Gtk2-theme-aphotic is a project mainly written in ..., it's free.
Dark and usable gtk2 theme using the Aurora gtk engine
Aphotic
Aphotic is a simple gtk2 theme based on Aurora Midnight, just a bit darker and a light blue foreground color. It requires the Aurora Gtk engine, which you can most likely get from your distribution's package management tool.
Go to http://wiki.github.com/seanyeh/gtk2-theme-aphotic/screenshots to see what it looks like.
Installation: Like installing any other theme, just extract the archive to ~/.themes
Enjoy!