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
Stone Runner
ID: KF014407
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
Gloomy, threatening orchestra track with a low, dark male choir. 01:44
We Overcame
ID: KF014406
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
A dramatic orchestra track with a big array of sounds and choir accompaniment. 02:00
Red Walls
ID: KF014404
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
A roman war march with roaring wind players and pervading timpani, accompanied by energetic strings and an enormous choir. 02:16
Ropy Lump
ID: KF014402
Album: Orchestra of War Vol.1
A pervading string melody accompanied by hard drums and orchestra. 01:03
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
Weltuntergang
ID: KF014323
Album: Modern Suspense
Action music for orchestra, accompanied by electric guitar. In a restless, insecure atmosphere. 02:41
Romanium
ID: KF014322
Album: Modern Suspense
Disturbing, sinister film music. Sad violin solo meets hard wind player sounds and drum rhythms. 01:16
Chemical Heat
ID: KF014321
Album: Modern Suspense
Gloomy, restless action track. The tension is curbed with difficulty and releases its power in the middle part in the form of harrassed drum rhythms. 01:23
Call Chain
ID: KF014320
Album: Modern Suspense
Quiet, sinister orchestra music, accentuated with electro beats and percussive accompaniment. Melancholic, sad and gloomy. 02:38
Tarred Harbor
ID: KF014319
Album: Modern Suspense
Metallic, cold percussions and distant, gloomy synthie sounds within a lonesome, futuristic track. 02:02
Know Your Score
ID: KF014317
Album: Modern Suspense
Gloomy, futuristic music with electro beats and metallic percussions. 02:04
Finger Marks
ID: KF014316
Album: Modern Suspense
Quiet, scary strings, accentuated with occasional beats. Sinister and disturbing. 02:23
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
Modern Suspense
ID: KF014314
Album: Modern Suspense
Mysterious strings accompanied by metallic beats and chimes. 02:23
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
Investigation
ID: KF014308
Album: Modern Suspense
Groovy action track with suspense and dynamic. 03:36
Dark City
ID: KF014307
Album: Modern Suspense
Threatening, sinister orchestra sound within a terrifyied, desolate atmosphere. 02:04
Minor Release
ID: KF014306
Album: Modern Suspense
Dramatic, loaded track with melodious piano and energetic strings. 03:44
Silent Sabotage
ID: KF014305
Album: Modern Suspense
Suspenseful, dynm,aic action track. Intensifications towards the end. 03:32
Temptation
ID: KF014304
Album: Modern Suspense
Fast, threatening strings and subtle electric guitar soli. Fraught with tension. 03:40
Try To Survive
ID: KF014303
Album: Modern Suspense
Low piano sounds, beats and sharp strings create a creepy, threatening and unsettling mood. 02:00
Gotterschlacht
ID: KF014302
Album: Modern Suspense
Sinister spy track, with orchestra and electric guitar. 02:03
Time To Start
ID: KF014301
Album: Modern Suspense
Synthies and electro beats in a futuristic, restless track within an sinister atmosphere. 02:08
Easy March
ID: KF014207
Album: Military
Orchestra music, an announcement of an upcoming battle. Thoughtful and slow, with the sound of sword blades clashing in the background. 01:37
Black Wolf
ID: KF014206
Album: Military
An orchestral track, increasing towards the end, with a positive and hopeful finale. 03:33
Mission Omega
ID: KF014205
Album: Military
Threatening, restless orchestra music with lots of drum roll and alarming wind section sounds. 01:50
Codename Ares
ID: KF014203
Album: Military
Track with a sinister beginning, accelerating in threat and danger and finally ending in a positive, peaceful tone. 02:21
Sudden Interception
ID: KF014202
Album: Military
Brass and choir define this dramatic, gloomy track. 02:12
Sinister Dreams
ID: KF014112
Album: Massive Orchestra
Film music for a grand orchestra, increasing in intensity, accompanied by soft piano sounds and electric guitar. 02:10
Lady Demise
ID: KF014110
Album: Massive Orchestra
A scary, enormous orchestra track with choir accompaniment and electric guitar. 02:12
Divine Intervention
ID: KF014109
Album: Massive Orchestra
A dramatic rock and orchestra track, very energetic and loaded, a piano with it. 02:03
Head On Collision
ID: KF014107
Album: Massive Orchestra
Action music for orchestra and electric guitar. Dramatic, aggressive towards the end. 02:14
By The Sword
ID: KF014105
Album: Massive Orchestra
Powerful, pervading film music track with orchestra and electric guitar. Fast-paced combination with a strong voice choir. 02:01
Four Horsemen
ID: KF014102
Album: Massive Orchestra
Energetic, dramatic orchestra and rock band music. Long orchestral intro and rock finale. 02:25
Golgatha
ID: KF014101
