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Ritual

STYE1205 · Horror Sound Design Cues For Trailers · Nickolas Donlin
A disturbing sound design driven collection of sinister horror cues for trailers and promos.
Cues10
ReleasedNov 2025

Tracks

10 main mixes
Buried
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
2:08·122 bpm·Em·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

At 122 BPM in E minor this is the fastest cue on the set, pairing scraped violin and a bare piano figure with drones, growls and screech risers that ramp into trailer drum hits. Over two minutes it builds from buried, airless texture to a percussive final push suited to a horror trailer's last act.

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2:08
Bone Forest
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
1:57·115 bpm·Fm·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

A 115 BPM F minor sound design bed of bowed violin scrapes, low drones and animal-like growls punctuated by rises and trailer drums. Its short 1:57 shape and skeletal, woodland-menace character make it a clean cutdown for a creature reveal.

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1:57
In The Dark
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
2:12·110 bpm·Cm·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

110 BPM in C minor, the longest of the mid-tempo group at 2:12, holding a sustained drone and tense violin line before screeches, ramps and trailer percussion escalate. The slow-burn front half leaves room for narration or dialogue before the hits arrive.

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2:12
Last Night Alive
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
2:09·118 bpm·Cm·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

A 118 BPM C minor chase-adjacent horror cue built on stabbing violin, drones, growls and rising screech effects that break into trailer drums. The urgency in the tempo suits a survival or final-night narrative rather than a static tension bed.

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2:09
Someone Goes Missing
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
2:06·110 bpm·Bm·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

110 BPM in B minor with a fragile piano figure set against violin, drones and growls, then screech risers and trailer drum impacts. The piano gives it a missing-person, human-loss edge that the purely textural cues here lack.

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2:06
Uncovered By Rain
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
2:22·110 bpm·E flatm·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

The longest cue at 2:22, 110 BPM in E flat minor, and the most explicitly bodily: breath and scream elements sit inside the violin, drone and growl bed alongside ramps and trailer drums. Best for a discovery-of-remains or possession reveal where the horror is voiced rather than implied.

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2:22
Down In A Hole
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
1:34·75 bpm·Fm·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

A slow 75 BPM F minor piece, 1:34 long, leaning on drone, growl and screech texture with sparse violin and heavy spaced trailer drum hits. The dragging pulse and short length make it a compact dread stinger or trailer opening block.

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1:34
Blood To Survive
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
1:47·65 bpm·Dm·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

At 65 BPM in D minor this is the slowest and most oppressive cue on the album, built from low drones, growls, bowed violin and widely spaced percussion. Its unhurried menace works under narration or as a sustained bed beneath vampiric or predatory imagery.

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1:47
Forgotten Rituals
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
1:46·115 bpm·Em·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

The album's title idea in short form: 115 BPM in E minor, 1:46, with ritualistic percussion and trailer drums under droning violin, screeches and growls. A tight cutdown for occult imagery, chanting circles or cult documentary teasers.

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1:46
From The Grave
STYE1205 · Ritual · Nickolas Donlin
1:39·121 bpm·Cm·1 versions
Soundtrack, TrailerDark, Death, Disturbing

A brisk 121 BPM C minor cue and the shortest at 1:39, front-loading rises, screeches and growls before trailer drums drive it out. Its brevity and speed make it the natural final-hit or 30-second-spot option in the set.

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1:39

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