Minimal Cinematic Sci-Fi

Current science fiction hits like Blade Runner 2049, Ex Machina, Under the Skin, and Arrival have popularized a more minimalistic take on music for this classic genre. We’re assuming you’re not friends with Cliff Martinez or Mica Levi, so we compiled a number of our best ambient/atmospheric tracks for modern or arthouse sci-fi. The music here is spatial, with a touch of mysteriousness and drama. And if you do happen to be friends with one of those composers… let us know so we can geek out about it with you.

Minimal Cinematic Sci-Fi

Ethereal Atmospheres 1

Beginning of Revelry Main Ethereal Atmospheres 1 0 BPM

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Ethereal Atmospheres 1

Mercurial White Main Ethereal Atmospheres 1 0 BPM

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Ethereal Atmospheres 1

Smoking Mist Main Ethereal Atmospheres 1 0 BPM

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Ethereal Atmospheres 1

Feel Delights Main Ethereal Atmospheres 1 0 BPM

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Ambient Soundscapes 2

Message From Home Full w Synth Drones Ambient Soundscapes 2 95 BPM

95 BPM

Ambient Soundscapes 2

Sparkling Dust Full w Synth Drones Ambient Soundscapes 2 100 BPM

100 BPM

Ambient Soundscapes 2

Spectral Class Full w Synth Drones Ambient Soundscapes 2 90 BPM

90 BPM

Ambient Underscores

Rising Oceans Full w Synth Pads Ambient Underscores 82 BPM

82 BPM

Drama Underscores

Binary Star Instrumental Mix Drama Underscores 100 BPM

100 BPM

Cinematic Synth Textures

Pensive Skies Full w Synth Pad Cinematic Synth Textures 75 BPM

75 BPM

Cinematic Synth Textures

Sublime Awakening Full w Synth Drone Cinematic Synth Textures 80 BPM

80 BPM

Cinematic Synth Textures

Hope Horizon Full w Synth Drone Cinematic Synth Textures 70 BPM

70 BPM

Cinematic Synth Textures

Night Vision Full w Synth Pad Cinematic Synth Textures 120 BPM

120 BPM

Pharmaceutical Underscores 5

Only Solutions Sparse Mix Pharmaceutical Underscores 5 100 BPM

100 BPM

Atmospheric Underscores 2

Isolated World Full w Synth Arp Atmospheric Underscores 2 88 BPM

88 BPM

Atmospheric Underscores 2

Primal Colours Full w Synth Lead Atmospheric Underscores 2 70 BPM

70 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

Sleeping City Full Contemplative Investigations 100 BPM

100 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

Laid to Rest Full Contemplative Investigations 105 BPM

105 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

Traces of Life Full Contemplative Investigations 95 BPM

95 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

The Guessing Game Full Contemplative Investigations 80 BPM

80 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

Cold Night Full Contemplative Investigations 80 BPM

80 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

Case Cracker Full Contemplative Investigations 90 BPM

90 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

Trapped in Time Full Contemplative Investigations 105 BPM

105 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

Daybreaker Full Contemplative Investigations 75 BPM

75 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

Path Finder Full Contemplative Investigations 85 BPM

85 BPM

Contemplative Investigations

Beautiful Minds Full Contemplative Investigations 85 BPM

85 BPM

Ambient Soundscapes 4

Black Sky Full w Synth Arp Ambient Soundscapes 4 120 BPM

120 BPM

Ambient Soundscapes 4

Cosmic Spheres Full w Synth Arp Ambient Soundscapes 4 150 BPM

150 BPM

Pensive Underscores

Walls of Midnight Full w Strings Pensive Underscores 120 BPM

120 BPM

Pensive Underscores

Silent Valley Full w Strings Pensive Underscores 125 BPM

125 BPM

Pensive Underscores

Faded Memory Full w Strings Pensive Underscores 130 BPM

130 BPM

Pensive Underscores

Troubled Mind Full w Strings Pensive Underscores 130 BPM

130 BPM

Pensive Underscores

Long Forgotten Full w Strings Pensive Underscores 140 BPM

140 BPM

Pensive Underscores

Final Breath Full w Strings Pensive Underscores 110 BPM

110 BPM

Pensive Underscores

Lost in Time Full w Strings Pensive Underscores 70 BPM

70 BPM

Pensive Underscores

Reflective Solitude Full w Strings Pensive Underscores 85 BPM

85 BPM

Pensive Underscores

Early Mourning Full w Strings Pensive Underscores 90 BPM

90 BPM

Minimal Crime Underscores

Through The Looking Glass Full w Piano Minimal Crime Underscores 90 BPM

90 BPM

Minimal Crime Underscores

Pain Pleasure Principle Full w Synth Minimal Crime Underscores 66 BPM

66 BPM

Minimal Crime Underscores

Looking For Clues Full w Piano Minimal Crime Underscores 76 BPM

76 BPM

Minimal Crime Underscores

Building A Case Full w Piano Minimal Crime Underscores 59 BPM

59 BPM

Minimal Crime Underscores

Sorrow Of Loss Full w Guitar Minimal Crime Underscores 80 BPM

80 BPM

Future Crime Drama

Strange Believer Full w Vox Future Crime Drama 100 BPM

100 BPM

Future Crime Drama

Our Destiny Is Dream Full w Vox Future Crime Drama 110 BPM

110 BPM

Future Crime Drama

Underworld Assassins Full w Pads Future Crime Drama 80 BPM

80 BPM

Future Crime Drama

Annihilation by Proxy Full w Braams Future Crime Drama 90 BPM

90 BPM

Future Crime Drama

Are We There Yet Full w Vox Future Crime Drama 110 BPM

110 BPM

Future Crime Drama

Fragmented Psychic Full w Soundscapes Future Crime Drama 100 BPM

100 BPM

Future Crime Drama

Beyond the Veil Instrumental Mix Future Crime Drama 110 BPM

110 BPM

Future Crime Drama

Shadow of the Hanged Man Full w Braams Future Crime Drama 100 BPM

100 BPM

Epic Ambient

Camelopardalis Synth Stem Epic Ambient 70 BPM

70 BPM

Future Tension

Dark Vortex STEM Pulse Synth Future Tension 106 BPM

106 BPM

Ambient Underscores

Distant Echoes Full w Synth Pads Ambient Underscores 86 BPM

86 BPM

Ambient Underscores

Dream Code Full w Synth Pulse Ambient Underscores 82 BPM

82 BPM

