Bloopy synth track with deep underwater bass. Soft, hazy synth lines over repeated bloopy synth melody, reverb effects, and subtle, drum roll-like beats. Downbeat, nostalgic and mysterious, with a hint of danger, would suit an investigative Vice or Vox-style documentary or TV segment. Also perfect for edgy TV scenes.
Tag Archives: Dark Beats
Bag
Minimal trap. Cold synth melody over male vocal sample, first high-pitched, then repeated in a low register. Sparse beat drops. Quicker hi-hat beat added with finger-snap style beat. Dark, edgy and cool, perfect for an atmospheric advert for streetwear or a documentary about youth culture or TV drama.
Crossing Euro Instrumental
Bleepy electronica with D’n’B beats. Gentle electronics, joined by heavy D’n’B breaks. Sweet, bleepy section returns before a chunky beat driven section. Austere orchestral strings and bright, childlike synth add melodic layers, with underlying chords switching between major and minor. Determined, driven and nostalgic, perfect for a youth TV drama in an urban setting, or as a dynamic accompaniment to an electronics or automobile advert.
Silver Moon
Expansive breakbeat track. Bleepy synth over minor synth chords, slow breakbeat underpins an emotional synth melody. Brash bold synths take over, along with chipmunk vocal samples from another planet. Vast, thoughtful and epic Skrillex-like electronica for flashy, ambitious adverts, or an epic reality TV montage or sports coverage.
Sniper
Trap with epic choral sample. Throbbing bass, dramatic choral vocal sample blasts, drops back to deep bass before vocals return with a busy trap hi-hat beat and subtle electronic effects. Bold, powerful and ambitious, perfect soundtrack to edgy content.
Gang Ish
Dark hip hop with gunshot samples. Bleepy synth intro with effects, a foreboding piano riff then a break. Beats build to a deep, punchy, bass synth melody. Piano returns, more beats and gunshot samples. Threatening, tense and frightening, a seemingly bouncy track with a dark underbelly, would suit topical, crime documentaries or content.
Cosa Nostra
Dark trap. Bell-like keyboard motif builds mystery and tension. Rattling, unsettling chords reiterate the creepy melody before a syncopated Latin-style beat and hi-hat trap beat grounds the track. Quiet moments with the eerie distant sounds of thunder and rain like a bad omen. Uneasy and tense with a sense of foreboding, like a trap Twin Peaks soundtrack, perfect for dark TV show where danger is around every corner.
Less is More
Dark breakbeat EDM. Muted bass line with orchestral string drone and flurries of 90s-style breakbeat drum samples. Full on breakbeat enters with intermittent Middle Eastern samples. Driving, powerful and harsh with a hint of melancholy. Would suit a topical, Vice-style documentary or advert for cutting edge trainers.
Incredible Ways
Upbeat EDM/Techno/House track with melancholy synths. Energetic opening with deep bass beats, fun synth effects and a breathless vocal-style synth beat. Builds to a driving EDM track with reflective synth chords and layers of precise beats. Opens out with broad synths, orchestral strings and relentless beats. Dark, colourful and determined, an epic night-drive through a neon-lit city.
Time Spent
Downbeat electronica/D’n’B. Fast-paced bleepy laser synths over Drum ‘n’ Bass beats. Marimba-style solo break, beats return. Dark, futuristic and slightly sinister, would suit a gritty, true-to-life urban film or TV drama.