Horror, Suspense and Sci Fi
I have written a lot of music for horror, suspense and sci fi projects, it is style I know well and in which I enjoy immersing myself as a composer. Darkness (musical and emotional) sits at the core of most of these pieces, the music is characterized by its ominous, and unsettling soundscapes, often incorporating unconventional instrumental timbres, dissonant harmonies and eerie silences to evoke a sense of fear, unease, and uncertainty. Featuring a range of instruments and techniques, from haunting orchestral textures and creepy ambient pads to jarring percussive effects and distorted electronics, these scores frequently employ tense, pulsing rhythms, and unnerving melodic motifs to create an atmosphere of suspense and fright, but also to evoke intense emotional sonorities when called by the action on screen. This music can be jarring, emotive and unpredictable, the atmosphere can change from a clear sense of tension and fear to slow evolving dark soundscapes. Tension is always present and driving the action forward to an inevitable climax.
“Darkness (musical and emotional) sits at the core of most of these pieces, the music is characterized by its ominous, and unsettling soundscapes, often incorporating unconventional instrumental timbres, dissonant harmonies and eerie silences to evoke a sense of fear, unease, and uncertainty.”
Track details
- Alone, (Cello, Synths, drone, dark, desolate, desert, hopeless 116 bpm)
- Catacombs (Synths, Beat, Drones, tense, dark, opressive, omnious 86 bpm)
- Confused (Drone, Synths, SOunds, sparse, intrigued, dazed, 109 bpm)
- Creeping Darkness, Opening (Synths, Cello, Harp, dark, desolate, atmospheric, tense 103 bpm)
- Darcy’s Surprise (Orchestra, strings, hit, rip, tense followed by corky, bouncy crewscendo 139 bpm)
- Death Rises (Strings, Brass, tense, scary, crescendo 120 bpm)
- Full Moon (Synths, beat, percussion, strings, drak, tense, fright, climax 150 bpm)
- Ghost in the Mirror (Orchestra, Synths, tense, fear, horror, suspense, sparse 64 bpm)
- Happy Savages (Orchestra, Rips, Strings, dark, tense, scary, various tempos toi 136 bpm)
- Hiding (Synths, reversed sounds, dark, tense, atmospheric, creepy, slow 67 bpm)
- Hunting Us (Synths, beat, sparse, tense, foreboding 90 bpm)
- In Darkness (Synths, random sounds, sparse, tense, lost, dark 69 bpm)
- In Her Death Bed (Strings, Synths, cello, dark, somber, loss 100 bpm)
- Killing Forest (Strings, Orchestra, Percussion, SFX, melodic dark, horror, suspense, evil 136 bpm)
- La Criatura (Orchestra, Piano, corky, suspense, happy end 126 bpm)
- Light the Fire (Synths, percussion, beat, reversed strings, tense, creeping, intense, suspenseful 129 133 bpm)
- Luna Opening and House (Synths, reversed sounds, percussion, dark, somber, tense, atmospheric, creepy 124 bpm)
- Lurking Danger (Synths, Perc, SFX, industrial, pervasive, stress, danger 120 bpm)
- Memory Fog (Reversed Synths, SOunds, dark, lost, sparse 113 bpm)
- Planet Fear (Synths, Drones, Perc, Brass, ostinato, tense, danger, suspense 120 bpm)
- Shaman Forest (Chant, synth, percussion, hit, mystery, magic, dark 120 bpm)
- Something is Outside (Synths, beat, Orchestra, dark, tense, fright, intense 129 bpm)
- The Basement (Synths, reversed sounds, beat, dark, tense, atmospheric, foreboding 74-144 bpm)
- The Creeping Darkness (Synths, Beat, Strings, Harp, dark, intense, suspensful 120 bpm)
- The Horde (Synths, Beat, E Piano, loops, dark, tense, danger, doom 113 bpm)
- The Machines (Synths, Perc, Hits, industrial, aggressive, violent 129 bpm)
- Wastelands (Synths, Drone, hopeless, arid, desolate 60 bpm)
- Werewolf (Synths, Percussion, reversed strings, tense, danger, dark, suspense, fear 144 bpm)
