334 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Tension"

Mystical and dramatic ambient music line for various uses. Created with ardour, zynaddsubfx vst and some noise sample from here.

Sfx sound made using a reversed saxophone sampled from and old jazz vinyl and an helicopter flying over my house, processed with couple of effects.

Cinematic bass synth pad. [format: wav][license: cc 0].

Sound of someone plucking stretched rubber bands like a stringed instrument. Could be used as a tension builder or shock hit for a creepy gross-out scene.

The spigot of a metal sink being twisted and rubbed with damp fingers. Possibly good for creature scream or whine sfx.

An exercise thing which you squeeze that makes a loud creaking noiserecorded in a very dry room with a mid-sides mic setup. Mics used were akg 414, and an oktava mk-012-01 pencil condenser.

An exercise thing which you squeeze that makes a loud creaking noise, sounds interesting pitched down. Recorded with a mid-sides mic setup. Mics used were akg 414, and an oktava mk-012-01 pencil condenser.

A stretched and reverberated version of the final minor 9 chord of my song for solo piano, titled fate. It had no purpose just sitting in my audio folder so i decided to upload it here. Enjoy!.

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This is a sound effect i created using bfxr. You don't need to credit me. You can support me by donating to my ko-fi page here: https://ko-fi. Com/staycalm182.

I came across my son's old wind up crib mobile and decided to put the mics on it. The song plays 9 times, then runs out of spring tension on the 10th pass.

Imaginary soundtrack for an underwater skirmish using mimeophon morphagene and erbe-verb from makenoise. Lots of torpedo, sonar, and dripping water and waiting. . . For the bang. . .

As the title describes: a cinematic atmospheric element. A compilation of 6 different synths including a percussive base line underneath. Composed on magix music maker 2016 live, with cinematic synth, analogue synth & dn-e1 synth.

An old can opener struggling to work, is the perfect and horrific sound for a project deserving of some added tension. (creative commons by) feel free to use and edit this sound in whatever way your heart desires!.

Took one of these:. Http://freesound. Org/people/fromesound/sounds/318771/#comments. Time stretched it a bit on audition, then added a nice reverb in reason, then did a little editing in audacity. 즐기세요.

A man singing with the sounds of the on coming train/ subway car, and mumbling along with the naturally amplified sound of the over head fluorescent lamps. .

Percussive sombre reverb drone from a piano chord using makenoise echophon morphagene and mimeophon with erbe-verb. Rendered in reaper @ 48khz 32 bit fp. Add howling wolves to taste. Enjoy!.

I wrote this to add some tension in the background of a villians monologue right before a fight. If you use this, please credit ian mulloy music. Https://ianm-music. Bandcamp. Com/.

You can use this sound in any project you want for free, but please also consider supporting me via patreon (1$) : https://bit. Ly/patreon22.

You can use this sound in any project you want for free, but please also consider supporting me via patreon (1$) : https://bit. Ly/patreon22.

My old mechanical alarm clock ticking away the time until the alarm goes off, a the end you can hear it slowing down a bit, as the tension unwinds.

A bag of broken glass punched with a bamboo stick. Recorded with a roland r-05, processed with logic x (saturated, eq'd). If you would like to support this channel, please visit: https://ko-fi. Com/gregorquendel. Https://www. Gregorquendel. Com.

A low rumble with a reverse scream like effect. Made by me with audacity. Use to your hearts content for your own projects or other things i dont know. Im sure you'll find some good uses for it.

A man singing with the sounds of the on coming train/ subway car, and mumbling along with the naturally amplified sound of the over head fluorescent lamps. -. Wav.

Reminds me of bats and the search for the origin of the covid-19 virus. A little bit scary. . . All ours. . . Going viral - soon?.

An edit of the wooden sound of minigunfiend, to make it a cool tension thriller suspense sfx, nearly musical. Multiple of plugin were used. Tune to fmin in a way. Original sound:https://freesound. Org/people/minigunfiend/sounds/175205/. The description was: "scary sounds is a set of spine-chilling noises and creepy creatures. All the sorts of sounds you might hear in and around a haunted house. " and i kept going in this direction with a more ambiant vibe.

