Dark ambient (also known as Ambient Industrial) is a subgenre of ambient music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. Although it had its roots in the 1970s, Dark ambient emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of newer, smaller, and more affordable effects units, synthesizer and sampling technology. Dark ambient is an unusually diverse genre, related to industrial music, noise, ethereal wave, and black metal, yet generally free from derivatives and connections to other genres or styles.
Like music from deep space or a molecular structure, this ambient music track features scattered sounds, signals and rhythms in interwoven textures. Good for science, technology, documentary, history, space, science fiction, etc. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Rich, atonal atmosphere saturated with lush electronics and strings permeate this frightening and colorful soundscape. Perfect for scenes of horror, terror, evil, sci-fi, otherworldly and psychologically deviant environments. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Ambient Soundscape. Beautiful alluring melody over edgy drums. Good for action scenes with emotion, reflecting, traveling, adventure. Available as an ambient soundscape, and also with drum/percussion/loops underpinnings. One of a large group of William Pearson's ambient soundscapes. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dramatic Chase
The bad boys are coming. Floating Ambient Soundscape with pulsing drums. Rap-like beat. Cars, mobsters, bad dudes, evil approaching, thrillers. Available as an ambient soundscape, and also with drum/percussion/loops underpinnings. One of a large group of William Pearson's Ambient Soundscape, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dramatic Chase
Soundscape, moody electronic track layered with synths and samples of celeste and glass bowl. Big beat catchy rhythm that carries tune. Great for film, trailer, or commercial. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
This 12min. ambient estern style track features combination of many sounds. A richly textured slowly evolving ambient piece that uses deep warm bass drones, mysterious vocal, shimmering synth pads, bird sounds of the rainforest. This music may be useful as an underscore for a movie/documentary, game, Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Floating Ambient Soundscape. Suspenseful, low drums like irregular heart beats, eerie synth pads, scattered edgy machine-like sounds, suspenseful, mysterious, quietly dangerous. Also with drum/percussion/loops underpinnings. One of a large group of William Pearson's ambient soundscapes. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Ambient, mysterious, floating airy synth pads with soft tribal drums in background. Great for crime thrillers, mysteries, strange places, jungles. Available as an ambient soundscape, and also with drum/percussion/loops underpinnings. One of a larger group of William Pearson's ambient soundscapes. Instrumental, Dangerous, Edgy Music
Nice corporate high tech sound with emotion and mood. Great for high tech auto advertisement, driving, adult dramas. Smooth, slick beat. Reflective, multi-layered, interesting. Available as an ambient soundscape and also with drum/percussion/loops underpinnings. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Suspenseful and mysterious cinematic electronic music. Strange and discpnnecting with Synth, glitch, marching drums and piano. Futuristic tension soundtrack in a dark, atmospheric and ethereal industrial world feel in Film, TV and video productions, Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Tension in the air. Mysterious, spacious... not cluttered. Unnervingly calm, with a sense of danger pressing in, feeling of being watched or ominous presence is near. Sustained eerie sfx Good for crime, mysteries, sci-fi, action thriller, supernatural, space. See William Pearson's "Metamorphasis" Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Ominous, foreboding presence of danger to come. Spine-chilling and suspenseful. Spacey, uncluttered, a feel of approaching terror. Orchestral underpinnings, dramatic, cinematic. Variations w/wo drums, hearbeat. Great for haunting film trailer/credits. Also see William Pearson's "Chasing Phantoms" Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Dreamy electronica with an industrial high tech vibe. Designed for modern atmospheric environments, sci-fi ambiance, trade shows, scientific projects, corporate presentations and forensic dramas. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Mid-tempo electronic track, with some hard distorted sounds to it. Acoustic string instruments join the chaos to make it more beautiful and even stranger!! Think of something between experimental electronica and soundtracks. Perfect for tense and dangerous scenes, sci-fi, thrillers, high technology. Instrumental, Electronic, Experimental
Chilled out very spacey sounding soft techno track with a floating beat overlaid with all manner of bleeps & pretty melodic sequences giving it a very atmospheric modern feel, Instrumental, Electronic, Dubtronica
