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Title: Aftermath
Genre: Horror
Length: 3:13
Instrumentation: Piano, synths

This is a dark, almost inky feel - subtle, and texturally rich. 037 Dark, Eerie, Mysterious 2009

Title: Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins
Genre: Horror
Length: 0:46
Instrumentation: Piano, Strings
Tempo: 56

This piece takes its main theme from Chopin, completely reharmonizes it, and gives it a different setting. One of three pieces with this theme. 035 Dark, Mysterious, Somber 2009

Title: Quinn's Song: A New Man
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:45
Instrumentation: Piano, Strings, Choir, Tympani
Tempo: 55

This piece starts with piano, and ends with tymp. It uses a reharmonized theme taken from Chopin. One of 3 pieces with this theme. 038 Dark, Mysterious, Somber 2009

Title: Quinn's Song: First Night
Genre: Horror
Length: 5:12
Instrumentation: Synths, Piano
Tempo: 58

This piece contains 2 themes, one in 7/4 time, and another borrowed from Chopin - and set among very disturbing chords. 038 Dark, Mysterious, Somber 2009

Title: Awkward Meeting
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:24
Instrumentation: Piano, Synths

Simple piano theme drives this, but it sometimes buried under unnerving textures. 7/4 time, rubato. 038 Dark, Eerie, Intense, Mysterious, Mystical, Suspenseful, Unnerving 2009

Title: One of Them
Genre: Horror
Length: 3:32
Instrumentation: Strings, Synths, Choir, Brass

Calm opening with giant hit around 1:50 that calms down some and ends on grating tones. 006 Dark, Eerie, Intense, Unnerving 2009

Title: Decay
Genre: Horror
Length: 4:38
Instrumentation: Cymbal, Bass, Trombone, Bells

A very dark piece heavily featuring cymbal and bells. Frequent Cymbal usage creates unnerving feeling. 3:08 prolonged trombone. Lasts almost 30 seconds. This piece is great for an eerie atmosphere. 037 Dark, Eerie, Mysterious, Unnerving 2008

Title: Classic Horror 1
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:31
Instrumentation: Piano

Solo piano, which is not in tune (traditionally speaking). 4/4 time with some asymmetries. 006 Dark, Mysterious, Mystical, Unnerving 2008

Title: Classic Horror 2
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:15
Instrumentation: Piano

5/8 time gives this piano solo a really unsettling feel. It uses more of the range of the piano, and can be chopped up to suit scenes well. 038 Dark, Mysterious, Unnerving 2008

Title: Classic Horror 3
Genre: Horror
Length: 2:05
Instrumentation: Piano

Alternate tuning is very apparent here, Deep voicing lends a very ominous quality. Sounds more like the mind of someone who is breaking. 038 Dark, Intense, Mysterious, Unnerving 2008

Title: Long Note Four
Genre: Horror
Length: 10:00
Instrumentation: Piano, Choir, Violins, Basses, Percussion, Synths

A fairly intense beginning with a small piano part I pulled from a thing I wrote last week (Trio for Piano Violin and Viola), followed by a very long section of not moving much. 037 Dark, Eerie, Mystical, Somber 2008

Title: Dark Walk
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:26
Instrumentation: Piano, Organ, Strings, Synths

Simple motive countered by several striking dissonances. 035 Dark, Eerie, Somber, Unnerving 2008

Title: Unnatural Situation
Genre: Horror
Length: 2:38
Instrumentation: Piano, Synths

Piano with a tape delay and lots of dark colour in the background. 038 Dark, Eerie, Mysterious, Unnerving 2008

Title: Seven March
Genre: Horror
Length: 2:08
Instrumentation: Synths, Percussion

A piece in 7/8 time with 2-measure phrasing. Very dark and round sounding with randomly placed percussions. 038 Dark, Mysterious, Unnerving 2007

Title: Very Low Note
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:23
Instrumentation: Synth

Just a very low note (a C) to be used as a bed for any very unnerving and dark scene. 037 Dark, Eerie, Mysterious, Unnerving 2007

Title: Deep Noise
Genre: Horror
Length: 0:02
Instrumentation: Synths

Could be breathing, could be the wind, it is very dark, and kind of disturbing. 037 Dark, Eerie, Mysterious, Unnerving 2007

Title: Chase Pulse
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:57
Instrumentation: Synths, Percussion
Tempo: 135

Measured pace in low registers that just doesn't stop. 006 Dark, Driving, Mysterious 2007

Title: Chase Pulse Faster
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:37
Instrumentation: Synths
Tempo: 165

Same theme as "Chase Pulse" but with added percussion and a quicker pace. 006 Dark, Driving, Mysterious 2007

Title: Blue Sizzle
Genre: Horror
Length: 2:26
Instrumentation: Synths

Synth Pad with several swells. 006 Dark, Eerie, Unnerving 2007

Title: Night Break
Genre: Horror
Length: 2:12
Instrumentation: Synths

Edgy-sounding synths with several pulsing band-pass sweeps. 037 Dark, Eerie, Suspenseful, Unnerving 2007

