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Suspense music for film, TV and advertising

Slow-building tension for thrillers, true crime, reveals and the moment before the cut. These albums lean on pulses, low strings, sparse piano and drones that hold a scene without stepping on dialogue.

Often used for film and documentary work, trailers and TV and news promos.

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Suspense music albums

The albums in our catalog where suspense runs through most of the record, ranked by how much of each album carries it. Every track is licensed through ITGM with the rights handled for you. See how licensing works, or let our music supervisors pull a shortlist for your cut.

You Want Marimba with That?: Naturally Inquisitve album coverYou Want Marimba with That?: Naturally InquisitveLee BlaskeYou Want Marimba With That?: Technology or Magic? album coverYou Want Marimba With That?: Technology or Magic?Lee BlaskeSeek and Destroy album coverSeek and DestroyITG StudiosNo Man's Land album coverNo Man's LandITG StudiosAffliction album coverAfflictionITG StudiosGrand Discoveries album coverGrand DiscoveriesITG StudiosPart 15: Percussive Drones album coverPart 15: Percussive DronesINSIGHTPart 24: String Stabs album coverPart 24: String StabsINSIGHTPart 19: Marimba album coverPart 19: MarimbaINSIGHT30 Seconds of Mayhem album cover30 Seconds of MayhemITG StudiosStrike Force album coverStrike ForceTRAILER BROTHERSPart 21: Cold Opens album coverPart 21: Cold OpensINSIGHTIlluminati Absolutism album coverIlluminati AbsolutismITG StudiosBallistic album coverBallisticITG Studiost_w_o album covert_w_ot_w_oDrama Reflect album coverDrama ReflectFRESH EARMADE TO INSPIRE album coverMADE TO INSPIREBEATS FRESHWe Are Limitless album coverWe Are LimitlessBEATS FRESHChallenge Accepted album coverChallenge AcceptedBEATS FRESHTIME TO WAKE UP album coverTIME TO WAKE UPBEATS FRESHHEARTFULL album coverHEARTFULLBEATS FRESHYou Want Marimba with That?: In Concert album coverYou Want Marimba with That?: In ConcertLee BlaskePHASE 108: Sinister Strings album coverPHASE 108: Sinister StringsNEXTAtlas Axis album coverAtlas AxisITG StudiosYou Want Marimba With That?: Upon Further Investigation album coverYou Want Marimba With That?: Upon Further InvestigationLee BlaskePHASE 115: Against The Clock album coverPHASE 115: Against The ClockNEXTThe Universal Cinemachine album coverThe Universal CinemachineITG StudiosPart 18: Enders album coverPart 18: EndersINSIGHTPHASE 113: Enders V album coverPHASE 113: Enders VNEXTPHASE 102: Eerie Unnerving Minimal album coverPHASE 102: Eerie Unnerving MinimalNEXTPHASE 100: Solving the Crime album coverPHASE 100: Solving the CrimeNEXTPHASE 19: Enders album coverPHASE 19: EndersNEXTBattle Horns & War Chants album coverBattle Horns & War ChantsAndy ZaniniThreshold Cranked album coverThreshold CrankedITG StudiosPHASE 112: Courtroom Drama 2 album coverPHASE 112: Courtroom Drama 2NEXTPHASE 71 : Scoring Tools 2 album coverPHASE 71 : Scoring Tools 2NEXTPart 14: Tension album coverPart 14: TensionINSIGHTCinematic Urgency album coverCinematic UrgencyITG StudiosPart 16: Pulses 2 album coverPart 16: Pulses 2INSIGHTDark Suburbs album coverDark SuburbsFrancesco SianoPHASE 40 : Opens album coverPHASE 40 : OpensNEXTChapter 14 : Ticks and Tocks Dark album coverChapter 14 : Ticks and Tocks DarkVITALYou Want Marimba With That?: Around the World album coverYou Want Marimba With That?: Around the WorldLee BlaskePHASE 38: String Stabs album coverPHASE 38: String StabsNEXTChapter 24: Dark Thoughts album coverChapter 24: Dark ThoughtsVITALIlluminati Virulent album coverIlluminati VirulentITG StudiosPulse Fiction album coverPulse FictionRing MusikPart 9: Scoring Tools album coverPart 9: Scoring ToolsINSIGHTOdyssey album coverOdysseyITG StudiosChapter 4 : Pulses Scary album coverChapter 4 : Pulses ScaryVITALPHASE 68 : Action Percussion 4 album coverPHASE 68 : Action Percussion 4NEXTJekyll & Hyde album coverJekyll & HydeZac SelissenPHASE 88: Crime Scary Murder album coverPHASE 88: Crime Scary MurderNEXTThe Investigation Equation album coverThe Investigation EquationITG StudiosMan vs Mountain album coverMan vs MountainITG StudiosChapter 10: String Stabs album coverChapter 10: String StabsVITALPHASE 55 : Enders 3 album coverPHASE 55 : Enders 3NEXTJourney To The Land Of album coverJourney To The Land OfITG StudiosPart 1: Action Percussion album coverPart 1: Action PercussionINSIGHTBlack Water: The Storm album coverBlack Water: The StormITG Studios

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