PlaylistTension & Drama

Dramatic, stressful & captivating - On a knife's edge

Knife Fight4030/3
Terry Devine-King (PRS)Paul Clarvis (PRS)
16 mixesFast, tense heavy drums & percussion with disturbing synth pulses, drones & textures builds to dramatic ending

2:38170 BPM
Early Warning4076/3
Joe Henson (PRS)Alexis Smith (PRS)
13 mixesThreatening orchestral hybrid with electronic drums, synths, FX, lush strings & brass. Builds to building powerful climax

3:2690 BPM
Edge Of Jeopardy4077/2
Chris Warner (PRS)Ayanna Witter-Johnson (PRS)
19 mixesString orchestra on a tense mission with spiky staccato cello, percussion & insistent piano in tow

3:1390 BPM
Fractured Core3823/4
William Davies (PRS)Anton Flanders (PRS)Campbell E Browning (PRS)Pablo Love (PRS)
11 mixesTense orchestral trap hybrid with inquisitive string runs, arpeggiating piano, driving beats, vocal FX & sweeping conclusion

2:5590 BPM
Steady State4115/5
David Kelly (PRS)
10 mixesTense building drama with anxious strings, mysterious guitar motif, dark synths, pulsing bass & percussion

3:17100 BPM
Tense Situation3812/2
Paul Mottram (PRS)
17 mixesBuilding tension with solo violin, ominous pads, marimba, percussion & piano fx

2:30120 BPM
Hard Lesson3852/4
Gareth Johnson (PRS)
11 mixesTense cinematic hip hop with dark piano melodies, 808s, retro synth pads & guitars

2:5780 BPM
Mindgames4144/7
Harry Lightfoot (PRS)
17 mixesDramatic orchestra with driving strings, pounding drums & heroic brass builds from light piano & violin arpeggios opening

2:23120 BPM
Pulsing Veins4133/7
Dario Forzato (BMI)
15 mixesHypnotic bell loop effect builds with driving rhythmic muted guitar, pensive lead melody, pulsing synths & percussion

2:36104 BPM
Hudson Yards Break In4118/2
Luke Richards (PRS)
9 mixesTicking clock tension. Rapid pulsing synths build throughout with percussion & unsettling effects. The fuse is burning

2:41112 BPM
Gatekeeper4102/5
Philip Guyler (PRS)Paul Clarvis (PRS)
8 mixesSinister bottle blowing motif with ominous drones & sparse piano builds to a driving synth & percussion groove

3:1392 BPM
Frozen River4100/4
Olli Juhani Varis (BMI)
10 mixesHypnotic harp pattern builds to tense ending with dark distorted synths, electric guitars, tubular bells & drums

2:57106 BPM
Zenith4129/2
Kelly Mac (BMI)Aaron John Shapiro (BMI)
11 mixesHypnotic, dreamy hip hop with deep bass, warm synth pads, hooky synth melody, driving drumline style snares & piano

2:1274 BPM
Superluminal4096/7
Noah Sorota (BMI)
10 mixesMysterious synths & percussion build throughout to a tense climax with big menacing drums from calm piano opening

2:3778 BPM
Discrete Probabilities4081/3
Mark Devin Powers Adao (SESAC)Michael Hsiang Lee (SESAC)
22 mixesMenacing distorted bass & arpeggiated synths build with mysterious lead lines & driving strings to a tense climax

2:04118 BPM
High Tower4082/6
Abraham Benjamin Stewart (BMI)
8 mixesTense & menacing trap with quirky & gritty synths, bell sounds & 808s

2:3075 BPM
Shimmers4079/1
George Georgia (PRS)
9 mixesShimmering, stuttering, atmospheric synths & FX build to climax with industrial drums

2:58150 BPM
Rebel Roar4068/5
Aidan Hogg (APRA)
12 mixesForceful indie rock with dirty distorted riffs, big drums & soaring female backing vocals

2:1790 BPM
Playful Ghosts 24034/50
Michael Levine (ASCAP)Grace Davidson (PRS)
10 mixesTense, dramatic orchestra with driving strings & menacing brass builds from quirkly eerie piano & pizzicato opening

2:4170 BPM
The Getting4042/4
Kimberley Sarni (BMI)Oronne Nwaneri (BMI)George Prince Mathews (ASCAP)
10 mixesBrooding electronic focussed hip hop with dark synths, 808s & mid-tempo groove with dance drop

2:32128 BPM

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