Epic electronics with strings. Noisy, atmospheric build, shifting sustained strings building a cacophonous soundscape cut through by screeching electronics and dark, brooding bass synth. Guitars and piano bring a sense of peace at the finish. Industrial, emotional and edgy, perfect for probing documentaries and dark TV dramas.
Tag Archives: Tension
Tower 42
Emotional, cinematic orchestral string track. Swells of romantic strings, slow and sparse, create an ambient, melancholy soundscape. Sad, desolate and full of longing, perfect for a reflective TV/Film scene during heartbreak or grief.
Tobinesque
Subtle, ambient intro of sparse percussion and synth melody, foreboding and dark, building to a harder sound with pizzicato orchestral strings and 90s trip hop beats. Slightly glamourous, exotic and classy, like a modern James Bond film, perfect for an action/thriller or exciting, potentially dangerous TV scene.
Uncut (Suite)
Slow, foreboding piano track with orchestral strings, percussion and electronic beats. Tense, dark and foreboding, like a wintry evening, driving in the countryside. Grown in intensity as more electronic beats are added. Brooding piano throughout, perfect for an atmospheric TV/Film scene with a hint of hope.
Interludes feature piano only.
Intro and Outros feature piano and electronic beats.
Utopia Theme 10
Extremely tense orchestral string tremolos with horn and clarinet. Choppy, fast-moving string part creates anticipation and introduces sparse phrases of woozy horns and woodwind. Frightening, mysterious and suspenseful, experimental orchestral track to suit a threatening TV/Film scene or creepy documentary.
Theme Ambient 71
Slow-moving electronic track. White noise, ambient drones and high-pitched tones create an immersive sound world. Percussive, rhythmic electronics take over, punctuating a soft synth wash. Mysterious, enveloping and atmospheric, hopeful electronic background music, perfect for downbeat or low-key Documentary/Film/TV scenes.
Pre Title 3 – Expedition Whisky
Cinematic orchestral track. Choppy, anticipatory strings, suspenseful violins and tense, driving percussion. Nerve-wracking action film music, dark and foreboding, perfect for a Batman film. Comes to a slightly more hopeful conclusion as the hero makes an appearance.
Piano Optimistic
Simple piano track. Piano arpeggios beneath an emotional piano melody. Tender, bittersweet and melancholy, a yearning ode to love lost and found, perfect for Amélie-style romantic adverts or pensive TV scenes.
Ouverture
Slow-paced, emotional orchestral string track. Tragic strings joined by hopeful passages of lively clarinet, moving in a slow and stately manner to a hopeful ending. Suitable for period TV drama interludes, the camera moving over a rainy English landscape, mirroring personal turmoil.
Mithras
Slow-moving, quirky clarinet and string track. Building anticipation with low, pizzicato strings and a harsh, quacking clarinet line. Suitable for nature/wildlife docs or a mysterious, curious, comedic TV moment.