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Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling

  • Warped psaltery recordings with detuned plucks, bowed resonance, scratchy textures and ominous tonal movement. A distinctive 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV collection for dark cinema, game audio, trailers and experimental scoring.

    Detuned psaltery recordings filled with eerie plucks, bowed resonance, and unstable acoustic textures, ideal for creating haunting tension, strange atmospheres, and distinctive cinematic cues.

  • Dark, organic percussion performances crafted for tension, impact, and cinematic atmosphere, with expressive textures that work especially well in horror, suspense, trailers, and dramatic scenes

  • Atmospheric guitar sound design built from real performances, with tortured bowing, textured scrapes, percussive strikes, moody plucks and uneasy harmonic elements. 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV for suspense, horror, trailers and dramatic scoring.

    Experimental guitar sound design built from bowing, scrapes, hits, plucks, and dissonant tones, giving composers and editors a gritty palette for darker cinematic scenes and unsettling moments.

  • Organic bowed bass textures shaped for cinematic tension, including unsettling bow strokes, rough scrapes, deep hits, plucked notes and discordant accents. Delivered as 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV for film, games, trailers and horror.

    Dark, organic bowed bass performances crafted for tension, impact, and cinematic atmosphere, with expressive textures that work especially well in horror, suspense, trailers, and dramatic scoring.

  • Unconventional kalimba textures featuring tense plucks, wooden taps, bowed tones and eerie dissonance. Captured from real performances in 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV for horror, suspense, cinematic trailers, film and games.

    Haunting kalimba performances featuring plucks, taps, bowed tones, and dissonant textures, designed to add fragile, eerie, and unconventional character to suspenseful scoring and dark sound design.

DARK INSTRUMENT COLLECTION

Real instruments transformed for dark storytelling. 


The Dark Instrument Collection is a growing series of five original sound design packs featuring roughly 300 unique sounds, created from real instruments, real performances and original recordings.


Built through bowing, scraping, striking, plucking, detuning, friction, resonance and creative processing, these instruments are pushed beyond their traditional musical roles into haunting textures, dissonant cues, dark percussion, eerie transitions, unstable melodies, atmospheric movement and cinematic tension.


The collection currently includes Percussive Dissonance, Dark Guitar, Bowed Bass, Psaltery De-Tuned and Broken Kalimba. Each pack explores a different acoustic character, from bowed metal and resonant percussion to damaged strings, deep bass friction and fragile detuned tones. Percussive Dissonance alone contains 200 processed elements created from 5 cymbal categories and 12 percussion instruments.


Created for filmmakers, game developers, video editors, sound designers, composers, music producers and content creators working in horror, suspense, psychological thrillers, dark fantasy, trailers, games and cinematic storytelling.


From subtle unease and intimate tension to aggressive impacts and overwhelming darkness, the collection is designed to provide sounds with character, emotion and room to build, whether used individually, layered together or processed into something entirely new.


Every sound begins with a real physical source and human performance. No stock recordings. No AI-generated audio.


A growing collection with more instruments, sounds and sonic territory to come.



5 Sound Packs | 300 Unique Sounds | Original Recordings | Real Instruments | Real Performances | Royalty-Free | No AI-Generated Audio

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Dark Guitar cinematic sound design pack featuring 25 original electric guitar textures, bowed tones, scrapes, plucks, glissandos and dark atmospheric elements for horror, suspense, film, trailers and games.

Dark Guitar - 25 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling

Dark Guitar - 25 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling

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Psaltery De-Tuned cinematic sound design pack featuring 32 original de-tuned psaltery sounds with eerie plucks, bowed textures, strums, scrapes and dark atmospheric cues for horror, suspense, film, trailers, games and sound design.

Psaltery De-Tuned - 32 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling

Psaltery De-Tuned - 32 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling

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Bowed Bass cinematic sound design pack featuring 20 original bowed bass textures, deep rumbles, dissonant tones, tremolo, plucks and dark atmospheric cues for horror, suspense, film, trailers, games and cinematic storytelling.

Bowed Bass - 20 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling

Bowed Bass - 20 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling

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Cinematic kalimba effects with dark plucks, unsettling taps, bowed resonance and experimental textures. Royalty-free 24-bit/48 kHz WAV created for thriller scoring, horror scenes, game audio and atmospheric sound design.