Pulsing Underscores

April Showers STEM Pad Synth Pulsing Underscores 120 BPM

120 BPM

Pulsing Underscores

Human Mistake Ambient Mix Pulsing Underscores 120 BPM

120 BPM

Pulsing Underscores 2

Biomedical Engineering STEM FM Pad Pulsing Underscores 2 110 BPM

110 BPM

Pulsing Underscores 2

Hoping For The Best STEM Pad Pulsing Underscores 2 105 BPM

105 BPM

Pulsing Underscores 2

This Is Camille STEM Pad Pulsing Underscores 2 90 BPM

90 BPM

Pulsing Underscores 2

Water And Life STEM Pads Pulsing Underscores 2 100 BPM

100 BPM

Pulsing Underscores 2

We Need To Resist STEM Synth Pulsing Underscores 2 120 BPM

120 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Simulated Intelligence Full w Strings Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 85 BPM

85 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Interstellar Abyss Full w Lead Synth Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 115 BPM

115 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Robotic Rebellion Full w Strings Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 120 BPM

120 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Galactic Horror Full w Strings Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 115 BPM

115 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Dystopian Dreams Full w Lead Synth Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 105 BPM

105 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Black Hole Symphony Full w Strings Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 105 BPM

105 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Astral Visions Full w Strings Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 105 BPM

105 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Alienated Existence Full w Lead Synth Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 85 BPM

85 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Abducted by Aliens Full w Lead Synth Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 80 BPM

80 BPM

Determined Pulses 1

Understated Uncertainty Full w Synth Determined Pulses 1 140 BPM

140 BPM

Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral

Alien Megastructure Full w Choir Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral 105 BPM

105 BPM

Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral

Tribal Odyssey Full w Choir Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral 120 BPM

120 BPM

Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral

Blueprint For Oblivion Full Mix w Choirs Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral 118 BPM

118 BPM

Cinematic Electro

Leap Of Faith Full w Ambient Lead Cinematic Electro 130 BPM

130 BPM

Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral

Quantum Nexus Full w Choir Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral 120 BPM

120 BPM

Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral

Multiverse Full w Choir Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral 120 BPM

120 BPM

Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral

Apex Dimension Full w Brass Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral 100 BPM

100 BPM

Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral

Galactic Charge Full w Choir Sci-Fi Hybrid Orchestral 130 BPM

130 BPM

Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi

Project Zeus Full w High Strings Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi 90 BPM

90 BPM

Cinematic Retrowave

Dystopian Deadline Electro Full w Synth Arp Cinematic Retrowave 85 BPM

85 BPM

Cinematic Retrowave

Turn Before Five Electro Full w Synth Pads Cinematic Retrowave 120 BPM

120 BPM

Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi

Shaping Futures Full w Choir Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi 100 BPM

100 BPM

Cinematic Retrowave

Star Duster Electro Full w Synth Arp Cinematic Retrowave 110 BPM

110 BPM

Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi

Dangerously Deft Full w Lead Synth Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi 125 BPM

125 BPM

Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi

Iron Tiger Full w Strings Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi 118 BPM

118 BPM

Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi

Jump Through Full w Lead Synth Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi 85 BPM

85 BPM

Dark Sci-Fi Underscores

Cosmic Revelation Full w Strings Dark Sci-Fi Underscores 115 BPM

115 BPM

Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi

Taiko Berserk Full w Lead Synth Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi 77 BPM

77 BPM

Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi

Thunder Thumper Full w Lead Synth Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi 150 BPM

150 BPM

Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi

USS Nocturne Full w Piano Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi 63 BPM

63 BPM

Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi

Voyager Full w Lead Synth Epic Hybrid Sci-Fi 80 BPM

80 BPM

Drones 3

Drones-Hypnotic Space Full Mix Drones 3 0 BPM

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Drones 3

Drones-Howling Ambience Full Mix Drones 3 0 BPM

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Drones 3

Drones-Dreamlike Movement Full Mix Drones 3 0 BPM

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Drones 3

Drones-Distant Visions Full Mix Drones 3 0 BPM

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Astral Soundscapes

First Contact Full w Lead Synth Astral Soundscapes 120 BPM

120 BPM

Drones 3

Drones-Cosmic Disturbance Full Mix Drones 3 0 BPM

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Astral Soundscapes

Launchpad Full w Lead Strings Astral Soundscapes 120 BPM

120 BPM

Drones 3

Drones-Abyssal Void Full Mix Drones 3 0 BPM

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