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Dark Drama

Dark Drama

STYE1128 · Mysterious Tension Underscores · Paul Edmond Gavin
A blend of neoclassical underscore with light tension, Crime Drama and an overall pensive moody feel.
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ReleasedJan 2025

Tracks

10 main mixes
Blindsided
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:05·90 bpm·Fm·4 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Cinematic, Contemplative

The only cue here with electric guitar in the mix: a low F minor drone under sustained strings, sparse percussion and trailer drum hits at a walking 90 BPM. Short at just over two minutes and built for the moment a case or a life turns over, staying dark and unsettled rather than triumphant.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousCinematicContemplativeCrime DramaCurrent AffairsSlowScoreDroneDramaDarkTension
2:05
Interrogation Room
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:40·92 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Cinematic, Conflict

The longest cue on the set at 2:40 and the most stripped — no strings, just C minor drone, sound design textures, synth and trailer drums holding a claustrophobic pulse at 92 BPM. Designed to sit under dialogue in a confined confrontation, tightening slowly without ever releasing.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousCinematicConflictContemplativeCrime DramaMid TempoScoreDroneDramaDarkTension
2:40
Mysterious Evidence
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:32·100 bpm·Am·3 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Cinematic, Conflict

A pulsing 100 BPM A minor bed with strings over drone and designed percussion, brisker and more forensic in feel than the slower cues around it. Suits methodical evidence-gathering footage — lab work, files, surveillance stills — with tension that never fully resolves.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousCinematicConflictContemplativeCrime DramaMid TempoScoreDroneDramaDarkTension
2:32
Prowler
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:33·80 bpm·Gm·4 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Building, Cinematic

At 80 BPM in G minor this is one of the slowest and most stalking cues on the album, tagged as building: low drone, pulsing sound design and strings creeping up toward trailer drum impacts. Fits a night-time stakeout, a figure moving unseen, or an approaching-threat sequence.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousBuildingCinematicConflictContemplativeMid TempoScoreDroneCrime DramaDramaDark
2:33
Rising Suspicion
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:26·90 bpm·Dm·4 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Building, Cinematic

A building D minor cue at 90 BPM driven by a synth arpeggio under sustained strings, drone and trailer drums, with an electronic edge the rest of the album leans on less. The arc grows steadily from unease to open alarm, ideal for a doubt-creeping-in beat.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousBuildingCinematicConflictContemplativeMid TempoScoreDroneElectronicCrime DramaDrama
2:26
Scam Syndicate
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:30·110 bpm·Dm·4 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Cinematic, Conflict

Faster at 110 BPM in D minor, with an arpeggio and strings over dark drone and trailer percussion giving it a mechanical, organised-operation feel. Good for fraud and network footage — money moving, calls being placed, an outfit at work.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousCinematicConflictContemplativeCrime DramaMid TempoScoreDroneDramaDarkTension
2:30
Dark Symbol
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:19·120 bpm·Dm·4 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Cinematic, Conflict

An electronic-leaning 120 BPM D minor cue with no strings — just arpeggio, synth, drone and percussion — making it the coldest and most machine-like piece here. Its short 2:18 length and steady pulse suit occult, cult or coded-message imagery and title-card sequences.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousCinematicConflictContemplativeCrime DramaMid TempoScoreDroneDramaDarkTension
2:19
Considering The Facts
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:19·92 bpm·Gm·4 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Cinematic, Conflict

A 92 BPM G minor underscore with an explicit beat plus arpeggio, drone and sound design, giving it more forward motion than the string-led cues. Deliberative rather than aggressive, it suits a detective weighing evidence or an analyst walking through a timeline.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousCinematicConflictContemplativeCrime DramaSlowScoreDroneDramaDarkTension
2:19
Just One Clue
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:34·80 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Cinematic, Conflict

The most melodic of the group, adding piano to strings, arpeggio, beat and drone at a slow 80 BPM in C minor. Pensive and intimate, it fits the quiet aftermath scene or a lone breakthrough discovery, with a lingering unresolved edge.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousCinematicConflictContemplativeCrime DramaSlowScoreDroneDramaDarkTension
2:34
Calling Card
STYE1128 · Dark Drama · Paul Edmond Gavin
2:15·138 bpm·Gm·4 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnxious, Cinematic, Conflict

The fastest cue on the album at 138 BPM in G minor, and the only one with a full drum kit alongside strings, beat and drone. High-drive and urgent, it works for a chase, a raid, or the closing act of a crime sequence.

UnderscoreSoundtrackFilm ScoreSound DesignAnxiousCinematicConflictContemplativeCrime DramaSlowScoreDroneDramaDarkTension
2:15

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