Royalty Free Urban Music

ROYALTY FREE URBAN DRAMA

Sophisticated and dramatic royalty free cues for a variety of multimedia production needs. Each track includes a full-length alternative cue, plus short edit versions.

Except where noted, all music was composed by Steve Skinner.

URBAN JUNGLE (Steve Skinner/Christopher Skinner): An anxious, pulse-pounding theme. Moody tension for TV crime unit shows, mystery suspense films, action movie trailers, urban dramas, and interactive video game production. The alternate theme provides an eerie, dream-like variation on the theme, and serves as an atmospheric addition to TV and major motion picture soundtracks.

BREAKING BONDS: A relentless electronic beat drives this low-key urban drama track. The nuance here makes this royalty free cue an excellent choice for psychological scenes, pursuit themes, and character studies. A suspenseful cue that anticipates the action that waits around the corner. An alternate cue provides a reworked texture for further production utility.

UNDER SURVEILLANCE (Steve Skinner/Christopher Skinner): As its title implies, this orchestration evoke an aural environment of waiting and suspense. The composers interweave surveillance-type electronic riffs with poignant melodies for a moody and emotional effect. The result is a layered, cinematic track of stock music that's ideal for a variety of urban drama and suspense themes. A full-length alternate track is also included.

SLOW PULSE: A poignant melody, evocative of memory and a sense of loss or finality. Excellent third-act music for TV crime shows, action flicks, family dramas, and death/dying themes. The beauty and emotion of this piece lends it further value for a host of multimedia applications, including public service announcements and on hold customer service. As with all the tracks on this CD, a full-length alternate track is included, along with short edit versions.

BAD HABIT: Upbeat urban rhythms featuring both piano and electronic melodies. This  catchy royalty free cue is a memorable addition to a variety of multimedia applications. Utility includes major motion picture soundtracks, dramatic TV series, travel/lifestyle programs, cross-platform commercial ad campaigns, radio bumpers, and podcast themes. The full-length alternate track is just as effective.

VICE: A nervous piano theme, punctuated by melancholy melodies and a gradually building percussion track. Evocative and atmospheric for a host of royalty free production needs, this cue also comes with a full-length alternate version plus short edit versions. Each variation will provide an emotional layer to film/TV dramas, crime shows, documentaries, and mystery-suspense themes.

WARNING SIGNS: A dramatic, third-act orchestral cue that creates a sense of foreboding and signals a coming crisis or conclusion. An effective cinematic tool for theatrical films, TV shows, documentaries, web series, public service announcements, political ads, and dramatic commercials. An alternate track is included for even more options.

HARD WAY: Sexy and sophisticated, this moody orchestration creates a complex emotional ambience. Excellent for contemporary dramas, steamy film noir, erotic mysteries, suspense-thrillers, and much more. An alternate version provides additional production utility for this superb royalty free score.

SHED SOME LIGHT: Chill urban lounge boasting a jazzy trumpet solo and horn section stingers. Handy for a variety of multimedia applications, including movie and TV dramas, radio ins and outs, talk show themes, commercial ads, and retail ambience. A different arrangement of this mellow, royalty free cue is provided on an alternate track.

FEEL THE PRESSURE: A nervous piano and organ combo is attacked by doggish percussion on this track, which also features a melodious interlude. This is wonderfully textured stock music with cinematic appeal. Utility includes independent digital video productions, major motion pictures, web series themes, cellular media, and multi-platform commercial ads. An alternate variation is included, along with short edit versions.