Sinister - Horror SFX
String-driven cinematic horror.
Create dread, suspense and psychological unease with dark, string-driven cinematic sound design.
Rated
Designed
Finished, production-ready sound effects created by our sound design team. Fully processed, mixed and ready to drop straight into your project. Choose Designed if you want polished sounds that work right out of the box.
Construction Kit
Source recordings and individual elements used to build the Designed sounds. Layer, process and combine them to create your own variations from the ground up. Choose Construction Kit if you want maximum control over your sound design.
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Specifications
Total designed sounds · 177
Total construction kit sounds · 462
File size designed · 1.53GB
File size construction kits · 2.92GB
Specs · 96kHz | 24-bit | WAV
Metadata · UCS & Embedded
Full Soundlist
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Compatibility
All our sound effects are in .wav format, ensuring compatibility with any editing software. Simply drag and drop the sounds into your timeline, or import the entire library directly into your editor of choice. It's quick, easy, and ready to use.
License Rights
Use our sounds in films, games, trailers, ads, music, social content and other productions. Edit, process and combine sounds to fit your project. No renewals or recurring fees.
Sounds must remain part of a larger production and cannot be distributed, shared or resold on their own. In music, sounds cannot be used as the primary element of a track.
Team licenses
Each person working directly with our sounds requires a license. Need access for multiple team members? We offer discounted team licenses.
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Introducing Sinister.
Sinister explores the darker side of string-based sound design. Raw bow strokes, harmonics, scrapes and resonances recorded from experimental performances and custom-built instruments form the foundation of a deeply unsettling sonic world. The Designed edition includes 177 production-ready sounds spanning haunting textures, dark movements, impacts and otherworldly string manipulation. Construction Kit gives you 462 source sounds and elements to build, layer and shape your own horror sound design with greater control.
One license. No headaches.
A simple license built for creative freedom. Use your sounds across films, music, commercials, social content and client work, without paid upgrades or unnecessary restrictions.
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