Title: Land of the Dead
Genre: Horror
Length: 4:21
Instrumentation: Choirs, synth
Tempo: 90

A background pad full of human souls. A cacophony of choirs run in counter directions. This is very unpleasant to listen to at volume. 035 Dark, Mysterious, Unnerving 2007

Title: Zombie Hoodoo
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:26
Instrumentation: Piano, Synth

Simple piano line with dark atmospherics in the background. It says "Zombie", but it is useful for any number of creepy motifs. (This piece is related to Zombie Chase). 042 Unnerving, Eerie, Mystical, Mysterious, Suspenseful 2006

Title: Zombie Chase
Genre: Horror
Length: 2:23
Instrumentation: Percussion, Piano, Synth

Aggressive, but smooth action sequence; earthy and powerful, using the same piano theme as Zombie Hoodoo. 033 Driving, Action, Unnerving, Dark, Mysterious, Suspenseful 2006

Title: Unrelenting
Genre: Horror
Length: 2:20
Instrumentation: Strings, Choir

Aggressive low strings and a synth choir. Driving, Action, Epic, Dark 2006

Title: Children's Theme
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:07
Instrumentation: Glock, Synth

Progressively darker and darker version of "This Old Man". 038 Unnerving, Eerie 2006

Title: It is Lost
Genre: Horror
Length: 2:55
Instrumentation: Synth

Highly melodic pad with a sense of fleeting hope. 037 Dark, Unnerving, Eerie 2006

Title: Heart of the Beast
Genre: Horror
Length: 4:57
Instrumentation: Synth

Alien soundscape with touches of humanity. Low and smooth; discordant. 037 Dark, Unnerving, Eerie, Intense 2006

Title: Inner Sanctum
Genre: Horror
Length: 4:10
Instrumentation: Synth

Glimmering darkness with some smooth emergences and some sharp. Spectrally, this is all over the place. It creeps me out. 038 Dark, Unnerving, Eerie, Mystical 2006

Title: The Voices
Genre: Horror
Length: 4:15
Instrumentation: Synth

Almost comforting pad, were it not for the inhuman voice-like punctuations. 037 Dark, Unnerving, Eerie 2006

Title: Spacial Winds
Genre: Horror
Length: 2:26
Instrumentation: Synth

Clear bowed-bell theme over a sweeping dark digital pad. 037 Dark, Unnerving, Eerie 2006

Title: Midnight Meeting
Genre: Horror
Length: 0:50
Instrumentation: Organ

Pipe organ mini-fuge. 044 Dark, Somber, Mysterious 2006

Title: Dance of Deception
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:29
Instrumentation: Organ

Pipe organ piece. This is apparently a 'Czardas', a traditional Hungarian folk dance. I would like to thank Keith for the info. 006 Dark, Bouncy, Eerie 2006

Title: Land of Phantoms
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:59
Instrumentation: Percussion

More a creepy orchestral percussive soundscape than a piece of music with melody and harmony. That thing you can't identify is a gong being played abnormally. 035 Unnerving, Eerie, Suspenseful 2006

Title: Measured Paces
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:12
Instrumentation: Piano

Slow and measured quiet pulsing piano. For that "something is going on... and it probably won't be good" feel. 038 Unnerving, Mysterious, Eerie 2006

Title: The Dread
Genre: Horror
Length: 3:17
Instrumentation: Synth

Background horror music. Electronic. Slow, rumbly, and whiny Moderately unnerving. 037 Dark, Eerie, Mysterious 2005

Title: Unease
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:28
Instrumentation: Piano

Background horror music. Solo midrange piano. 038 Dark, Intense, Suspenseful 2005

Title: Trepidation
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:14
Instrumentation: Piano

Background horror music. Solo piano; low and loud. 038 Dark, Unnerving, 2005

Title: Nervous
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:58
Instrumentation: Piano

Background horror music. Solo piano; high and out of tune. 038 Unnerving, Mysterious, Mystical 2005

Title: Distant Tension
Genre: Horror
Length: 3:47
Instrumentation: Strings,Glock, Synth, Viola

Background horror music. Symphonic with some digital processing. Some tremolo basses in the beginning are meant to be removed and integrated on their own. 037 Unnerving, Somber, Eerie 2005

Title: Digital Bark
Genre: Horror
Length: 4:27
Instrumentation: Synth

Background horror music. Electronic. Kind of tech-horror sounding... Highly unnerving. 037 Dark, Unnerving, Mysterious, Eerie 2005

Title: Apprehension
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:19
Instrumentation: Synth

Background horror music. Electronic. Sparse and grating. 037 Dark, Mysterious 2005

Title: Anxiety
Genre: Horror
Length: 1:50
Instrumentation: Synth

Background horror music. Electronic. 038 Dark, Intense, Suspenseful 2005

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