22 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Building Tension"

Tension building music sound.

The sound of tension rising getting louder and louder until it drops abruptly.

A minimal kickdrum beat, filtered up and down. Could be used to build tension under video content that already contains other audio.

Made in audacity.

Yet another short simple song i made on my keyboard.

A little string build-up i made. Made for suspense.

Reversed recording of hitting the low piano keys. Dark horror scene or flashback building up to a particular moment before release. Recorded stereo with a zoom h4n.

Tension-building soundscape background during a chase.

A sound created for a dramatic build in tension. Created by reversing and layering a number of percussion sounds. Edit: i see a lot of people are enjoying this sound! if you'd like to donate a dollar or two towards my personal starving artist fund here is a donation link: https://www. Paypal. Me/baharv89.

Spooky sound of water filling a washing machine, as heard by a doll trapped inside with an under layer of tension building sound.

A 'c' note reversed, reverbed and with a pitch increase. Did it three times changing the 'c' note to g#, a among others.

Two octave riser in key of c made with granular synthesis from samples i got off this website :).

Suspenseful strings building up to a horrific reveal. Made with audacity by altering: http://www. Freesound. Org/people/realtheremin/sounds/119014/.

Remix of soneprojects sample www. Freesound. Org/people/soneproject/sounds/334522/.

A piece i create using fl studio and ew composers cloud, great for building tension in films or video games. Shoot me a link if you use it!.

Slow build to a realization. Made some sounds for a film i worked on. Thought i should share since i use so many of the sounds from this website. =).

Edited and mixed samples from the versilian studios chamber orchestra library. Use the link below to download the samples in multiple versions: https://vis. Versilstudios. Com/vsco-2. Html.

Mechanical synth swell fx pad. Kinda dark undertones with a bit of distortion. Licence: cc 0.

The last one for this year. Recording of a small gong. Processed in steinberg cubase 9. No layering. Here's the source material:http://freesound. Org/people/cabled_mess/sounds/369428/. Have fun!.

Made using a logic x. Cant beat a good arpeggiator. I put this together for a cheesy action movie style entrance after the hero is presumed dead but makes a dramatic return with plenty of smoke and back lighting. Enjoy.

I did a two week artist residency at paradise air (http://paradiseair. Info), in matsudo, chiba, japan. I recorded a lot of sounds in the area, and edited them into a series of thrilling sound effects.

I just hit a glass with a spoon. Contains a little intended oversteer at the end. Recorded with the t. Bone sc450usb. Edit 2022: if you have published something with this sound on the internet or i can look at it some other way, you can dm it to me if you want. I would love to see what it has been used for!.