Brooding, intense instrumental with electronic samples, synth and hip hop drums. Tense, minimal at times, mysterious and foreboding, leaves us without any answers. Suitable for a tense inner-city investigation on a crime series or film.
Tag Archives: Tension
Guitar Titles
Driving electric guitar-led indie track. Upbeat, uplifting with chiming guitars and steady drums, reminiscent of Naughties indie or an instrumental Wild Beasts. Would suit an advert or a Film/TV sequence propelling us headlong through a landscape or into the heady landscape of love.
V2 has added drums, synth and a fuller, heavier sound.
Fun With Knives
Unsettling, squelchy electronic track with haunting spoken word sample. A strong beat kicks in after the vocal intro with floating synth parts shifting above. Dark but groovy electronic dance. Suitable for slightly supernatural Film/TV or adverts: imagine zombies doing the robot in unison.
Eastern 2
Dramatic instrumental track. Glitchy electronics begin, joined by swooping orchestral strings and, soon after, the instrumentation and percussion reminiscent of a Bollywood soundtrack. Final section moves to a more Spanish guitar sound with the sounds of acoustic guitar and what could be intricate foot taps or castanets. A fusion track that would suit the movement from an intense to a more low key mood on screen.
Eastern
Calm yet intoxicating eastern-style track with acoustic instrumentation. Guitar, vocal samples and varied percussion, including tambourine and hand drums, build an intense atmosphere that feels like an improvised jam on a single guitar theme. Subtle background strings add depth. Reminiscent of Andorra-era Caribou as well as North Indian Classical Music, but with a hint of the Middle East, suitable for a mysterious atmospheric build.
DONGDONGDONG
Full on breakbeat with a massive pulse and a drum solo breakdown. Hard, heavy and unrelenting.
Deadline Titles
Echoing, haunting piano. Powerful, muted beats. Dark and brooding with a sense of anticipation.
Deadline Ending
Piano, strings, acoustic guitar deliver a pensive, hopeful beginning, joined by electronic beats. Dramatic section features more orchestral strings and harder beats. Lyrical, expressive and sombre, suitable for a moody drama.
Coming Up To 8
Chimes with slow squelchy beats. Mysterious song with acoustic guitar and long reverberations. Gives a sense of suspense and otherworldliness.
Alabaster
A thoughtful modern ballad filled with futuristic electronic triphop influences. On one hand tension, on the other serenity, suitable for post-credits scenes e.g. in a sci-fi drama.