Broken Kalimba - 25 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling

Broken Kalimba - 25 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling

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Bowed Bass cinematic sound design pack featuring 20 original bowed bass textures, deep rumbles, dissonant tones, tremolo, plucks and dark atmospheric cues for horror, suspense, film, trailers, games and cinematic storytelling.
Bowed bass sound effects for dark cinematic scoring: eerie scrapes, aggressive hits, haunting plucks, dissonant textures and transitions. 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV, royalty-free for trailers, horror, games and film.
Dark cinematic sound design library featuring bowed bass textures, scrapes, hits, plucks, dissonant cues and transitions. Real instrument performances, 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV, royalty-free for film, games, trailers and horror scoring.
Cinematic bowed bass library with organic low-end textures, unsettling bowing, gritty scrapes, impacts and experimental cues. Real performances in 24-bit/48 kHz WAV, ideal for suspense, thriller, horror and dark sound design.
Bowed Bass - 20 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling
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BOWED BASS — 20 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling


Bowed Bass is a collection of 20 unique sound design elements built from original bass performances and transformed into deep, haunting cinematic textures.


Scrapes, hits and plucks capture the physical character of the instrument, while bowed resonance, low rumbles and shifting frequencies create an ominous sense of weight and tension. Melodic and dissonant cues range from approximately 10 seconds to over a minute, offering longer evolving material for scenes that need atmosphere, suspense and movement.


Each sound is individually performed, recorded, edited and creatively processed using haunting reverb, delay and granular effects. From subtle low end unease to larger atmospheric cues, the collection is designed to bring depth and character without relying on conventional horror effects.


Use the sounds individually or layer and combine them to build tension beds, cinematic cues, transitions, dark atmospheres and evolving soundscapes.


🎬 MADE FOR CREATORS

Designed for horror, suspense, psychological thrillers, dark fantasy, film, games, trailers, video, YouTube, podcasts, music production and cinematic sound design.


🎧 WHAT YOU GET

✓ 20 unique sound design elements

✓ 24-bit / 48 kHz Stereo WAV

✓ Original bass performances and recordings

✓ Scrapes, hits, plucks, melodic and dissonant cues, transitions, bowed resonance and low rumbles

✓ Professionally edited and processed sound design

✓ Royalty-Free License Included

✓ No AI-generated audio


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Dark Guitar cinematic sound design pack featuring 25 original electric guitar textures, bowed tones, scrapes, plucks, glissandos and dark atmospheric elements for horror, suspense, film, trailers and games.
Cinematic dark guitar effects built from real performances: eerie bowing, abrasive scrapes, organic impacts, plucks and unsettling cues. Royalty-free 24-bit/48 kHz WAV for suspense, horror scoring, trailers and dramatic sound design.
Dark cinematic guitar library packed with raw, organic sound design elements for tension and atmosphere. Includes bowed guitar, scrapes, impacts, plucks and dissonance in 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV for commercial productions.
Experimental guitar sound effects for dark storytelling, with bowed textures, metallic scrapes, hits, plucks and dissonant cues. High-quality stereo WAV recordings for filmmakers, game audio, trailer editors and cinematic composers.
Dark Guitar - 25 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling
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$999.99
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DARK GUITAR — 25 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling


Dark Guitar is a collection of 25 unique sound-design elements created from original electric guitar performances and transformed into a cohesive palette of unsettling tones, textures, cues and transitions.


Bowed strings, scrapes, hits, strange sliding tones, above- and below-bridge plucks, resonant frequencies, and ascending and descending sul ponticello tremolo/glissando techniques push the instrument far beyond conventional guitar sounds. Dissonant melodic elements provide additional material for building tension, atmosphere and darker musical moments.


Each sound is individually performed, recorded and creatively processed using reverb, delay and granular effects, ranging from more immediate, intimate textures to wet, atmospheric designs.


Every element is distinct, yet the collection shares a cohesive sonic character—making it easy to layer, stack and combine sounds into larger transitions, textures, cues and evolving soundscapes.


🎬 MADE FOR CREATORS

Designed for horror and suspense, thrillers, dark fantasy, film and video production, games, trailers, YouTube, podcasts, content creation, music production and cinematic sound design.


🎧 WHAT YOU GET

✓ 25 unique sound-design elements

✓ 24-bit / 48 kHz Stereo WAV

✓ Original electric guitar performances and recordings

✓ Production-ready sound design

✓ Cohesive palette designed for layering

✓ Royalty-Free License Included

✓ No AI-generated audio


Dark guitar sound design library featuring bowed tones, gritty scrapes, sharp hits, haunting plucks and dissonant textures. Real instrument performances in 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV for horror, trailers, thrillers, games and film.

