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.
Driving Score track with e-guitars, effects and heavy drum / percussion sounds. Edgy, menacing and aggressive. Good for action, pursuits and thrilling fight scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 85 BPM]
Upbeat, pumping and grooving techno dance with guitar hooks. There is also an underscore version without the guitar and other lead/solo instruments. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 138 BPM]
A creature from beyond time and space appears, accompanied by massive, cinematic, trailer-style orchestra and choir! [Tempo: Fast / 151 BPM]
Moody string section with an offbeat jazzy feel, joined by Urban style hip-hop drums and bass. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Energy rock track with a high level of intensity and plenty of twists and turns throughout, to keep the interest and energy level up. Fast tempo, energizing, exciting. Good for sports, extreme sports, power racing, action filled footage, fights and brawls, destruction derby, etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 167 BPM]
For extreme sports or similar productions. Progressive Electronic. Energetic, Moving/Driving, Groovy. Synth Bass, Drum Grooves, Vocal/Vox, Synthesizers. Teen/Pop Culture, Fashion/Style, Commercials/TV themes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 129 BPM]
Intense and dark hard rocker, with brutal riffing and occasional alarming synth elements. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 131 BPM]
Electro-Pop / Synth Pop with a hint back to the 1980's Synthwave and action film music. Upbeat, energetic, action-filled, 80s action hero. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
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]
Smokin' riffy guitar rock, classic 3-piece. Sports, action, extreme sports, excitement, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 116 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]
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]
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]
Funky electro house tune with uplifting chords and punchy bass. Pitched up synths and rhythmic drums add bouncy and energetic vibe to the track. Quick bass transitions and fast change ups give this track a quirky and fun feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A powerful and grand / regal orchestral / symphonic soundtrack piece, driven forward by Taiko like percussion. Pounding drums combine with dramatic string sections to create a sense of imminent battle, dangerous situation. Perhaps a sea rescue, a dangerous missing on enemy territory, or the rise of an awesome fighting force. Military / Fantasy / Action / Conflict / Fight. (A note about the version described as 'Stage Mix': This version is recorded with the reverb/ambiance of a concert hall, making it sound somewhat more 'distant' from the listener and, some would say, more 'live') [Tempo: Medium / 75 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 / 165 BPM]
An unnerving, tense and somewhat quirky soundtrack with a sense of the strange, weird, and mystical. Available with or without occasional child vocal chants, this track combines elements of the Ancient and Mystical with more modern sounds and a driving, determined beat. Good for tense and nervous scenes, perhaps building up to action. Can be set in an exotic place on earth, or even on a strange alien planet. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Downtempo, urban hip-hop grooves. Relatively sparse, dark, groovy, monotonous. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
A seriously funky and gritty, groovy, filtered guitar riff join up with distorted bass and slamming Big Beat style drums. Hardcore big-beat / metal / electronic / industrial crossover with elements of heavy metal. Powerful, determined, forceful and will go well with any super confident media, sports / extreme sports, action/chase scene, motorsports, boxing/fighting etc. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Hard rock, progressive rock with down and dirty guitar riffs, drum syncopations, occasional keyboard overlays and textures of several guitars. Great for sports footage and much more. [Tempo: Fast / 136 BPM]
A 3 voice harmony guitar melody drives this bouncy, happy instrumental. The middle section blistering guitar solo darkens the atmosphere a bit. Overall, reminds me of several Steves (Vai, Hackett, Morse...) [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 146 BPM]
Swashbuckling, melodic, cinematic theme, performed by a real live orchestra. Setting off on new adventures and new discoveries. Excitement and expectation. Optimistic, merry. Great for adventure, family film, pirates or wild west, new adventures in the city or in the country - on land, or at sea. [Tempo: Fast / 137 BPM]
A no-nonsense, determined and forceful power rock track. Varied throughout, riff driven and with a good, aggressive, energy level. This hard hitting rocker is suitable for high intensity footage and features, sports, extreme sports and motor sports, fighting and destruction, stunts and danger, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 140 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]
Exciting, intense, adrenalized, driven, electro rock with great momentum and energy. Synths combine with big guitars to make music suitable for sports/action/thiller/dramatic projects. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
An exciting and energised rock track with catchy 8-bit elements and an epic sound. Sounds both youthful and new, very much in the fashion of the current 8-bit pop/rock fusion trend. [Tempo: Fast / 170 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]
Powerful, dramatic orchestral track with a sense of an imminent attack about to happen. Danger, conflict, tension, preparing to go to battle, not knowing what awaits. This film score style track has a cinematic, epic sound, great for action, adventure, thriller type productions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
A music made for action and adventure film and video games, and is well suited to professional movie trailers and advertisements. It is bold, epic, dramatic, and fast paced with a classic orchestral feel and arrangement. This dynamic piece, with its slow, methodical introduction that crescendos into a driving section highlighted by regal horns that explode into a percussive conclusion. [Tempo: Fast / 148 BPM]