Darkly, cold ambient with mysterious synths, spherical pads, scary effects and a smooth beat. Perfect as a score track for mystery, horror and science fiction! Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Electronic textures describing the mysterious atmosphere of the megalithic temples found in archaeological sites on the island of Malta.Dramatic, film music, TV, documentary, video games, Soundscape, Sci-Fi, space, deep, underwater. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Mysterious, dark underscore with a high sense of danger, tension and suspense. Piano, strings and electronics build the atmosphere. Perfectly suitable for crime investigation, impending discoveries, undercover agents, secret missions, exploring a crime scene. Also good for game shows and reality tv. Instrumental, Dangerous, Mysterious Music
Warm floating atmospheric Soundscape over slow tribal drums. Beautiful, mysterious, spacious. Good for medical healing, travel, supernatural, adult drama meditative, open spaces, rural, scientific discovery, space. Available as ambient soundscape, and also with drum/percussion/loops underpinnings. Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music
A dark and scary bed of bone chilling SFX. Percussive hits, stabs and eerie synthesizers paint a lonely and barren landscape sure to send chills up and down the spine. Works very well for Halloween, suspense, horror, thriller and mystery. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
A dark and scary bed of bone chilling SFX. Percussive hits, stabs and eerie synthesizers paint a lonely and barren landscape sure to send chills up and down the spine. Works very well for Halloween, suspense, horror, thriller and mystery. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
A moody, ambient, bass driven track featuring modern electronic sounds and sleek ambient textures. Works well for cool and hip background music, video game looping, and anything from chill out to tense film scenes. Universal vibe makes this track good for mysteries, drama, and science, as well. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Dark, ice cold chilly sound. Sinister synthesizer and distorted electric guitar, delivering psychedelic, haunting rhythms. Choice track for alternative hip edgy market, underground club scene. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Unpredictable, Dark music for Horror, Sci-Fi, Suspense & Thriller cinema, internet media, & video game environments - featuring electric guitars, multi-layered, dense electronics, surprising synth appearances, & tense harmonies, this music is uniquely macabre in its dynamic sound-design arrangement. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Smooth sounding electro - pop piece. A technological intro precedes a glamorous female vocal guiding the listener into an hypnotic chart hit. Catchy hooks and ear candy sparkle this pulsating track! For commercials, trailers and series evoking youth, teens, energy, passion and action. Female Vocals, Pop, Pop/EDM
Dark and brooding piece - highly atmospheric. A loon calls out. Soft hi-hat rhythm and gentle synth bass. keyboard suggests travelling or walking while mysterious and sometimes sinister elements are in the atmosphere. A sudden rain shower with thunder. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
A warm and comforting ambient, pop crossover. Gently pulsating electronic drums, warm electric pianos. Dreamy, reflective, heartwarming. Mellow and relaxing. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Perfect soundtrack music for a horror film, bold, threatening, edgy, growing to downright chaotic! Heavy breathing effects at one point. The perfect suspense building for a thriller, suspense or horror film or scene. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
A dark and scary bed of bone chilling SFX. Percussive hits, stabs and eerie synthesizers paint a lonely and barren landscape sure to send chills up and down the spine. Works very well for Halloween, suspense, horror, thriller and mystery. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Cool ambient chill instrumental song with a spacey guitar and groovy electric bass. Nice chill drive song. Long mesmerizing groove with the drums changing sounds as the song progresses. Great as background music for ambience and atmospheres, voice overs or as reflective underscore. Nice! Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Mystical and hypnotic, ambient electroica music with soft electric melody. Calm and reflective instrumental with serenity atmosphere and light melancholy. Dreamy, flowing and atmospheric. Downtempo chill out coldwave both Smooth and Delicate featuring detective bass line, beat and electric piano. Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Very hard to categorize this track; it's a mystical, electronic, dark-dub influenced underscore / background groove, A sense of underlying movement, mystery and atmosphere, Good for crime drama, forensics / investigation, underscores for urban and technology based content, Has a sense of, Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Great for setting a sparse dark mood. All synths and FX with slight pulsating beats. Will work nicely on suspense scenes. Can be used in halloween or horror productions and is great for setting up action scenes! Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
Great for setting a sparse dark mood. All synths and FX with slight pulsating beats. Will work nicely on suspense scenes. Great setup for things about to go wrong or an unpleasant event about to happen. Track is sparse and surprising! Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