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Psaltery De-Tuned cinematic sound design pack featuring 32 original de-tuned psaltery sounds with eerie plucks, bowed textures, strums, scrapes and dark atmospheric cues for horror, suspense, film, trailers, games and sound design.
Cinematic psaltery effects with haunting detuned tones, unsettling bowing, organic scrapes and atmospheric plucks. Royalty-free 24-bit/48 kHz WAV for suspense, thriller, horror scoring and dark storytelling.
Dark cinematic psaltery library packed with de-tuned acoustic textures, eerie plucks, bowed drones, scrapes and transitions. Real performances in high-quality stereo WAV for composers, editors, filmmakers and game developers.
Experimental psaltery sound effects built for tension and atmosphere, with warped plucks, bowed resonance, abrasive scrapes and dissonant textures. Ideal for film, game audio, trailers and cinematic sound design.
Psaltery De-Tuned - 32 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling
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$999.99
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PSALTERY DE-TUNED — 32 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling


Psaltery De-Tuned is a collection of 32 unique sound design elements created from original psaltery performances, capturing the eerie contrast of de-tuned metal strings and resonant wood.


Haunting plucks, sinister strums and scrapes bring out the instrument's unstable tuning and metallic character. Bowed performances reveal eerie resonance and sustained dissonance, while darker cues and transitions provide movement for tension, reveals and unsettling cinematic moments.


Each sound is individually performed, recorded, edited and creatively processed using haunting reverb, delay and granular effects. The result is a cohesive collection that moves between intimate metallic details, dark musical textures and atmospheric sound design.


The sounds can be used individually or layered and combined to build larger cues, transitions, tension beds and evolving soundscapes.


🎬 MADE FOR CREATORS

Designed for horror, suspense, psychological thrillers, paranormal projects, dark fantasy, film, games, trailers, video, YouTube, podcasts, music production and cinematic sound design.


🎧 WHAT YOU GET

✓ 32 unique sound design elements

✓ 24-bit / 48 kHz Stereo WAV

✓ Original de-tuned psaltery performances and recordings

✓ Plucks, scrapes, sinister strums, dissonant cues, bowed resonance and transitions

✓ Professionally edited and processed sound design

✓ Royalty-Free License Included

✓ No AI-generated audio


De-tuned psaltery sound design library featuring eerie plucks, bowed textures, scrapes, dissonant cues and dark transitions. Real instrument performances in 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV for horror, trailers, games and film.

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Cinematic kalimba effects with dark plucks, unsettling taps, bowed resonance and experimental textures. Royalty-free 24-bit/48 kHz WAV created for thriller scoring, horror scenes, game audio and atmospheric sound design.
Experimental broken kalimba sound effects built for tension and unease, with organic plucks, sharp taps, bowed tones and dissonant textures. Ideal for film, trailers, horror, suspense and cinematic game soundtracks.
Broken kalimba cinematic sound effects with haunting plucks, percussive taps, bowed textures and dissonant tones. Organic 24-bit/48 kHz stereo WAV recordings for horror, suspense, trailers, film scoring and game audio.
Dark cinematic kalimba library packed with haunting acoustic textures, eerie plucks, taps, bowed sounds and dissonant cues. High-quality stereo WAV recordings for composers, filmmakers, editors and game developers.
Broken Kalimba - 25 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling
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$999.99
Download as a collection or individually.
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BROKEN KALIMBA — 25 Cinematic Sound Design Elements for Dark Storytelling


Broken Kalimba is a collection of 25 unique sound design elements created from original kalimba performances, capturing the contrasting character of resonant wood and imperfect metal before transforming those performances into haunting cinematic sound design.


The damaged character of the metal tines gives the plucked elements a distinctive broken, unstable quality. Delicate and musical at times, warped, dissonant and unpredictable at others. Metallic plucks and bowed tones are contrasted by taps and impacts across the wooden body, adding organic percussion, resonance and texture to the collection.


Bowed performances draw out unusual sustained tones and metallic harmonics, while dissonant cues combine the instrument's fragile character with darker musical ideas. Together, the wood, metal and imperfect tuning create sounds that can move between intimate details, unsettling accents and larger atmospheric moments.


Each sound is individually performed, recorded, edited and creatively processed using haunting reverb, delay and granular effects. Some retain the close, physical character of the wood and metal, while others expand into spacious, decayed and atmospheric designs.


Every element is unique, yet the collection maintains a cohesive sonic identity. The sounds can easily be layered, stacked and combined into larger cues, textures, atmospheres and evolving soundscapes.


🎬 MADE FOR CREATORS

Designed for horror and suspense, psychological thrillers, paranormal and supernatural projects, dark fantasy, film and video production, games, trailers, YouTube, podcasts, content creation, music production and cinematic sound design.


🎧 WHAT YOU GET

✓ 25 unique sound design elements

✓ 24-bit / 48 kHz Stereo WAV

✓ Original wood and metal kalimba performances and recordings

✓ Plucks, taps, bowed textures and dissonant cues

✓ Professionally edited and processed sound design

✓ Royalty-Free License Included

✓ No AI-generated audio


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