Outrun: Royalty Free Synthwave Tracks with a Retro Vibe
Listen to this collection of curated royalty-free synthwave tracks. Find the perfect score for your ’80s flashbacks, horror, sci-fi, and fantasy videos.
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Based on our own data, in tandem with Shutterstock’s Creative Trends 2018 report, synthwave is rapidly becoming the most searched-for category of music. It’s an incredibly popular genre that is reminiscent on 1980’s horror and action films.
Today, synthwave shows up in everything from fantasy series like Stranger Things to sci-fi films like Blade Runner 2049. (Be sure to check our playlists inspired by these shows and films down below.)
Shutterstock Music and PremiumBeat have seen a search increase of 494 percent for synthwave royalty-free tracks. Other rapidly growing search terms are “synthesizer,” “synth,” “synth+bass,” and “80s synth.”
This new outrun synthwave playlist is built on our customers love of these popular playlists. So give these a listen, too!
- Archetypes
- Floating and heartfelt, featuring smooth strings and building percussion that create a determined, heroic mood.
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The Singularity
By Stuart Rau
- Bouncy and bright, featuring shimmering synth textures and underlying dark textures that create an ominous mood.
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Sharks
By Cymatix
- Heavy and gritty with Trap elements, featuring shimmering synth textures and a laid-back beat that creates a feel for innovation.
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Into the Analog Dimension
By Stuart Rau
- Bright and building, featuring pulsing synth textures and pounding percussion that create an eerie, mysterious mood.
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- The Living Dead
- Dark and mysterious, featuring gritty synthesizers, distorted electric guitar and heavy percussion that create a horrifying, violent atmosphere.
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Sine Waves
By Aulx Studio
- Warm and flowing, featuring soothing synth textures that create a peaceful mood.
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Patient Zero
By Zac Nelson
- Pulsing and bright, featuring floating synth textures that create a mysterious mood.
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Spirit
By Cymatix
- Warm and floating, featuring lightly pulsing electronic elements that build with a Pop Rock groove and create inspiration.
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Signal Error
By Zeonium
- Mystical and pulsing, featuring ambient piano, strings, brass, and percussion that create a heroic, mysterious atmosphere.
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The 7th Parallel
By Stuart Rau
- Building and floating, featuring pulsing synth textures and a heavy back beat groove that creates a mysterious mood.
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