Dick De Benedictis Music

Dick DeBenedictis (the composer of these tracks)

Production music is used in many types of media from television to video games and many of these familiar production cues were composed by Dick DeBenedictis (Who is best known for composing music for Perry Mason and of course for his production music that is commonly used in many forms of media especially in the 90s and 2000s). These tracks are most commonly used in television shows starting at least in the early 90s, with many of these originating from Benedictis' score for Columbo.

Some of the most famous tracks are "Predators (a)", "Predators (e)" (both of which are modeled after an excerpt from the theme of the 1987 science fiction movie "Predator"), "Evil Mind (3)", "Train Ride (a)" and "Psycho Chase (b)".

The entire collection sound effects were released as part of the Symphonic Adventures Production Elements Toolkit in 1997 and was released on CD by Adventure Production Elements and Sound Ideas. Many of these tracks were later reissued on Sonoton Music's album "Dramatic Workshop 26 - Moodsetters, Links & Stings".

Tracklist

All tracks can be found and heard on

APM Music and Sound Ideas.

Suspense Sounds-3

The "Suspense sounds" from the ITunes app.

SpongeBob Music - Evil Mind 3

This is the perhaps the most known of Dick DeBenedictis' production music, "Evil Mind 3".

APM Track List

• Manhattan Chase (a-f)
• Manhattan Chase OL (1-4)
• Predators (a-h)
• Train Ride (a-d)
• Train Ride OL (1-3)
• Coast Road (a-b)
• Alert (a-b)
• Action Fanfare (a-b)
• Mentally Confused (a-i)
• Alarming Message (a-c)
• Trap (same track as "Alarming Message (a)")
• Doom Threat
• Tough Chase (a-e)
• Tough Chase OL (1-4)
• Railway Station
• Tough Action (a-c, fast version of "Railway Station")
• Eerie Scene (a-b)
• Final Touch (a-b)
• Psychos
• Uneasy
• Midnight Run (a-c)
• Evil Mind (1-12)
• Inner Tension
• Nervous Tension (1-3)
• Dark Premonition (a-b)
• Bronx (a-c, slower version of "Train Ride" tracks)
• Drunk (1-2)
• Cluster (1-5)
• Very Wrong
• Zoom (a-e)
• The Shock (a-e)
• Bad Guys (a-b)
• Dark Thoughts
• Dark Action (a-b)
• Wild and Free (a-f)
• Wild and Free OL (1-3)
• Help (1-12)
• Stabs
• Lost Hearts (a-e)
• Lost Hearts OL
• Orchestral Drama Cue (a-b)
• Orchestral Drama Cue OL (1-2)
• Col Legno
• Death Clock (a-i)
• Psycho Chase (a-b)
• Increase (a-b)
• Film Orchestra FX (1-?)
• Vertigo Gang (a-f)

