Build dramatic tension from light peril & anxiety to suspenseful, dark tracks taking you to the edge of your seat. From primetime drama to big-screen blockbusters, reality or true-crime podcasts, it's the music you need to get your heart pumping harder...

The Tension Code

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Multi-instrumentalist and composer Philip Guyler’s work spans film, TV, video games and ad campaigns. Analogue Patterns’ hypnotic analogue synths and arpeggios build with pulsing bass, light percussion and dark ambient pads, from positive to eerie. 

Analogue Patterns

Philip Guyler

Eerie pressure vacuum sfx & sinister pads over a dark drone build to an exciting climax with driving bass, synth arps & percussion

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Pressure Vacuum

Sinister, mysterious & unsettling beds create unease & anxiety

Tension: Beds

Serious, understated & investigative - politics, news & technology

Tension: Current Affairs

Tension: Drones

Driving, percussive & menacing - terror that strikes

Tension: Drums & Percussion

Brooding bass, dark textures & pulsing synthscapes

Tension: Electronic

Ominous, dark & gritty - On the edge of your seat

Tension: Heavy

Bring the drama with pitch-black, horror-ready beats

Tension: Heavy: Hip Hop

From nightmarish strings to twisted electronics, discover spine-tingling soundscapes

Tension: Horror Toolkit

Urgent strings, brass swells & big percussion - build to a dramatic climax

Tension: Orchestral

Mysterious, stealthy & light - tense marimbas & strings

Tension: Dramedy

Sparse, tense & suspenseful - slight uneasiness

Tension: Light

Tense countdowns, hypnotic pulsing, heartbeats & clocks

Tension: Pulses & Ticking

Brooding, sinister & dark textures for real-life horror stories

Tension: True Crime

Thrilling, explosive & daring - Ready for battle!

Drama: Action

Poignant, riveting & powerful - Build to a critical climax

Drama: Heavy

Curious, reflective & touching -  Storytelling at it's finest

Drama: Documentary

Urgent, concerning & high intensity - Time is of the essence

Drama: Emergency

Ambient, melancholy & emotional - Set the stage

Drama: Light

Impactful, moving & bold - from emotional romances to cinematic thrillers

Drama: Prime Time Scores

Anticipation, dramatic builds & resolves - Dating shows, cooking competitions & home renovations

Reality TV: Drama

Eerie & anxious beats - from sneaky & suspicious to suspenseful & mysterious

Tension: Light: Hip Hop

Mystery, cliff-hangers & countdowns - Discover a world of uncertainty

Tension: Suspenseful

Chilling builds & epic crescendos for big reveals

Drama: Risers

Add impact with climactic percussion & drums

Drama: Hits & Booms

Unsettling, ominous & dark - textures that make your hair stand up

Tension: Soundscapes

Pensive piano provides the basis for this enigmatic collection from frequent collaborators Kes Loy and Barrie Gledden. Also featuring twisted synths, evolving pads, distorted bass, powerful drums and electronic beats, tracks build to anthemic climaxes.

Alternative Constructs

Barrie Gledden

Kes Loy

Pensive piano & twisted synths build with pounding drums to a tense climax

Embedded

Having previously enhanced projects for the London Philharmonic and Spike Jonze, Pulse finds composer Philip Guyler exploring mood-setting percussion. Urgent string and marimba ostinato mingle with positive piano, driving synths and mallet patterns.

Pulse

Urgent string & marimba ostinati build with driving synth pulse & percussion. Positive with a news/current affairs feel

Inside Story

Award-winning composer, mixer and producer Paul Ressel and woodwind expert Theo Travis build intensity with emotional woodwind, sorrowful clarinet and melancholy, mysterious piano, strings, dark synth textures and atmospheric drone.

Unresolved

Theo Travis

Paul Ressel

Pensive Fender Rhodes & mysterious synth textures over a repetitive bass guitar riff & atmospheric drone

Laura's Lament

Infotech is a blend of futuristic synth and percussion patterns with celestial textures, spacey sound design, bass pulse, distorted effects, light drones and pulses. From dark and atmospheric to dreamy and mysterious. 

Infotech

Igor Dvorkin

Duncan Pittock

Ellie Kidd

Tense driving percussion with menacing synths & textures build to a frenzied, throbbing meltdown 

Scare Tactics

Ivor Novello award winners The Flight create moods from pensive to explosive with positive pulsing synths, lush, sweeping strings, soft piano and guitar-led hybrid orchestral, building to upbeat, hopeful endings.

Hall Of Mirrors

Alexis Smith

Joe Henson

Michael Georgiades

Mysterious pulsing synths, low piano & guitar melody transitions with beats to more upbeat climax

A Beautiful Guest

Italian composer Dario Forzato shares a spine-tingling set, ideal for horror soundtracks. Detuned piano mingles with eerie music box motifs, claustrophobic cello, sinister drones, aggressive metal guitars, and a succession of haunting, disembodied voices.

Escape Room

Dario Forzato

Omar Fadel

Ghostly music box & child's vocal melody combine with sinister piano, huge hits, angry metal guitars & evil textures  

Acid Wash

US based producer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Thompson presents powerful, feelgood, forward-moving hip hop, taking in both mellow grooves and EDM influences. Instrumentation includes piano, 808s, DJ scratching, live drums, melodic synths and vocal FX.