Album: Massive Orchestra
At first, sinister piano music. Strings and drums amending in the second part and finally a hard electric guitar with it. 02:31
Open Up
ID: KF013628
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
Futuristic action intro with synthetic sounds and piano arpeggio, sinister and threatening. 00:30
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
Combined Effort
ID: KF013610
Album: IDs&Jingles Vol.1
Fast strings with sudden wind section sounds combined in a brutal rhythm. 01:03
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
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
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
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
Mediocre Movie
ID: KF013419
Album: High Action
Short electro-rock passage, accompanied by a threatening, metallic roar. Aggressive and disturbing. 00:28
Heavy Metal Roaring
ID: KF013417
Album: High Action
Resounding electric guitars paired with futuristic electro elements. A modern action track. 02:17
Smash Attack Reloaded
ID: KF013416
Album: High Action
Driving, powerful action-rock music with electronic elements. At first, dominating drums and timpani, electric guitar adds on towards the end. 01:43
Roadrunners
ID: KF013414
Album: High Action
Action-rock trailer in a heated, exciting mood. electric guitar accompanied by electro beats. 02:02
Gasoline Thurst
ID: KF013413
Album: High Action
Fast, aggressive action track with rocking electric guitar and fast drums. The middle section is more quiet and melancholic. 02:04
Empty Faces
ID: KF013407
Album: High Action
Hard rock track with aggressive electric guitar, fast and threatening. Accompanied by electro elements and energetic drums. 01:43
After Death
ID: KF013405
Album: High Action
Hard sci-fi rock with fast electric guitars and very powerful drums, accompanied by electro beats. 01:45
The Bruiser
ID: KF013403
Album: High Action
Aggressive hard rock track with thrilling electric guitars, paired with fast elector beats. 02:32
Stand Up And Sparkle
ID: KF013402
Album: High Action
Modern, aggressive rock music with a hard electric guitar rhythm and synthies. 01:38
Vertical Mobility
ID: KF013401
Album: High Action
Rapid, aggressive action track with hard electro beats and brass. With a fast, rushing rhythm. 01:09
Ultra Pace
ID: KF013225
Album: Heavy Metal
Dynamic and aggressive, a metal-riff from beginning to end. 01:29
Super Force
ID: KF013224
Album: Heavy Metal
A hard rock track, spurring on and intimidating. Very fast. 01:29
Rise High
ID: KF013223
Album: Heavy Metal
Rapid rock sound with heavy metal character, aggressive and threatening. 01:31
Main Infusion
ID: KF013222
Album: Heavy Metal
Hard metal with very fast electric guitars and aggressive drums. 01:37
Peak Attack
ID: KF013221
Album: Heavy Metal
Heavy metal track with hard and fast rhythm, the electric guitar is virtually shredding the air. 01:32
Death Doors
ID: KF013220
Album: Heavy Metal
Very fast and aggressive metal track with melodic guitars, with sirens in between. 01:29
Metal Drum Constructor
ID: KF013218
Album: Heavy Metal
Aggressive, rapid heavy metal track with hard electric guitars and fast drums. 02:04
Possessiveness And Torment
ID: KF013216
Album: Heavy Metal
A hard, aggressive rock track with resounding e.guitars and rapid drums. 01:24
Drum Race
ID: KF013215
Album: Heavy Metal
Aggressive, persistent heavy metal with fast electric guitars and rapid drums. 01:31
Drive Shaft
ID: KF013214
Album: Heavy Metal
Thrash track with rapid drums and polyphonic electric guitars. Very aggressive. 01:42
Junction Box
ID: KF013209
Album: Heavy Metal
Hard, aggressive electric guitars and metallic synthies combined within an energetic action track. 02:28
Contact Wire
ID: KF013208
Album: Heavy Metal
Harsh metal track with aggressive electric guitars, energetic and threatening drums and some electro parts. 02:15
Steel Vest
ID: KF013207
Album: Heavy Metal
An energetic, aggressive heavy metal track, with a more quiet middle section. 02:43
Tunnel System
ID: KF013206
Album: Heavy Metal
Aggressive metal track with rapid electric guitar riffs and some electronic influence. 02:14
Fingers Twisted
ID: KF013205
Album: Heavy Metal
Speed-metal track with harshly threshed drums and heavy guitar shreds. 02:14
Sciophobia
ID: KF013203
Album: Heavy Metal
Metal track with solo electric guitar, aggressive riffs and intense drums. 01:35
Into The Machine
ID: KF013121
Album: Hard Electro
Fast and driving electro sci-fi groove with breakbeats. 02:14
Paralyzed
ID: KF013120
Album: Hard Electro
A futuristic and very dynamic hard-rock track. With energetic electric guitars and electro sounds. 02:11
Shadow Harvest
ID: KF013023
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
Epic, sonorous orchestra music with majestic atmosphere. Courageous, hopeful and dynamic. 02:00
