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Surgical Tension

Surgical Tension

STYE1060 · Beat Driven Tension Cues · Rishhad Kothawala
Dark, tension-based crime drama scores fused with pulsing arpeggiated parts, beats and atmospheric drones.
Cues10
ReleasedMar 2024

Tracks

10 main mixes
Bad Apples
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
3:11·100 bpm·1 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

A 100bpm investigative bed built on arpeggiated synth, sustained pads and a dry beat, with electric guitar adding a scraped, noir edge over bass and drums. Stays dark and watchful across three minutes rather than climaxing, suiting corruption-within-the-ranks storytelling.

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3:11
Spacial Superstitions
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
3:29·84 bpm·1 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

At 84bpm this is the slowest and most spacious cue here, with bell figures glinting over arpeggiated synth, pad wash and a restrained beat. Eerie and slightly otherworldly, good for unexplained-phenomena or missing-person footage where the pace needs to drag.

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3:29
Power Consecration
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
4:03·85 bpm·1 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

The longest cue on the album at just over four minutes, pairing a slow 85bpm pulse with strings, percussion and electric guitar over synth pad and bass. Its extra length and orchestral colour give it a ceremonial, gathering weight — built for a case that escalates rather than a single beat of tension.

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4:03
Key
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
3:17·100 bpm·1 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

A 100bpm arpeggio-led tension cue with electric guitar, bass, pad and beat and no full drum kit, leaving it leaner than its neighbours. The single-word title suits a breakthrough or vital-clue moment held under narration.

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3:17
Eye For Retail
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
3:09·90 bpm·1 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

Purely electronic at 90bpm — arpeggiated synth, bass, pad and beat with no guitar or acoustic percussion — making it the most neutral and mixable bed on the album. Its clean, unresolved loop-like feel fits shoplifting stings, retail security or low-level crime reportage.

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3:09
Bermuda Pattern
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
2:48·120 bpm·1 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

At 120bpm and under three minutes this is a tight, driving cue where beat, drums and percussion ride over a low drone, bass and pad. The absence of melodic arpeggio keeps it rhythmic and pressurised — good for chase-adjacent or unexplained-disappearance sequences.

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2:48
Covenant
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
4:00·100 bpm·1 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

A four-minute 100bpm cue with a world-music tint: flute lines float over drone, bass, synth and pad with no drum kit, so it sits more atmospheric than percussive. Ritual and secretive in tone, suiting sworn-oath, smuggling or foreign-territory storytelling.

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4:00
Effective Contraband
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
4:02·110 bpm·1 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

Tribal-leaning percussion, drums and beat drive this 110bpm four-minute cue over drone, synth and pad, with no bass or melodic arpeggio tagged. Relentless and rhythm-first, it works for trafficking, border-smuggling or contraband-seizure footage that needs sustained forward motion.

UnderscoreSoundtrackEthnicTribalDarkEerieHauntingInvestigativeMysteriousMid TempoCrime DramaSuspenseTensionSci FiPensive
4:02
Heat
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
2:53·120 bpm·2 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

A fast, compact 120bpm cue where choir and wordless vocal colour sit over beat, drums, percussion, bass and pad, giving it more human menace than the purely synthetic tracks. Under three minutes, it suits a manhunt, stakeout gone loud, or a hot-pursuit trailer cut.

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2:53
Wheelman
STYE1060 · Surgical Tension · Rishhad Kothawala
3:05·120 bpm·2 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackDark, Eerie, Haunting

Choir and vocal chant ride a 120bpm engine of beat, drums, percussion, bass and drone, the darkest and most ritualistic of the album's fast cues. Three minutes of driving unease built for getaway driving, heist prep and night-city pursuit.

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3:05

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