By using a frequency filter by setting its oscillations in variable arrays on the piano preset - i was able to make most of these sounds. Also vocoding and feedbacks and feed throughs were happening. Then they were altered in audacity.

The synthetic mooring ropes of a cruise liner around a bollard creak under the strain as the ship moves. The ship's gangplank groans in the background as it rubs against the paving of the quayside.

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.

This is a hip hop beat with a dark twist. Would work great for cinematic use in a horror or action film to build tension and the feelin of horror! created in fl studio.

A recreation of the deep angry g note we all heard in epic hollywood action trailers. Sounds also a bit like the tripods from "war of the worlds". Made with fl studio.

I recorded the music when i was on the lava dance party, on the far far kububu planet. Since it's so far, you could use anyhow you want!.

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

Long knife being sharpened down a steel. Recorded on r09hr in kitchen then gain enhanced and processed in digital performer with proverb to give an eerie one shot effect that can be used to create tension and foreboding in horror films or events.

Català. So de vent reverberat, pensat per a un moment de suspens. Creat per l'adrià aubert i el damià duran. English. Reveb wind sound. Thougth for a suspens moment. Created by adrià aubert and damià duran.

Synthesized string ensemble short. Long decay, wide stereo image. Made to help you build tension in your amateur movie. Synthesized with zynaddsubfx inside lmms (96khz/32-bit). Edited and normalized with audacity, then saved as 24-bit flac.

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!.

This is some more edirol 'composing' this time using an arpeggiater and just really letting midi do its thing. I don't really remember how or why i composed this or what i used it for (if anything) but it's quite dramatic, isn't it?!.

An atonal, cacophonous series of plucked strings with a timpani in the background to try and create a prickly feeling. Originally made to be used in a horror game i am working on. This clip should loop nicely. All the sounds are from fl studio with an old version of garritan personal orchestra plugin.

This is a sound effect i created using chiptone. You don't need to credit me. You can download this sound effect as needed and use it for any project. You can support me by donating to my ko-fi page here: https://ko-fi. Com/staycalm182.

An ominous ambient background hum that is heavy on the bass and with other layers to add subtle complexity. Loopable. Good for a dramatic scene on a space ship to add tension. Created in adobe audition.

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Horror music for my new horror game. Feel free to use it for your own projects, just keep the license in mind. Created with a sytnheziser and recorded with magix studio. Friendly reminder: this sound is attributional. If you don't know what that means you should check the link under the download button.

An old unfinished loop i made in fl studio (version 6 at the time i believe). It contains some dark ambient drones in the second half that adds a bit of mysteriousness to it. Perfectly loopable and free to use wherever you want!.

Pills being taken out of a metal wrapper: a very distinct metallic sound can be heard. It is sharp and high-pitched. You can hear a pop when the pill is being taking out of it's housing. Great to create tension in a scene. Recorded with the zoom h6, rode ntg.

Voice sampled in arbhar mixed into erbe-verb morphagene beat sample. Dream conversation like in the call of cuthulu warped voice much tension. Recorded into reaper, rendered at 48khz 32 bit fp wit markers for morphagene. Enjoy! if you like it, let me know.

This is a sound effect i created using chiptone. You don't need to credit me. You can download this sound effect as needed and use it for any project. I would appreciate it if you support me on ko-fi: https://ko-fi. Com/staycalm182.

Heavily distorted monster drone in c, using a double bass and viola heavily processed in cubase. Please feel free to credit me if you're using it somewhere. . . ;)contact me for more info!!!.

Class assignment. The goal is to create a sound based off of a rare/unique word. Word chosen: chrysalism n. The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly. .

Imaginary futuristic car driving through desert. Danger in the air. Scifi tension. Instruments used for sounddesign: pro 53 (sound of car and wind) and the freeware synthesizer da hornet (artificial horror sound). Slow lfos, filter and pwm modulation,3 voice unisono, internal chorus fx (pro 53), no additional effects, faded out. Da hornet - fast pitchmodulation.