PlaylistTension: Horror Toolkit

1. 

   Scary Screams4066/4

   Ben Parry (PRS)

   4 mixesScary choral crescendo reveal sung by 20 sopranos

    

   0:10
2. 

   Bloodstain 34047/51

   Jessica Dannheisser (PRS)

   11 mixesSpooky piano & mysterious strings build in suspense with ticking rhythms & pulsing synths to a dark outro. Lighter mix

    

   2:5465 BPM
3. 

   Demonic Possession2983/4

   Chris Egan (PRS)Andrew Cooksley (PRS)

   19 mixesDisturbing orchestral soundscape with broken clocks & jarring interjections

    

   2:22
4. 

   Do Droids Dream 33935/49

   Steve Slides (ASCAP)Jon Ong (BMI)

   13 mixesDark atmospherics, haunting vocal FX & analogue synth textures & notes gradually build with high strings to tense climax with brass. No percussion

    

   2:4785 BPM
5. 

   Disorientated4028/7

   Matt Sanchez (PRS)

   13 mixesMenacing drones, tones & textures featuring bowed glass & metals with nightmarish sound design

    

   2:3478 BPM
6. 

   Demon Eye3903/6

   Stefano Civetta (PRS)Duncan Pittock (PRS)

   18 mixesForeboding low drone with creepy effects

    

   2:21
7. 

   Incantation3730/6

   Jody Jenkins (PRS)

   10 mixesMenacing discordant strings & low stabs build with guitar, tense synths & uneasy cello to a scary climax

    

   2:54
8. 

   Noir Investigation3831/7

   Michael Levine (ASCAP)

   14 mixesUneasy hybrid orchestral soundscape with tense beating synth bass & ominous delayed melody. Builds with sustained string chords

    

   3:3880 BPM
9. 

   Temperature Rising3730/3

   Jody Jenkins (PRS)

   9 mixesDystopian soundscape with sinister guitar, scary cello & dark pads builds to a terrifying crescendo of swirling textures

    

   3:1560 BPM
10. 

    Imminent Danger3715/1

    Theo Travis (PRS)Paul Ressel (PRS)

    14 mixesMoody soundscape with pulsing synth bass, low clarinet, pumping bass guitar line & insistent repeating lead guitar

     

    3:1860 BPM
11. 

    Fumes4102/6

    Philip Guyler (PRS)Paul Clarvis (PRS)

    6 mixesTense metronomic rhythms & pulses steadily build in menace with surging distorted pads & percussion crashes

     

    2:1165 BPM
12. 

    Caustic Cloud4087/2

    Noah Sorota (BMI)

    10 mixesMysterious strings build with menacing synths & electronic percussion to a tense driving section & sinister ending

     

    2:5682 BPM
13. 

    Counting Out4030/1

    Terry Devine-King (PRS)Paul Clarvis (PRS)

    15 mixesSlow building tension with percussion, ominous twisted synth textures, enigmatic motif & dark fx

     

    2:35132 BPM
14. 

    The Abyss3938/7

    Lorne Balfe (ASCAP)Steve Slides (ASCAP)

    12 mixesTense & hypnotic hybrid score with alien-like sound design & dark slow strings. Gives a sense of impending doom

     

    2:45158 BPM
15. 

    No Backing Down3849/3

    Mark Denis (SESAC)

    10 mixesEthereal plucks, razor-sharp screaming synths, piano, hard hitting drums & tense pulses build to a bold dramatic trailer finish

     

    2:43158 BPM
16. 

    Sub Aqua3649/6

    Dario Forzato (BMI)

    9 mixesSpooky piano over dark drones builds to eerie music box melody then falls into a claustrophobic chamber of horrors

     

    2:5674 BPM
17. 

    Overlook Hotel3261/1

    Pete Davis (PRS)James Banbury (PRS)

    10 mixesScary strings & menacing effects build slowly to suspenseful climax. The hotel from hell

     

    2:0995 BPM
18. 

    No Escape2659/4

    Barrie Gledden (PRS)Jessica Crabtree (PRS)

    8 mixesClaustrophobic dark electronica & nightmarish strings

     

    2:28110 BPM

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