
DARK DRAMA: BREAKING POINT
This album sets the stage for pacey and tense mysteries as they move from high stakes investigation to deadly confrontation. Whether in darkened toolsheds and basements, on encrypted hard drives or in remote areas with black-op bases, the high tension search for clues can quickly become a high speed chase or an all out showdown, and these tracks offer a stylish modern take on tension and suspense blending pulsing synth sounds and percussion with high stakes intensity on acoustic instruments.
Intriguing Investigation
Track
Dauer
Joerg Huettner
This pulsing, building cinematic cue creates a escalating sense of scale and high stakes with a widescreen, emotive hybrid textural palette.
2:10
Ryan Lester
Relentless pressure and pace build tension throughout this dark, driving underscore piece.
1:58
Chris Hajian
Gritty, aggressive synths create a sense of danger and modern style to this suspenseful investigative cue. Marcato strings add a classy intensity to the steady driving pace.
1:34
David P. Wolfert
This unsettling, melancholy minimalist piece uses pulsing synths and strings to create an emotional sense of mystery and loss.
2:00
Gary Arthur Piatt
Ominous, grave piano and percussion create a reflective, investigative tension on this dark underscore cue.
1:38
JoAnne Harris
This tense, driving hybrid orchestral cue uses steady marcato strings and intriguing, techie synth figures to create an investigative modern suspense.
2:03
Gary Arthur Piatt
This mysterious, worldly, intriguing cue uses a subtle percussive pulse and a hammer dulcimer lead to create a dark, cool dignified investigative sound.
1:53
Henry Terepka
Pulsing darkness and tense reflective melancholy fill this fast-paced, grave underscore cue.
1:55
Gary Arthur Piatt
This tense, mysterious, unsettling cue uses a curious and disturbing piano melody and tense, pulsing synths and percussion to create a cool investigative mood.
1:55
Joerg Huettner
Tense, analytical pulses break into excited, intriguing mallets on this pacey, building investigative action cue.
2:10
David Edward Brent
Poisonous, unsettling synthetic arpeggios and oppressive, percussive atmosphere creates a deadly tension in this urgent, dark track.
1:43
Gary Arthur Piatt
This tense, pulsing dark underscore cue uses steady synths and flowing, anxious pads to create a suspenseful modern sound.
1:55
Impending Conflict
Track
Dauer
Michael Dean Parsons
Grave yet exciting orchestral percussion and a dark bass pulse create a mood of conflict and escalating tension on this building hybrid cue.
1:33
Chris Hajian
This driving, serious, urgent orchestral hybrid track has a grave, insistent piano, marcato strings and cinematic percussion.
1:38
Michael Dean Parsons
Urgent, dangerous strings arpeggios create a sense of pace and push in this escalating, tense dark underscore cue.
1:34
Jeffrey Francis Bichaylo
This driving, menacing textural dark underscore cue builds an ominous synth pulse into a creepy, foreboding piano melody in the second half.
1:54
Devin Bronson, Joerg Huettner
Intense, driving pace and urgent synth arpeggios underpin this sweeping, grave tension cue.
2:10
Gary Arthur Piatt
Pounding drum hits and tense synths create action-packed driving motion in this menacing, forceful dark cue.
1:45
Ethan Deppe
Pulsing, menacing mallets and flowing, dark strings create a fleeting, urgent tension in this unsettling tense underscore.
1:41
Devin Bronson, Joerg Huettner
This tense track starts off eerie and ominous and builds with dark, cinematic percussion and reverberating guitar into a fever pitch of threatening, frightening action.
1:52
Devin Bronson, Joerg Huettner
This fleeting, cinematic dark underscore cues features a relentless urgency and ambiance.
2:14
Devin Bronson, Joerg Huettner
This epic, driving cue features percussive guitar and drums, sweeping strings, and relentless tension.
2:07
Joerg Huettner
Fast-paced synth and drums create a sophisticated, urgent tension on this driving dark cue.
2:09
Edward Louis Goldman
This grave, serious, dangerous-sounding track has pace and escalating tension.
1:33
Marc Paul Walloch
Tense, dark synth bass and creepy piano figures create a menacing drive on this urgent dark cue.
1:39