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Gloom Horizon

Genre: Horror
Time: 2:08
Instruments: Basses, Cellos, Violins, Percussion
100 BPM (Moderato - A Bit Fast)
ISRC: USUAN1100813
© 2011 Kevin MacLeod

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Mournful piece with a nice melody. Melody starts at 40 seconds in. Feel free to chop out as much opening as is required. The low beat is a bass drum with the attacks cut off.

Dark, Intense, Mysterious, Suspenseful

Gloom Horizon by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Bump in the Night

Genre: Horror
Time: 1:52
Instruments: Percussion
113 BPM (Moderato - A Bit Fast)
ISRC: USUAN1100789
© 2011 Kevin MacLeod

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Haunting noises and a tribal drum permeate this eclectic soundscape, and just before the first minute is up demonic breathy noises give way to a chilling silence before the return of the pounding drum. Caution: Very bass heavy.

Dark, Intense, Unnerving

Bump in the Night by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Pop Goes the Weasel

Genre: Horror
Time: 1:09
Instruments: Strings, Percussion, Toy Piano
108 BPM (Moderato - A Bit Fast)
ISRC: USUAN1100724
© 2010 Kevin MacLeod

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Heavy bass drums and an string bass set the tone for this dark and menacing tone. The familiar refrain then plays, but is made expressive and almost violent as it is played on several string basses and cellos. The pace is rather quick and forceful, and after the quick ending, a jack-in-the-box plays, normally child-like, but made creepy because of the sinister music that came before.

Dark, Eerie, Intense, Unnerving

Pop Goes the Weasel by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Right Behind You

Genre: Horror
Time: 4:22
Instruments: Synths, Cymbals, Voice
unknown tempo
ISRC: USUAN1100713
© 2010 Kevin MacLeod

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Breathy noises make the hairs on the back of your neck stand, while screeching strings and high-pitched noises are distracting and spine-tingling.

Eerie, Mysterious, Unnerving

Right Behind You by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Redletter

Genre: Horror
Time: 4:28
Instruments: Strings, Synths
unknown tempo
ISRC: USUAN1100714
© 2010 Kevin MacLeod

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High-pitched strings play above a low drone, while fuzzy noises and cymbal rolls flow throughout. The high strings crescendo and quickly cut out as if a knife sliced their throats. A somber melody plays in the final minute, and the noises crescendo and come at you from every angle, symbolic of an attack and a gruesome finale.

Dark, Eerie, Intense, Suspenseful, Unnerving

Redletter by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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The Hive

Genre: Horror
Time: 4:12
Instruments: Synths
unknown tempo
ISRC: USUAN1100711
© 2010 Kevin MacLeod

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Cymbals and synthesizers evoke swarming insects, as whirring and clicking noises abound with heavy reverb.

Dark, Unnerving

The Hive by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Dopplerette

Genre: Horror
Time: 0:44
Instruments: Synths, Bells
unknown tempo
ISRC: USUAN1100659
© 2009 Kevin MacLeod

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Swift, abrupt ending.

Mysterious, Mystical, Somber

Dopplerette by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Quinn's Song: A New Man

Genre: Horror
Time: 1:45
Instruments: Piano, Strings, Choir, Tympani
55 BPM (Largo - Very Slow)
ISRC: USUAN1100578
© 2009 Kevin MacLeod

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

Dark, Mysterious, Somber

Quinn's Song: A New Man by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins

Genre: Horror
Time: 0:46
Instruments: Piano, Strings
56 BPM (Largo - Very Slow)
ISRC: USUAN1100576
© 2009 Kevin MacLeod

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

Dark, Mysterious, Somber

Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Quinn's Song: First Night

Genre: Horror
Time: 5:12
Instruments: Synths, Piano
58 BPM (Largo - Very Slow)
ISRC: USUAN1100577
© 2009 Kevin MacLeod

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

Dark, Mysterious, Somber

Quinn's Song: First Night by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Awkward Meeting

Genre: Horror
Time: 1:24
Instruments: Piano, Synths
unknown tempo
ISRC: USUAN1100574
© 2009 Kevin MacLeod

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Simple piano theme drives this, but it sometimes buried under unnerving textures. 7/4 time, rubato.

Dark, Eerie, Intense, Mysterious, Mystical, Suspenseful, Unnerving

Awkward Meeting by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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