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.
This track is a rock/Nu metal/industrial track with orchestral and electronic elements.The guitars and drums are in your face aggressive no letup in intensity feel. Good for edgy video or commercials that need ‘in your face’ music. [Tempo: Fast / 122 BPM]
This track could be a reality TV show theme opener. Raw Rock guitars meet synth driven, upbeat driving production. Think Top Chef meets Swamploggers. Fast paced and positive with a touch of 'tongue in cheek' attitude. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 121 BPM]
Eerie, tense, percussive soundscape with a relentless spooky melody, dark metalic FX and flute sweeps. Atmospheric with a sense of suspense and imminent danger. Menacing and sinister. 48 hours, The Mentalist, Castle, Alien Invasion, crime drama, horror, Sci-Fi. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Gritty electric guitar melody, effective cinematic music, stylized dramatic music, film score for cop, police, military, action, spy, espionage, undercover, secretive, stake out and expedition themes. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Deep bass lines and synths build a dark and intense atmosphere with a sense of suspense and drama. Good track for underscore dramatic situations. An amazing fusion of distorted guotar lines, percussion and strings. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A dark, cold and damp TV or film underscore cue. Pensive, unnerving and unsettling, this piece is suitable for a scene in a crime mystery, horror flick or perhaps a criminal documentary featuring evil or the occult, gruesome discoveries in forensics. Soundscapes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A very intense, strong and fiery piece or orchestral sci-fi / fantasy / battle music. Suitable for Epic Trailers, science fiction or Fantasy / Adventure. Heroic uprising, huge battles, epic struggles. Heroes marching on to glory. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
A lively and grand orchestral Pirate track! Menacing and glorious, excited and rousing, with fast snare drums, full orchestra and choir (also available without the choir), and a strong theme in the vein of Pirates of the Caribbean, this track will go well with Fantasy, Mischief, Pirates on the open sea, Swashbuckling fight scenes and more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
A lively, grand and epic orchestral soundtrack suitable for Fantasy, Magic, Sci-fi and Epic trailers. Pompous and eventful, this track features brash and urgent orchestral runs and is available with or without the Choir. Somewhat Harry Potter-esque in style, the track carries a sense of danger and urgency, whilst at the same time feeling excited, amazed, rousing and triumphant. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
A somewhat punk'ish Pop-Rock track with an Indie type sound and lots of attitude. Youthful, somewhat rebellious, a little bit Leftfield, and very cool. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 162 BPM]
Fist Pump is a high energy Rock track, delivering messages of non-caring and recklessness. The breakdown includes a modern twist on an old blues progression, as well as a high energy outro. Perfect for extreme sports type videos. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 157 BPM]
Nice opening music for awards, achievements and business success. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A funky guitar intro with synth swirls and pulsating rhythms. A string/synth flourish then leads into an upbeat and powerful chorus with rhythmic synth and gated electric guitars. Upbeat and inspiring this track always moves and flows giving a warm and positive feeling. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A modern rock guitar riff starts this track followed by pulsing synth and guitar part. Full of interesting swells and fx make this track full of surprises while retaining a natural feel. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
Opening with a drum fill we then move on to a quirky upbeat guitar melody. The track then progresses with pop/rock/u2 style guitar and synth lines. A hopeful, powerful and upbeat track, nice for kids productions with a rocked or slightly punky style. [Tempo: Medium / 136 BPM]
Funky guitar with a solid drum beat. Moog bass and wah guitar feature in the second section. Nice for driving, motion, movement and transition scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Face ripping guitar riffs , monster beats and gargantuan grooves. Starts as an all out rocker , then percussion and funk sections creep in here and there. The mid section brings a free fallling spacey chill out section before some emotive lead guitar and the final chorus blasts you , ever more intensely , to the end. Contains guitars, bass ,drums and synth noises. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Use of Eastern percussion to bring across the clash of the titans on the battlefield, coming face to face with your adversary. Gearing for war, high impact, action, battle, fight, conquest, confrontation, combat. Recorder, shakers, dufflis, duff, dhol. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
Dreamatic, slightly dark, cult music, eerie, sinister undertones, alternative. Electric guitar, rhythm, synth, strings, choir, horns. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 116 BPM]
High energy, chase, tension, thriller, action, nervous, jumpy. A combination of techno beats and orchestral sounds. Urgent, stressed. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Music to depict the showdown between two warring clans, gearing for war, meeting your adversary face to face. Powerful, bombastic, challenge, opponents, duel, confrontation, conflict. Horns, duduk, choir, world percussion, strings. [Tempo: Medium / 113 BPM]
Action-filled, combining fast techno beats with orchestra and choir elements. Urgent, tense. Good for chase, race, action and tension. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
Determined, fast paced chase or battle scene music, using a combination of orchestral sounds with a hard hitting techno backdrop. Hard electronic synths and beats meet up with dramatic orchestral sweeps. Danger, drama, conflict, or extreme situations. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A frantic, percussion driven music track for a chase, battle or fight scene. Highly suitable for trailer, game, thriller or action film. String lines nervous and staccato, dissonant string stabs with busy percussion. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
An upbeat action thriller track with a modern Filmcue vibe: Suspenseful pending build up. Rich in cinematic texture. Great for various cinematic use, ominous background, action suspense segments etc. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 120 BPM]
Tense combination of sound designer sounds with ambient synth textures and a hard hitting techno backdrop. action, drama, dramatic, chase, crime, police, battle, war, futuristic action and suspense. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 100 BPM]