Cinematic action track with middle eastern harmonies, feel and instruments like Duduk, Oud and Santoor accompanied by full orchestra, different percussion, synthesizers, grand piano and bass guitar. Suitable for films shot in the modern middle eastern cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Will work in trailers, documentary footages and more. Powerful composition with a lot of escalation and growing tension up to the ending. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Modern rock style track with layers of reverbed staccato guitars, funky bass line and hard hitting rock drums. Positively forward driving. There is a main guitar theme at 0:45 (that repeats at 1:28 and 2:28) with some calmer parts and pauses between that will work perfectly for syncing purposes. Suitable for action footage, surfing, sports, car racing or any other exciting, fast moving media. Also available as an Underscore version, without the lead guitar. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Opening with Senegalese percussion, this soon turns into hard Electro Beats fused in a Plump DJ's style. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
A groovy and gutsy power rock track with low tuned guitars, a mid- to up-tempo power groove and a confident strut. Great for power sports, action sports, action adventures and extreme sports. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 168 BPM]
Crushingly heavy, doggedly determined, intensely driven & primitively powerful hard rock track with hints of Rage Against The Machine & Queens of the Stone Age. Confident, raw, mean, gutsy & lively. Would suit extreme sports / motor sports / action / thriller / combat type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 121 BPM]
Driving and energetic orchestral/electronic track. Broody suspense building mood music for chase scenes and action sequences and high intensity situations. Suitable for film, TV and DVD documentary. CSI Miami, NCIS and Criminal Mind type music. Instrumental, Action Music, Action Thriller Electronic. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 85 BPM]
A pumped up dark and driving tune. Brimming with energy, motivation and power. This track builds nicely and will pump you up and get you ready to rock. Good for use in confrontational or competitive environments. Be it hard training, extreme sports, a shootout or all out royal rumble! Push yourself to the limit. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 89 BPM]
A pulsating bass synth along with mysterious piano and pads and sparse but driving drum rhythms begin this tension filled action track, which builds with excitement and intensity. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 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]
Dark, epic and suspense trailer music track made with big orchestra and big, powerful choir. Trailer structure. Medieval / Dark / Dramatic music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 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]
Hefty, powerful, raw, gutsy, muscular, downtuned, driven, groovy, intense rock track with crushing riffy guitars & relentless drums. Loud, mean, raucous, fiery, confident & determined. Would suit extreme sports / action / thriller / combat / military type projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Energetic, driving, hard rock / metal. Interchanging some more melodic parts with others that just stab away with raw power and aggression. Lots of things going on in this track, to keep the intensity and energy level up. Good for racing, sports, dangerous stunts, fast cut action scenes, violence and destruction etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 125 BPM]
Full of energy, positivity, motivation and confidence, House track. Bright, forward pushing and pulsating. If you need something fresh and cool! [Tempo: Fast / 123 BPM]
Gritty power rock joined by a big orchestra, synths and huge choir finish. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A dance/electronica track with attitude. An atmospheric and almost industrial sounding introduction builds a sense of anticipation for the big driving beat to come in. A breakdown in the middle of the track brings in a strong lead synth sound as everything builds back up to a full sound. Edgy and powerful, this track will suit many media application. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 118 BPM]
Action oriented hybrid orchestral music track, with a lot of metallic percussion and powerful blasts. Fast and driving percussion ensemble. Inspired by apocalyptic action and car chases. Chase / Crime / Cinematic Music. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Epically spacey & powerful rock monster with electronic elements. At times slightly psychedelic, others quite dark, heavy & sinister. Always motivated, determined, intense & melodic. Contains some intense guitar work! Would suit thriller / action / sports projects. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
An infectious, riffy and catchy, classic style rock / hard rock track. Guitar driven, positive, determined. Aggressive, but more in a fresh and positive way, rather than doom-laden. Use with exciting media, victory lap, sports montage, extreme sports, watersports, basejumping and skydiving, alpine skiing, racing and motor sports, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 142 BPM]
A dark, ominous and dramatic film underscore music using a combination of electronic and orchestral elements. This track starts out sneaky and foreboding with staccato synth pattern and grows over time, gradually building up the intensity towards a climax at about 1:26. An element of mystery, conspiracy and intrigue. A very serious tone which sets the scene for crime, thriller, spy movie/game etc. [Tempo: Slow / 155 BPM]
Irresistibly funky guitar based tune that makes your head nod and your foot tap. Big grooves, pimped-out feel and phatt riffs combine with spacey chords and hard driving choruses. Slightly reminiscent of Satriani and Nuno Bettencourt in feel. Contains guitars, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
