Suggestions For A Murder Mystery

[cassa333]

I am trying to put a bit of music to a murder mystery. The sort of intro and ending of a play or film and a snippet from it between scenes.

Any ideas please ?

Thanks

[Mozz71]

Depends what kind of era you're setting the show.

[bookbinder]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4oBtWRLXd-PhXMtptkyRscuM11vagzNd&app=desktop

[bednobs]

if its drama you want, night on a bare mountain by mussorgsky

[cassa333]

It’s sort of a lighthearted cross between Agatha raisin, Johnathan creek and midsummer murders.

So something light and fluffy

[bednobs]

perhaps not my suggestion then!

[Mozz71]

Try this site Cassa, you might find something to suit your show.

https://www.melodyloops.com/moods/bouncy/

[jno]

Alfred Hitchcock used to use Funeral March of a Marionette on his TV shows - a sort of mixture of the sombre and the fluffy

[Mozz71]

Same site, but classical. There's loads on thia page, something to suit any mood.I

https://www.melodyloops.com/music-styles/classical/

[Fanriffic]

It's from the Horror genre from the popular MelodyLoops website:

https://www.melodyloops.com/music-genres/horror/

Track 25 - The Halloween.

[MattA777]

This is one of my ‘all time favourite’ melodies- played here with a bit of drama against a ‘film noir’ film backdrop....
https://youtu.be/6PAttrTeATk

[MattA777]

Here is another version of Harlem Nocturne....

https://youtu.be/UU-QiGDZJns