A tense, pensive underscore for a dramatic scene with an Italian or Sicilian slant. Perhaps New York Mafia, historical drama, or a chase / battle / conflict scene set against a backdrop of Italy / Sicily or Eastern Europe / Traditional Europe. Mandolin and violin with battle percussion, orchestral strings and brass stabs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 75 BPM]
A dramatic track with a European / French / Italian / Sicilian feel. A stabbing, aggressive rhythm and dark brass sweeps, combined with violin and accordeon gives this track a historical feel that makes it good for history / period drama. Threatening and uneasy. Conflict / provocation. [Tempo: Medium / 77 BPM]
A staccato and ominous / uneasy track with a traditional European flavor provided by Violin, Accordion and Mandolin, combined with pounding drums and orchestra. Could be Italy / Italian / Sicilian or other European country, possibly Mafia related or a track to accompany conflict, battle, shootout, chase or some urgent situation. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
High energy, uptempo, rock cue with a smokin' guitar lick, driving bass and drums. Frantic, fast and in your face! Synth and orchestral elements add a touch of unexpected interest. Builds to a sting ending. Works for competition, Xtreme Sports, Sports Rock, NASCAR, surfing, flying, skiing, snowboarding, racing, action adventure, biker bars, extreme sports, jetsking, wipeouts and cage fighting. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 200 BPM]
A choppy, busy, edgy Drum'n Bass track with processed violins & voice cuts. The jungle parts and wobbling bass makes this a pretty visual urban title. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 175 BPM]
A rather intense mix of orchestral and electronic music. It's progressive construction makes it a pretty good fit to any story based energetic montage. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Funky track with clav and brass section. Busy, lively, excited. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
This track has hard driving guitars and drums with some electronic elements. Also has elements of industrial rock. Very aggressive track. This track has an edgy, dark feel and evokes images of modern day Metal meets Doom. Good for dark, aggressive media shots in need of metal you can make sense out of. [Tempo: Fast / 170 BPM]
High energy hip hop beat. Authentic sounding, fresh, with a high sense of movement. Slightly dark. Synths, busy drums, exotic flute and a deep bass. In the lieks of 50 cent, Eminem & Snoopy Dogg. Urban, sexy, street gangs. Perfect for use in extreme sports, fight scenes, motor sports, adult content. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
Grimey and funky Dubstep / Electro Hardcore. Glitchy and full of breaks. Cutting edge, robotic, futuristic - with a retro element provided by the old sounding string section. Ironic / Messy / Chaotic. Squelching and wailing synths. Funky, machine like, similar in style to Skrillex etc. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 140 BPM]
A dark, funky and gritty Spy / Agent / Undercover type track. Edgy, grimey. Good for action thriller / dirty action hero. This track combines a certain retro pulp / melodramatic quality with downtempo, grimey, electro beats. Also good as a track for credits roll. [Tempo: Slow / 91 BPM]
Straight forward driving, beefy modern hard rock/metal track ideal for reality TV, sports, and action cues such as Ultimate Fighter, Nascar, WWE and UFC. Huge, slamming drums mixed with edgy, tight palm muted 7 string guitar riffs. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Heavy distorted guitar riffage and powerful drums. Good for extreme sports, intense military video games, UFC, ESPN, NFL and action cues. In the style of Metallica, , Pantera, Lamb of God, Disturbed, In Flames and Avenged Sevenfold. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 100 BPM]
A powerful mix of syncopated synths, dramatic, fast accented strings and breakdown beats. Ideal for reality TV cues when firing contestants as well as other dramatic cues such as Celebrity Apprentice, Survivor and Hell's Kitchen. Mob hits and urban chase scenes with bad guys on the move. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
An heavy orchestral piece featuring epic choirs and loud rhythmic elements escalating to terror. Introduced by a escalation growing from pizzicato string melody to a big brass theme sustained by repetitive choirs syllables (a version without choirs is also available). A good soundtrack to danger/agression related scene (fighting/etc...) [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 0 BPM]
Dark, techy royalty free Drum 'n Bass with an upbeat feel. Sometimes refferred to as Neurofunk. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 174 BPM]
Commercial pop music track heavily influenced by hip hop, using big arena synths and hints of brass. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
Powerful hard rock with a heavy eighties aura. Perfect for sports or training montages. Energizing and inspiring solid rock tune. Also available without the corny guitar melody. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Begins with fast paced electro/rock underscore. Distorted guitars and sounds design are prevalent throughout. At mid-point, the entire orchestra joins in with a trailer-esque choir which builds to a final crescendo with brass stabs for impact. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Fast tempo cue with a nod to the non-stop action-filled cartoons of yesterday. Full orchestra with standout playfulness. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 120 BPM]
Military cue starts with snare drums and percussion with a transition to over-the-top orchestra; projecting the excitement and tension of war. Battle or military scenes work well here. Huge brass stabs accentuate the action. Brief pauses for exhibition and scene transitions. Big percussive hits drive the exhilaration. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
Trashy, violent, aggressive and explosive Dubstep track transformed from an 'action movie' like orchestral composition. A complex bass synthesis on a heavy beat; Good for any teenage related footage, hardcore animation, motion design in need of an additional punch to it. And a great way to introduce a surprising violence. [Tempo: Slow, Fast, Very fast / 142 BPM]
Exciting, edgy and modern. A relentless vision of futurism packed with lo-fi guitar and warped drum layers. The track builds towards an eerie, distant riff that charges full tilt towards a glitchy, fidgety ending. Visceral and oddly compelling. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 174 BPM]
Urgent orchestration collides full tilt with clattering percussion in this dramatic orchestrated chase. Good for climactic scenes, chases or high energy movie trailers. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 100 BPM]