Used In

TV Shows

• 1000 Ways to Die
• 24
• 3 Amigonauts
• The 5th Wheel
• Action League Now!
• The Amazing World of Gumball ("Action Fanfare (a)" and "Psycho Chase (b)" are heard frequently.)
• American Dad!
• American Dragon: Jake Long
• The Angry Beavers
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Aquelarre (Film Orchestra FX ? is Heard)
• Atomic Betty
• Archie's Weird Mysteries
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Bachke Rehnaa Zara Sambhalna
• The Batman (2004 TV Series) (Used in the 2nd intro.)
• Beavis and Butt-Head
• Bernard
• Best Ed ("Evil Mind 10" and "Manhattan Chase" are heard frequently; "The Shock (e)" is heard in a high pitch.)
• Big Time Rush
• Blind Date
• The Boondocks (2005 TV Series)
• Bu Qatada & Bu Nabeel
• Camp Lazlo
• Catscratch
• Chappelle's Show
• Cinematech
• Clone High
• Close Enough
• Codename: Kids Next Door
• Columbo (debut?)
• Courage The Cowardly Dog
• The Cramp Twins
• Cyberchase
• Da Boom Crew
• Danny Phantom (Heard in a low pitch.)
• Dama & Obrero ("???" is Heard)
• Daria
• DinoSquad
• DJ & the Fro
• Drake & Josh
• The Emperor's New School ("Action Fanfare (A)" is heard in "Kuzco Fever".)
• The Eric Andre Show
• Eyewitness (UK TV series) (Season 3 only.)
• Family Guy
• The Fairly OddParents (Heard in a low pitch.)
• Fear Factor
• Futurama
• The Garfield Show ("Train Ride (D)" is heard frequently.)
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law
• Hey Arnold! ("The Shock [#55.1]" and "Nervous Tension 3" are heard once in "The Journal".)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
• Hijinks
• Home Movies
• Hoopla Doopla ("Evil Mind 3" is heard in "Squidie's Day Off" and "The Smell".)
• iCarly
• Icons
• El Internado (A3 Series)
• Invader Zim ("Dark Action A" is heard in "Rise of the Zitboy".)
• Jackass
• Johnny Test
• Kenny the Shark ("Evil Mind 3" is heard once in "Dolphin For A Day", "My Old School" and "Who Framed Kenny The Shark?".)
• Key & Peele
• Kim Possible
• King of the Hill ("The Shock [#55.1]" is heard once in "Now Who's the Dummy?".)
• La CQ
• Little Monsters
• L.A Heat
• The Loud House ("Psycho Chase (B)", "Evil Mind 8", and "The Shock [#54.1]" are heard frequently.)
• MAD
• Metalocalypse
• Mickey Mouse ("Evil Mind 3" is heard frequently.)
• Missing
• The Mighty B!
• The Most Extreme
• Mythic Warriors
• The Oblongs
• Paranormal Home Inspectors
• Pet Alien
• Phineas and Ferb ("Psycho Chase (B)" is heard frequently when Doof traps an agent; "Increase (B)" and "The Shock [#55.1]" is also heard; and "Evil Mind 3" are shortly heard; and "Evil Mind 11" is heard frequently too.)
• Popular Mechanics for Kids
• Power Rangers
• Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
• Regular Show
• Rick and Morty
• Robotboy
• Sanjay and Craig
• Sealab 2021
• Shaabiat Al Cartoon
• Sheep in the Big City
• The Simpsons (Death Clock (I) is heard slowly during the Springfield Cemetery scenes; and "Matlock Theme" was heard briefly)
• South Park
• Spider Riders (Sampled in the International dub.)
• Space Goofs (Dark Action (A) & Eerie Scene (A) are Heard Once)
• SpongeBob SquarePants ("Evil Mind 3", "Death Clock (E)", and "Increase (B)" is heard frequently.)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil ("Evil Mind 3" is heard frequently.)
• Static Shock (Used in the intro.)
• Storm Hawks
• Stroker & Hoop
• Superjail!
• Teamo Supremo
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
• Teen Titans Go!
• Thomas & Friends ("Evil Mind 3" is heard once in "James the Super Engine".)
• Tim & Eric Awesome Show! Great Job!
• Time Squad
• The Tom and Jerry Show
• Tom and Jerry Tales
• The Tom Green Show
• Tosh.0
• Unikitty
• Untamed and Uncut
• Verdades Ocultas (2019-present)
• Villa Dulce
• Watch What Happens: Live (Heard in "Toaster-Geist".)
• Whacked Out Sports
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?
• Wong Fei Hung - Master of Kung Fu
• Xavier: Renegade Angel
• Yakkity Yak

TV Specials

• A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012) ("Evil Mind 3" is heard once.)
• Giant Monsters (2004)
• Night Visitors (2000) (a documentary special that aired on TLC and The Travel Channel during the 90s.)
• The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004)

Theme Parks

Universal Studios Hollywood:

• Special Effects Show

Shorts

• DMC Toho Cinema Policy Trailer
• Marvel Super Heroes: What The--?!
• Scooby-Doo Is Over There

Commercials

• Armonyl ("Evil Mind 3" and "Suspense Strike" are briefly heard.)
• Capital One
• Chocman (2007) ("Evil Mind 3" is Heard)
• Cocoa Puffs (Either 2005 or 2006)
• DirecTV Argentina - Error 771 (2016) ("Evil Mind 3" is heard twice.)
• Fruit by the Foot - Shower (2010) ("Evil Mind 3" is heard.)
• Fruit Gushers - Magic Gushers (1998)
• Got Milk? - Marvel Superheroes (Either 2000 or 2001)
• Honey Nut Cheerios - Geyser (2005)
• JCPenny - Back-to-School Zombies (2007)
• Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Commercial - Channel Surfing (1999) ("Action Fanfare (a)" is heard in the Godzilla Scene.)
• Nickelodeon Fruit Snacks - Jimmy Neutron (2004)
• Simon Malls
• Sims Snowboarding
• Sour Punch Straws - Punch School (2008) ("Evil Mind 3" is heard.)
• Subway - Dinner Theatre (2006)

