If you're looking for music for an action film, you may want to check out this track listing. This music can be orchestral, or more techno- or rock based -- or sometimes even a combination of these styles -- and is highly suitable for crime capers, get-away scenes, car chase, running for your life, that kind of thing. Often combining high tempo rhythms with staccato, sometimes dissonant, musical compositions, these track carry a sense of stress, danger, urgency and desperation.
Determined, formidable, dark, driven, aggressive & unstoppable rock track with a epic sense of power & foreboding. Grand, gutsy, edgy, gritty, fiery, intense & malevolent. Would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / combat / military type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with big pounding drums in various more and less intense patterns. Useful as music for sound design, film scoring, games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A gritty, semi-industrial Hybrid action music track, with a dark, violent edge and a rough, doom laden feel. Hard, edgy, danger, tension music. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Gearing up for a battle, the two sides size each other up. The leader of the good guys delivers a short yet inspiring message to his team... we may be down but not out, go out there and conquer! Orchestra and urban beats. Good for sports and any scene building up to action. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
A hybrid orchestral music track with a massive, epic sound. Distorted, unstable synthesizers combine with full orchestra, huge percussion and eventually, choirs. This music track has a sound of epic action scenes, sci-fi, fantasy or horror. The track has several build-ups and drop-offs, edit points that can be used to make track fit the timing of your production. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 83 BPM]
This is a positive, upbeat and energetic rock tune with a happy mood, overdrive guitars and strong drum parts give a feeling of success and accomplishment. Slightly retro feel. [Tempo: Fast / 152 BPM]
Thrilling big beat track featuring driving synthesizers and powerful drums. Versatile track, can be used for example for action, games and sports. Daring and wicked. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 129 BPM]
Gritty power rock joined by a big orchestra, synths and huge choir finish. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Battle drums. Pounding percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, brawls and action scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
Solid groove drums with ambient textures. Hard, determined, hi-tech. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 145 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with big pounding drums in various more and less intense patterns. Useful for sound design, film scoring, games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
An action / thriller track with an Eastern / Mid-East Music influence. Orchestral and ethnic instruments all combine with rock guitars and pounding percussion. High intensity level. Live vocal and live performed instruments. Dystopian / Sci-Fi / Epic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 94 BPM]
A varied and quite progressive rock track. Different guitar parts, some more melodic, others more riff based. Moderately aggressive, with a sense of danger, freedom, adventure and gutsy attitude. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
A dark and gritty, determined and vengeful, power rock track. Brutal guitar riffs, staccato and stuttering. Good for action trailer, fights and wrestling, big power racing, extreme sports and action filled footage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
A dramatic, building trailer track made with cinematic orchestra and percussion. Structure divided into three main parts for easier editing (trailer structure). Proud / Patriotic / Dramatic. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
A powerful, booming heroic epic trailer track. Begins with emotional cello and choir, moving into thumping drums and strings at 0:20, with heroic horns entering at 0:33. A breath in the music at 0:59, then the second sections begins which is more relaxed and pulled back. 1:30 sees the music move back into the powerful and epic style once again with the penultimate section beginning at 1:50 which builds until 02:03 when the most epic part begins. Powerful strings, horns and drums dominate this track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Edgy, lively, groovy, motivated, driven electro rock tracks with bundles of tension, suspense & nervous energy. Synth bass & lush strings combine with lively drums and syncopated organ lines to make music suitable for thriller / action / crime in progress / jewel heist type projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
An epic orchestral soundtrack that is heroic, dramatic and massive in sound perfect for fantasy / action / adventure film and storytelling. Images that come to mind include vast landscapes, travelling across land and sea, a hero's mission, heading to battle, or a victorious return home. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A hardcore, full-on, no mercy electro-noise track in the style of the Prodigy or the Crystal Method. Howling synths, snarling guitars and slamming drums. Very high energy level, almost chaotic. Aggressive, dominant, nasty. Very suitable for extreme sports, fighting and war, action trailer or any other high impact action footage. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 124 BPM]
A fast, fun and reckless track with both hard rock and classic rock influences. Full of events, twists and turns, stops and starts, breaks and stutters. High on intensity and good for sports, extreme sports, racing / motor sports, reckless stunts, action filled cuts, fast fun, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Fast, powerful and exciting Rock track featuring overdrive /distorted guitars, drums and bass. Crazy energetic instrumental song for TV, movies, radio, commercials and more. [Tempo: Fast / 174 BPM]
Digital, futuristic techno-funk with controlled aggression. Thumping synth bass swell, biting guitar riffs, squeaky synths and blippy digitals combine in a sort of hard rock / breakbeat crossover. This track conbines elements of techno, electro, grind, drum'n bass, hard rock / metal, funk and disco. Different, funky and cool. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A massive, epic, urgent sounding music track made with dramatic orchestra, big epic drums and aggressive guitars. Divided into three parts. Chase / Uprising / Invasion / Battle music. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
