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Custom Horror Audio

Horror lives and dies by its audio. The score, the sound design, the silence between them are essential. But when these work as a single voice, the result is something audiences feel in their gut.

That's exactly what we deliver.

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Who We Are

Cato Hoeben is and Award-winning composer with 20 years scoring for film, TV and games. Credits across the BBC, ITV, Netflix and Disney include BBC TV series The Snow Spider, Canadian Screen Award-winning documentary Takaya: Lone Wolf, and Royal Family documentaries for BBC and ITV. His work features on two winners of the Wildscreen Festival BBC Newcomer Panda Award and he regularly writes music for major production music catalogues like BMG and Universal Production Music.

Proven in Horror

Cato scored Rose: A Love Story, a feature-length horror starring Sophie Rundle (Peaky Blinders) and Matt Stokoe (Cursed), a vampiric love story set in isolated Welsh woodland where the audio carried the atmosphere that:

  • World premiered at the BFI London Film Festival
  • Was nominated for the BIFA Raindance Discovery Award
  • Required a score that balanced tenderness with dread

He also worked on Hollywood thriller House at the End of the Street featuring Jennifer Lawrence and They Don’t Leave, a horror film following a divorced woman battling alcoholism who retreats to a secluded family cabin in search of solace, only to discover that the demons lurking within its walls have been waiting for her all along.

Nikos has a vast library of original sound effects and experience recording that he brings to Horror Audio, meaning we have a wealth of material to make your score and sound effects unique and interesting. When hiring us for your projects, you can be confident you are getting something bespoke.

Why Work With Us

Most projects treat music and sound design as separate departments with a handoff point somewhere in post. We don’t.

One unified sonic vision
We build score and sound design together from the ground up, so every element serves the same emotional purpose.

Range and versatility
Full orchestra, hybrid electronics, processed field recordings, unsettling silence. Whatever your project demands.

We understand horror
Not just the technical side, but the emotional architecture: tension, unease, restraint and the moments where less is far more terrifying than more.

Who is this for?

Directors in development or post-production looking for a distinctive audio identity.

Game studios building immersive horror experiences that need audio designed from the ground up.

Content creators who want professional, bespoke horror audio that sets their work apart.

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Licence summaries

When you buy one of our packs, you are purchasing a licence to use our sounds in your projects. You do not own the sounds nor is this a licence to resell or repackage our sounds in any way. Here’s an overview of how it works with a link to the full licence below – if anything is unclear, just reach out to us to discuss your questions:

Editions

Standard Edition

For students, hobbyists, freelancers, indie creators, and small studios. Use in projects with a total budget under £100,000. Covers most commercial and non-commercial work – online content, streaming, podcasts, indie games, and independent productions. Not for national broadcast TV, cinema release, national ad campaigns, or AAA games.

Extended Edition

For studios, agencies, and large productions. Unlimited use in projects of any budget, including film, TV, broadcast, theatrical, national advertising, and AAA games.

Pack Types

Hybrid Packs
// Music + SFX
Royalty-free for sound effects. Music beds are PRO-registered (PRS and affiliates) – cue sheets may be required. You may not register original music beds or stems with any PRO or rights management system unless they are transformed into a substantially new work.
SFX Packs
// Sound effects only
100% royalty-free. No PRO reporting required.
Music Packs
// Music only
PRO-registered (PRS and affiliates). Cue sheets must credit Hoeben Media Limited and the composer as listed in the example cue sheet included in downloaded packs. Original music beds or stems cannot be registered with a PRO unless incorporated into a new, substantially original work.

General Rules

✔ You can:

  • Edit, process, and use sounds in unlimited projects (within your Edition’s limits).
  • Release your projects worldwide, without extra fees.

❌ You cannot:

  • Resell, repackage, relicense, or share the raw sounds – original or modified.
  • Create your own sample packs or libraries from these sounds.
  • Use sounds or music as the main element of a standalone music track, release, or streaming single.
  • Extract loops, beats, or musical fragments to make new standalone works or remixes.
  • Upload music tracks to streaming platforms (e.g. Spotify, Apple Music) as standalone audio.
  • Claim authorship of the original content.
  • Use the sounds to train, feed, or develop AI or machine learning systems.

Licences are perpetual (use forever) and non-transferable (only you/your company can use them). The sounds must always stay embedded in your projects.
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