Movies

• Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002) ("Evil Mind 3" is heard once in a 2+ pitch)
• The Beauty and The Bestie (2015)
• Dragon Fighter (2003)
• The Eden Formula (2006)
• First Strike (1996)
• Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)
• Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)
• Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2005)
• Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico (2003)
• Shattered Lies (2002)

Logos

• Alliance Atlantis
• Channel 3 North East
• CJ Entertainment
• Hoyt's General Cinema
• Nine Network
• Production I.G. / ING (1997)
• Star Cinema (2000-2010, 2013-present)

Video Games

• Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2
• The Bouncer (Heard in some cutscenes.)
• Breath of Fire IV ("Vertigo Gang (a-f)" and "Bad Guys (a)" are been used in the track of Dragon's Blood.)
• Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
• Capcom vs. SNK 2 (Heard in "Demo Ver. 1, "Demo Ver. 2" and "Ending Ver. 2".)
• Crash Tag Team Racing
• Dead or Alive 4 ("Evil Mind 3" is sampled in a theme of "Alpha-152".)
• Delta Force: Urban Warfare ("Manhattan Chase (a)" and "Wild and Free (b)", among others, were used in the soundtrack.)
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse ("Increase (b)" used near the end of E3 2014 trailer.)
• Burnout 3: Takedown ("Evil Mind 1" and "Doom Threat" used as a sample while Impact Time is activated.)
• Burnout CRASH! (An shortened version of "Evil Mind 3" is used when De-Buff or Super Feature is used.)
• Castle Totenkopf: SDL Edition ("Predators" used when you die.)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 ("Predators (f)" is sampled in "Grinder".)
• Die Hard Arcade
• Empire Earth
• Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life
• Endgame
• Evolution Snowboarding
• Final Fantasy X-2
• Gun Metal
• Half-Life
• Heavy Rain
• Jak II (Heard in some cutscenes.)
• Jak 3 (Heard in some cutscenes.)
• Jurassic Park: Trespasser
• Kid Icarus: Uprising (Sampled in the Underground.)
• Mata Nui Online Game
• MediEvil ("Wild and Free (b)" used in the final boss fight theme.)
• Metroid Prime 1 (Who Sampled?)
• Nocturne
• Police Trainer 2
• Portal
• Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (Heard low pitched.)
• Rayman: Raving Rabbids ("The iMovie Suspense Pack" are Heard.)
• Scaler
• Severance: Blade of Darkness
• The Simpsons Arcade Game ("Psycho Chase (b)" used when the players encountered the zombies.)
• Spider-Man (2002) (Video Game)
• Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro (Heard in some cutscenes.)
• SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom
• Spyro the Dragon 2: Gateway to Glimmer
• Super Mario Maker (Re-Arranged for the Doom Sound.)
• Taz: Wanted
• Tekken 3 (Heard in Jin Kazama ending cutscene in the PS1 version.)
• Time Crisis 1 (Heard in the Special Mode, part of PS1 version.)
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Video Game) ("Evil Mind 1" used when Demoness is selected.)
• Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Video Game) ("Evil Mind 3" used in the first cutscene.)
• True Crime: Streets of L.A (2003)
• Vib Ribbon (heard before the Title Screen)
• Vigilance
• Who Wants to Beat Up A Millionaire
• X2: Wolverine's Revenge

Trailers

• The Busy Bee Dogs: The 3 Little Pigs (2008) (Trailers) (The iMovie version of "Predators (d)" is heard once and "Evil Mind 3" is heard twice.)
• Jak II (Trailers)

Promos/Outros

• 31 Minutos: La Película (Some of them are Heard in the Brazilian Version)
• Million Dollar Password (2008) (Manhattan Chase is heard)
• Movies! - Popcorn Movies Outro ("Evil Mind 3" is heard)
• The Talk - Under The Dome (2014) (Ugh... What Audio is Heard?)
• The X-Files - The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat (2018) ("Evil Mind 3" is heard.)

Bumpers/Station IDs

• Fox Movie Channel (2000-2007 version)
• 103.5 BOB FM
• Sky Movies (1998)
• KVDA Telemundo 60 San Antonio ("Evil Mind 3" was Played in One Telecast News.)