Medium paced, high-intensity, adrenaline-fueled guitar rocker. Dramatic, atmospheric & passionate combination of monster riffs, synths, strings and hefty grooves. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Dramatic and dark urban track. Intense groove featuring signature riffs, transitions and stunning stutter effects! Fierce and forceful. Works well for urban, street scenes, fashion, catwalk, crime, spy, adventure, exploration, video games. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Odd-time Metal track with groove and attitude. In the style of Rage Against The Machine with a Heavy Metal twist. Try the underscore version also. Without the lead guitars, it has an even great sound of 'heavy weight'. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 100 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with big pounding drums in various more and less intense patterns. Useful for sound design, film scoring, games and more. [Tempo: Medium / 150 BPM]
An epic music with a sense of rising up, building up, increasing towards a crescendo. The full orchestration with big drums sets in just before the one-minute mark. Grand / Valiant / Powerful / Amazement music track. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
An epic and heroic orchestral soundtrack with a feeling of hope, honour and glory. Perhaps a hero's journey into battle or triumphant return home after a victory or achievement. It could be used for a grand adventure / fantasy film score, epic storytelling, travelling across the lands and sailing the seas. Features orchestra, strings, brass, drums and choir. The piece has a fast-moving feel to it. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 85 BPM]
For your epic trailer or intro with powerful electronic synth lines, strings, horns, heavy drums & plenty of action. Pounding pompous stately & heroic. Exciting thriller or action adventure trailer, keeps the audience on the edge of their seat. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Intense fuzzy and driving rocker with lead guitar taking the place of the lead vocal. Hints of Queens of the Stone Age, Satriani and Foo Fighters. Contains guitars, bass, organ and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
Epic blockbuster music track. It features powerful bottom end, orchestral elements and huge brass section. Suitable music for action and conflict scenes, blockbuster and trailer videos. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Intense dramatic action track, with full orchestra, and cinematic percussion, epic drums, and some atmospheric sounds. Good for trailers, movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Medium / 135 BPM]
Upbeat rock song, lyric about not giving up, determination. Features electric guitars, drums, bass and synths. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
A hard and heavy mix of guitars and electronic music. Will work well in action, chase scenes, gaming, extreme sports, sport, fighting. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A dramatic, dark and action trailer music track made with sound design, epic aggressive hits, synths and risers. Action, thriller, sci-fi, violence, horror music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A very dark , disturbed piece. It tells of an unseen malevolence, drawing ever closer to the point where the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Huge down-tuned guitar riffs grab you by the jugular and toss you around till you plead for mercy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
An high energy track with elements of Brit Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock and a hint of Punk. Youthful, happy, a little bit wild / reckless. Uplifting and energizing. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 161 BPM]
Drama-filled, punchy, driven, exciting, raw, gritty, gutsy, thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled stomp-rocker. Hefty guitars, strings, bass and drums combine to make a high energy high tension track. Would suit action / extreme sports projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 180 BPM]
A fast and fiery power rocker with an intensely high energy level. A white knuckle ride. All guns blazing. Pedal to the metal. Also available as an underscore version, without the lead guitars. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 180 BPM]
Pure riff driven track. Double bass drums and pumping bass back the riffness as twin lead harmonies and strings bring more drama to embellish the tune. The mid breaks down into half-time before lead guitar raises the temperature to incendiary. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
Unique, intensely powerful, monster riff- fuelled rock track that would suit extreme sports or action/thriller projects. Imagine Black Sabbath crossed with Satriani and you're in the right area. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
A real blast of fresh and positive guitar rock. Uplifting melodies, lots of variation throughout this alternative rock / modern rock track with a slight progressive / prog-rock slant. It's fast, fun, energetic and sincere. Nice for fun sports, games and adventure, exciting new possibilities, stunts and action. [Tempo: Fast / 88 BPM]
Hard and edgy, downtempo, industrial rock. Hard biting guitar guitars with slamming drums and a gritty, edgy sound. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Energetic hard rock / nu metal. Edgy, high intensity and energy level. Good for chase, action, race, fight / brawl, extreme sports and more. [Tempo: Fast / 178 BPM]
Seriously heavy electric guitars playing an aggressive riff that eventually includes dirty pounding drums. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Intense, atmospheric, space rock monster. Huge guitars mix with electronic elements & strings to produce highly cinematic, adrenaline-fueled beasties that would suit thriller / action / sports projects. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A pretty hard core and brutal, post-industrial, mechanical sounding hard rock track. Twisted metal impact with aggressive guitar chops in a blaze of fire and destruction. Violent, malevolent, determined and dominant. Use with mech warfare, war and destruction, fighting and brawling, extreme hardcore sports, violence and battle. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
This is a hard rocking track that evokes thoughts such as riding through the desert with extreme determination. Great for action films or anything with a desert theme. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
A somewhat ominous and pompous sounding semi-orchestral track with chanting choir. Quick string runs, dramatic orchestration. Use with drama, fantasy, grand adventure, amazing discoveries, urgent / exciting cultural or historical, religion / cult, dark castle, mystery and mythology, etc. Unsettling, uneasy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 80 BPM]