Tales Of Bliss
ID: KF013014
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
Majestic orchestra music, powerful, thoughtful and hopeful. 02:35
Indianastic
ID: KF013009
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
A driving orchestra music, heroic and hopeful. 01:07
To New Shores
ID: KF013005
Album: Grand Themes Vol.1
An orchestra track sounding resolute, ambitious and …?? 01:03
High Leveled
ID: KF012607
Album: Fantastic Orchestra
An exotic, threatening, dark orchestra track with flutes and timpani, in a scary, mysterious atmosphere. 06:04
Fantastic Journey
ID: KF012605
Album: Fantastic Orchestra
A mysterious, medieval sounding orchestra music. Energetic strings and tender transverse flute. 01:16
Timidity
ID: KF012522
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Action music with grand orchestra, accompanied by hard electro beats. Very energetic and powerful. 01:14
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
Spell Bound
ID: KF012517
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Film music describing a dramatic fight for life or death. For grand orchestra and choir. 01:32
Thirst For Blood
ID: KF012516
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Choir and orchestra track with a driving, threatening atmosphere. Very powerful. 01:26
Cataclysm
ID: KF012515
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Dramatic orchestra music with powerful strings, accompanied by a threatening choir. 01:39
Obscure Thoughts
ID: KF012514
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Threatening, powerful choral singing, accompanied by fast drums and orchestra. 01:19
Better Than You
ID: KF012512
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Film music for orchestra and choir, like a big fight, full of courage and lurking danger. Threatening and resolute. 01:39
Majestic Blood
ID: KF012511
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Creepy, lurking film music with grand orchestra. The second part creates a dramatic, heroic mood, accompanied by a choir. 01:47
Infinite Pain
ID: KF012510
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
A sinister, dangerous film music with energetic choir voice. The orchestra playing intensively and pervasive. 01:37
Vision Overhead
ID: KF012509
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
An aggressive, threatening orchestra track with rushing drum rhythms and epic choir accompaniment. 01:19
Sharp Razor
ID: KF012508
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Adventurous orchestra track with dynamic choir accompaniment. Courageous, dangerous and exciting. 01:27
Still Energetic
ID: KF012507
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Film music resounding hope, danger, mysteries and combats. Epic and spectacular. 01:11
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
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
Unique Origin
ID: KF012502
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
A dramatic orchestra music with sinister, warning choir in a fast rhythm. Threatening and driving. 01:35
Circulated
ID: KF012501
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.2
Epic, threatening film music for grand orchstre and choir. In a thrilling, combative atmosphere. 01:11
Locus Delicti
ID: KF012422
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
A futuristic orchestra track with calm intro; later on transition into hard percussion and choir parts. 02:03
Exclusive Access
ID: KF012418
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Strings, brass and choir. Reminding of epic battles. 01:29
Original Edge
ID: KF012416
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Energetic, touching orchestra music, hopeful and immense. Accompanied by a grand choir. 02:09
Take Umbrage
ID: KF012415
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
A sinister and epic orchestra music, with energetic strings and resounding wind section, accompanied by a bright choir. 01:54
Oblique Angle
ID: KF012414
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Disturbing, heroic track with a big orchestra and an extraordinary choir accompaniment. 01:17
Broken Arrow
ID: KF012412
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Dramatic, epic orchestra track with energetic strings, a spheric singing voice and an effervescent choir. 01:36
Unsurmountable
ID: KF012410
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
A dark, threatening march. A sinister army marching towards a battle, with orchestra and war-like drums. 01:33
Spectrum Locus
ID: KF012409
Album: Epic Trailer Vol.1
Dramatic orchestra music with energetic choir accompaniment, bright brass sounds and pervading drum rhythms. 01:37
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