, combined with a dynamic orchestra and a threatening choir. A powerful, epic orchestra music. 01:06
Squad Plan
ID: KF022107
Album: Modern War
Dark, futuristic track with spheric synths and percussions. Soft strings in the middle part. 01:07
Deserted Village
ID: KF021809
Album: Calm Ambience
Calm, dark Background-Track with deep, monotone Timpani, acoustic guitar and unsettling soundscapes. 01:07
Corrupt Minds
ID: KF017608
Album: European Cinema
Elated accordion with sinister, creepy strings and piano tones. Threatening stinger at the end. 01:07
Battle Music
ID: KF014401
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Loud, energetic orchestra music, a threatening march with strong drum beats. Speeds up towards the end. 01:07
Indianastic
ID: KF013009
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
A driving orchestra music, heroic and hopeful. 01:07
Making Ground
ID: KF029308
Album: Hybrid Tension
A patient, spheric and superior hybrid-track, which includes besides sustained chords some quiet sound-effects. 01:08
The Cemetery
ID: KF022007
Album: Dark Tales
Dark and thrilling Ambience with orchestral colours, violin and acousic guitar. 01:08
Barrel Starter
ID: KF019609
Album: Rough Grooves Vol.2
A groovy, modern synthie track with a clear rhythm. Easy and energetic. 01:08
Angry Slashes
ID: KF019207
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Threatening film music with low brass, bongos, rushing strings, an energetic male choir voices and threatening roaring. 01:08
Low Scoring
ID: KF015002
Album: Rock Grounds
Action-rock track with hard electric guitars and pervading drums and percussions. 01:08
Runners Of Evil
ID: KF014508
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Dramatic, elemental orchestra music. Energetic strings are accompanied by jungle-drums and percussions. 01:08
The Great Hero
ID: KF011509
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Film music with threatening and mytical elements. Orchestra, choir and exotic percussion. 01:08
Animal Transformation
ID: KF022505
Album: Tension Cinema
The track starts with a cacophonic and menacing orchestral mood and changes to a dark melody played by flute and harp. Mysterious and fairy-tale-like. 01:09
Short War
ID: KF019217
Album: Orchestral Suspense Vol.1
Slow, steady orchestra is getting ready for war. 01:09
Vertical Mobility
ID: KF013401
Album: High Action
Rapid, aggressive action track with hard electro beats and brass. With a fast, rushing rhythm. 01:09
Iron Rabbit
ID: KF010202
Album: Action Orchestra
Percussion-heavy orchestral action track featuring fast string runs and fierce brass. 01:09
Before The Close
ID: KF016705
Album: Action Grounds Vol.2
Muffled synthies full of action combined with calm strings. Brass opens up and increases towards an epic end. 01:11
Spun Down
ID: KF012521
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
A sinister, combative march. An impending danger, packed into a dramatic orchestra and choir music. 01:11
Still Energetic
ID: KF012507
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Film music resounding hope, danger, mysteries and combats. Epic and spectacular. 01:11
Circulated
ID: KF012501
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Epic, threatening film music for grand orchstre and choir. In a thrilling, combative atmosphere. 01:11
Words In My Head
ID: KF017503
Album: Epic Rock Vol.2
Aggressive, energetic and threatening rock track. Hectic electric guitars, synthies and beats. 01:12
Keyhole
ID: KF014514
Album: Percussive Action Vol.1
Exotic, metallic percussion track with drums, rattles and piano effects. Gloomy and cold. 01:12
Agents Hopelessness
ID: KF014315
Album: Modern Suspense
A scary, gloomy spy track with quiet, restless strings and occasional wind player and percussion sounds. 01:12
Entry Of Evil
ID: KF012002
Album: Emotional Trailer
Dramatic orchestra with hard drums and timpani hits. Threatening brass and a powerful choir. 01:13
Black Forge
ID: KF011512
Album: Dark Orchestral Mainthemes
Very dark track with deep brass and stings. 01:13
Getting Shudders
ID: KF029302
Album: Hybrid Tension
A gloomy and mysterious synth-track in half-time, veiling unwanted intrigues. 01:14
Facing The Enemy
ID: KF022003
Album: Dark Tales
soft action with staccato-strings and low timpani-hits. Suspense without being pushy 01:14
A Dire Soul
ID: KF020607
Album: Uncommon Cinematic Score Vol.2
A disturbing, inscrutable music. Accordion combined with a persistent knocking and a quiet, sombre strings. 01:14
Timidity
ID: KF012522
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Action music with grand orchestra, accompanied by hard electro beats. Very energetic and powerful. 01:14
Ghost Stories
ID: KF022004
Album: Dark Tales
Calm and dark underscore-Track , dark strings and unsettling atmospheric synths. After the build-up in the middle there´s a melodic part with harp and etheral female vocals. 01:16
Romanium
ID: KF014322
Album: Modern Suspense
Disturbing, sinister film music. Sad violin solo meets hard wind player sounds and drum rhythms. 01:16
Fantastic Journey
ID: KF012605
Album: Fantastic Orchestra
A mysterious, medieval sounding orchestra music. Energetic strings and tender transverse flute. 01:16
Hunting The Clown
ID: KF011709
Album: Dramatic Orchestra
Playful but very powerful track. Orchestra driven by military rhythm. Has many percussive elements. 01:16
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