Beats N Bags

Benjamin Thompson

Dark, epic hip hop with affected piano, driving beats, claps, hits & catchy melodies

Big Vibes

A choral expert and conductor for global symphony orchestras, Ben Parry has recorded with EMI, Decca, Virgin and Signum. His choir of 20 sopranos form a heavenly gathering of celestial voices, with ethereal C major and C minor chord reveals.

Ethereal Reveals

Ben Parry

Scary choral crescendo reveal sung by 20 sopranos

Scary Screams

Brimming with drama, discover crime-driven tension cues by award-winning composer Glen Gabriel. Suspenseful arrangements include ominous strings, mournful piano, mysterious synths and anxious guitar patterns.

Cold Trails

Glen Gabriel Jansson

Tension, drama & suspense. Rhythmic guitars, dark strings & piano build with percussion & driving bass to a dramatic climax

Drug Lab Raid

A master of mood, composer and multi-instrumentalist Philip Guyler presents forward-moving instrumentals powered by bright piano and positive marimba. Minimalist arrangements also feature light synth arpeggios, acoustic guitar, bass and percussion.

Set In Motion

Positive rhythmic piano & marimba build with light synth arpeggios, bass & percussion. Minimalist feel

Preparations

Composer and producer, Dario Forzato blends brooding electric guitar and dobro slide with minimalist piano melody, ambient pads, arpeggiated synths and guitar motifs, to create mysterious, tense and suspenseful moods. 

Pulse Perceptions

Hypnotic bell loop effect builds with driving rhythmic muted guitar, pensive lead melody, pulsing synths & percussion

Pulsing Veins

A tensely atmospheric set of drones and pulses, courtesy of percussionist Paul Clarvis and world fusion composer Michael Tedstone. Insistent piano, mysterious strings, eerie textures, mellow Rhodes, vibraphone, hand drum rhythms and light percussion.

Drones & Pulse

Michael Tedstone

Paul Clarvis

Curious rhythmic motif above mysterious strings, eerie textures, sparse piano & light percussion

Autopilot

Brooding dobro slide melody over pulsing guitars, driving light electronic percussion & arpeggiated synths 

Turn In Time

Expert producer/composers Devin Powers and Michael Lee from Powers Music Group, create tense rhythmic synths with menacing, warped bass, eerie ambient textures and brooding pads, building to a dramatic climax.

Fatality

Mark Devin Powers Adao

Michael Hsiang Lee

Driving synth riff & pulses build with dark pads, mysterious guitar, drums & riser fx to a tense string led climax

Internal Conflict

Pensive piano, ominous strings, powerful percussion, drones and synths combine in this dramatic collection by experienced Hollywood composer Harry Lightfoot (Top Gun: Maverick, Encanto, Soul). Anxious climaxes abound.

Feel The Heat

Harry Lightfoot

Mysterious violins & piano build with tense pulsing strings, synths & heavy percussion to a gripping climax

Intelligence Gathering

Built around uplifting marimba patterns over bowed bass marimba, enjoy an inquisitive collection from composer Christopher Baron. Additional instrumentation includes wistful piano, vibraphone, gentle pads, light percussion and curious mallets.

Discovery

Christopher Baron

Bright rhythmic marimba with bowed bass marimba, airy vocal pads & percussion. Builds to a positive uplifting ending

Swirling Winds

Marimba and synth ostinato build a variety of moods, from mysterious and hypnotic, to inquisitive and urgent, joining with minimal piano and light percussion. 

Percussive Patterns

Urgent pulsating synth & marimba ostinato under moody atmospherics build with driving percussion to tense climax

Urgent Questions

Driving electric guitar pulse builds with minimalist piano melody, synths & percussion. Lightly tense & mysterious

Free To Speak

Melancholy piano, sparking synths & cello melody builds gradually with guitar & beats to hopeful ending

Tell Me Everything

Dramatic orchestral tension with dynamic energy

Tense Momentum

Mark Petrie

Andrew Prahlow

Tense, building drama with echo guitar motif pulsing bass, drums & strings

Clash

Skripture joins forces with beatmaker William Davies for a collection of impactful, orchestral trap encompassing moods from menacing to introspective. Expect simmering piano, foreboding strings, eerie synths, heavy bass, banging 808s and hard trap drums.

Shook

Sean Allen

William Davies

Trepidatious trap with poignant piano themes & tension-building string motifs

Bloody Skies

Blockbuster expert Luke Richards’ perfect mix for classic crime and psychological thrillers has intriguing strings and sinister percussion, ambient pads, pulses and tense, ominous orchestra builds with a nail-biting climax. Cinematic suspense: guaranteed.

The Five Boroughs

Luke Richards

Moody dramatic orchestral intro gives way to tense strings & pulsing percussion. Cinematic suspense throughout

East River Homicide

Mysterious synth pulses with menacing warped bass, percussion & explosive riser fx. Sparse & tense

Whole New Perspective 16 (15)

Voodoo Acquisition

By Venezuela-born, California-based composers Juan Carlos Rodriguez and Elias Serpa, this collection of percussive hits and swells is a must-have in any editor’s toolkit. Combines deep hits featuring long, boomy tails with long synth textures.

Hits & Swells

Elías Serpa

Ticking percussion with deep drum hits & swells

Urgent Ending

Middle Eastern folk and fusion, from uptempo and dynamic to mournful and haunting, from Grammy-nominated Glenn Sharp. Featuring intense kamancheh and tanbour, lively Iranian lutes and oud over energetic percussion and brooding soundscapes.

Aseman

Glenn Sharp

Farshid Mahyari

Brooding soundscape with deep ambient drone, eerie textures, timpani & cymbal swells. No santur