Other Media

• iMovie (The tracks are labeled as suspense sounds. "Evil Mind 3", "Evil Mind 4", "Evil Mind 10" and "Bad Guys B" are heard in normal form, "Predators (d)", "Inner Tension" and "Psycho Chase (b)" are slightly modified. Two unknown tracks are heard.)
• Instagram
• Red Skelton Show (2006 Quality Television DVD Release) (iMovie and Garageband were both responsible to compose the music.)

YouTube Videos

• Action Replay Review (adrianmarti) ("Evil Mind 3" is heard.)
• Alonzo Lerone Videos
• AmtrakGuy365
• Annoying Orange
• The Bedfellows (TV Series) ("Evil Mind 3" is Heard Frequently)
• The Caddicarus Show
• Campus School Videos (Heard once in "Sophie, Meredith, and Amarie".)
• Cool School (YouTube Video)
• Crazy Hand in a Nutshell (JPiZZle)
• CyansWorldCartoon
• Donkey Kong - The BLU Heist ("Evil Mind 3" is heard once.)
• Explosm Entertainment (Since 2009)
• Ed's Retro Geek Out
• Fred
• Jenna Rosee Series
• Johnny Johnny Yes Papa
• JonTron
• Kevin LaSean
• League of Legends (Evil Mind 10 is Used in One Promo.)
• Mad Mad Mario ("Evil Mind 3" is heard once in Episode 4)
• MajorEngineStudios
• Mommyof3xo Series (Heard in "WORST SQUISHY PACKAGE EVER! I WAS SCAMMED! (NOT A SKIT!)".)
• Plainrock124
• PewDiePie Videos (2011-2016, 2019-)
• pokapoka slime
• Ramahfool
• The Ruby Tuesday
• SMG4 Videos ("Psycho Chase (b) (iMovie Version)" is Heard Frequently)
• Smosh Videos
• SquirrelStampede
• Steamed Hams but I Added iMovie Music and Sound Effects
• SuperMarioLogan Videos
• Taylor Was Here Again
• Tom The YouTubing Tank Engine
• ToonCee ("Evil Mind 3" is heard once in "I SNITCHED ON MY DAD FOR DOING A NO NO!".)
• Toy Story YTPs (Heard once in "You Are a Sad, Strange Little Man".)
• The Treehouse of Horror YTP Collab
• WhitneyGoLucky ("Evil Mind 3" (Original Version) and "Predators (d)" (iMovie Version) are heard frequently.)
• Wilhelm Scream Compilation (Atomic Bagpipe Pictures) (Heard in the beginning.)
• YTP Tennis Round 8 - Mamon Fighter vs. Mario90007 (Mamon Fighter The 2nd Channel)

Anime

• Black Clover
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• Dragon Ball Super
• Dragon Ball Z
• DragonBall Z Abridged (TeamFourStar) (Heard in season 01 and "Bardock: The Father of Goku".)
• Eureka Seven (Many tracks are sampled in the soundtrack, such as "Uncontrolled Self" and "type the END".)
• Fairy Tail ("Evil Mind 3" is Used Frequently)
• The Future Diary (Several pieces are sampled in the anime's soundtrack, such as "Evil Mind 3", an unidentified horror stinger, and a low pitched version of "Death Clock E".)
• Gintama
• Hetalia: Axis Powers ("Evil Mind 3" is heard once in "Episode 2 and Episode 3".)
• JJBATAS Parody (AntfishTAS)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure("Increase A & B", Psycho Chase B, and "Wild and Free B" are Only Heard in "Battle Tendency".)
• Kaiji (Many tracks are sampled in the soundtrack, such as Dai zanazawa 1.)
• My Hero Academia (Heard in Season 1 Episode 5 & Season 2 Episode 12.)
• One Piece (occasionally sampled in the 4Kids Version's soundtrack.)
• Re: Zero (Heard in Episode 1b.)
• Scissor Seven
• T.EXE's MegaMan Abridged Warrior (TEAMEXE200X)
• Teasing Master Takagi-san (unidentified horror stinger)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (US/EU dub)

Stuff that his Production Music that is Unused

• Literally Everyone (Before "Symphonic Adventures CD")

Image Gallery

• Dick De Benedictis Music/Image Gallery