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.
Edgy, pulsing, rhythmic and pounding electronic trailer music track. In the second part - urgent and energetic, percussive dramatic action. Danger / War / Assault. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Futuristic dubstep / rock like edgy breaks meets death metal, evil & foreboding, ideal for extreme sports, gaming & advertising. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A serious slugger of a deep, groovy, gutsy rock track. With downtuned guitar and a slow-ish bluesy rhythm, this is a no-holding-back rocker. Wild, untamed, with a very macho sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 114 BPM]
A sizzling, pulsating and buzzing, hard hitting electro-rock track. Dark and menacing with a huge wall of synthesizers snarling and throbbing. Somewhat futuristic. Intense / pensive. Use for fights, action, doomsday scenario, very brash product launches, power sports / motorsports and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Stomping, pounding swagger rock music with a lot of attitude. Infectious guitar riffs, clapping and modern beat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Edgy electronic music with solid beats, thumping toms and acid sound design. Dark / Dangerous / Power / Edgy / Raw music track. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
A man, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer! This track was made for your next trailer or action movie/videogame soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow / 92 BPM]
Hard hitting, relentless electro-rock music with hypnotic arpeggios and gritty guitars. Confident / machine-like / robotic music. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with marching snares, military march. Occasional big drum strikes. Useful for scenes of battle, chase, urgency, action. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Very fast / 95 BPM]
Drum'n Bass / Electro-tech. Solid D&B grooves over a bed of dreamy, atmospheric pads and chords give this track a somewhat edgy, futuristic, disturbing feel. High energy level, combined with a somewhat ethereal backdrop. Good for extreme sports, future and sci-tech, futuristic racing, etc. Also for youth culture / rave / urban subcultures. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4, Op. 90. Movement IV. Saltarello. Presto. Arranged and recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 0 BPM]
A mysterious, brooding opening soon gives way to an epic, dark track featuring orchestra, drums and choir. Huge climactic ending - great for trailers. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
A rough and gritty Drum'n Bass track. Down and dirty with a pumping synth bass groove. Futuristic and groovy. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A traditional heavy rock groove with a modern twist, pulsating bass and breakbeats combine to give a feeling of confidence and control. Ideal for motor-bike gang related scenes, advertising and gaming and is in the vibe of the Sopranos, Breaking Bad or any Quentin Tarantino movie. Also great for sports footage, or crime, criminals, heist getaway. Edgy, Bad and Wicked. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Seriously funky electro groove music. Great as music for corporate, technology, fast flow of information, people and business on the move. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Funky, gritty big beat 'music track with massive guitar riffs. Nasty, confident and relentless stock music. Think big engines, metal against metal. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Relentless electronic drum and bass tune with lots of attitude. The track opens with a growling acid synth that squeels under distortion and compression. Heavy hitting drums are commanding with a deep thumping kick. The first drop is a wobbly drum and bass beat that's rhythmic and fast paced. The breakdown re-introduces the growling synth that builds up with a big growl before the main drop. Off beat rhythm and funky snappy drums create a really energetic beat. This track will work great in car chases, racing videos, extreme sports, fight scenes and many more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
A determined, tight and driving techno / EDM beat music. Gutsy, powerful, edgy, mechanical and methodical - not to mention, very funky! [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Up-beat, funky, retro breaks feel with a vocoded refrain, “I came to start the party, ‘cos I’m the party starter”. Great music for action sports, work montages and gangster scenes. Also available without the vocals. Urban / Party / Dance stock music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
An intense and powerful blend of orchestral and metal music, with loud, heavy metal drum section. Forceful / Tense / Dark music. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
An energetic and driving classic rock / indie rock / stomp music track with attitude, swagger and gusto. High energy rock n roll. Full of confidence, flair, style and 'yeah factor'. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 184 BPM]
An urgent, dramatic and at times unsettling track for dramatic trailers, fight scenes, epic battles and grand heroes or warriors. Can also be rescue mission or pirate fight / fantasy battle. Full orchestra, battle drums and choir. Powerful / Amazing / Climax. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
Raw blues shuffle / rockabilly with slide guitar and harmonica. Dirty and fun. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Rock guitars, drums and mysterious ambient elements combine to give a feeling of racing across the harsh desert in a rally car, also working and achieving, pushing through. Futuristic and slightly spooky, great music for motorsport, bikers and grease monkeys! [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
An emotive action/dramatic music track. Stirring and gradually building with emotion and intensity. Epic / Drama / Trailer Music. [Tempo: Slow, 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: Slow, Medium / 66 BPM]
Dark and foreboding sound design elements building with percussion and threatening strings. Violent and edgy. Epic / Trailer / Tension Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Fast, Very fast / 126 BPM]
Epic / Heroic theme. Orchestra, battle drums and full choir. Staccato, marching feel, like an unstoppable force moving tirelessly and relentlessly towards final victory. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 97 BPM]
Full on Chilli-Pepper style rock. Aggressive, energetic, hard, funky. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 105 BPM]
A dark and dramatic, tense and uneasy music track for danger and dramatic scenes. This track has an underlying nerve, a building, increasing arrangement that grows into an all-out action track from about 01:15. Intense, fiery, and good music for extreme danger, battle, critical situations and more. This track has a lot of starts, stops and sections, parts and "edit points", making it highly suitable for editing to fit the timing of your own footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark, intense, mean, powerful, driven, passionate, hard-hitting, no nonsense rocker with great tension & momentum. Loud, confident, exciting, primitive, dangerous, wild, wicked, relentless & fiery. Would suit action thriller / extreme sports / military / combat type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Classic Hip Hop breakbeat with a Funk-Rock bass line, vinyl scratching. Works great with extreme sports, counter-culture, gangster get-away, rough and tumble. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A High energy soundtrack to launch impactful media. Ideal for impactful TV spots, typography, and sporting event openers. Big Taiko drums pound away to create a feeling of anticipation for a big moment and climax in either a live sporting event or compelling media project. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Edgy Drum'n Bass / Breakbeat. Dark, industrial feel. Busy and uptempo; occasionally the beat breaks down to half speed before picking up again. Available with or without occasional vocal samples. Dark synth elements with Dub / Dubstep feel. Energetic, edgy, exciting. X-sports, rave, future/sci-tech, urban, subculture etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 174 BPM]
An intense and dramatic movie trailer style track, complete with full orchestra, choir and a huge percussion sections. Very dramatic, powerful, urgent, and tense. Big brass stabs combine with ethnic drums and vocal chants. The chord progression helps to increase the intensity level throughout, towards the final crescendo and climax. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 156 BPM]
A dark, groovy, energetic electronic ride at full speed! Drum and bass in 178 BPM. Aggressive, rapid, intense and dynamic action packed track, a hypersonic electronic groove. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 178 BPM]
Confident, edgy, hefty, dynamic, exciting, brutal, tense & dramatic rocker with great, bold power & drive. Weighty, measured, primitive, suspenseful, menacing, crushing, wicked & unstoppable. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 152 BPM]
Edgy, determined, brutal, progressive rock music track. Relentless and dark. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 119 BPM]
Percussion only, war drums / battle drums track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 75 BPM]
An epic, electronic hybrid trailer track. The track starts off fairly quiet with muted distance synth hits and rhythmic synth elements. The main drop is absolutely huge with a brick wall synth bass that cuts through everything in it's path, layered in with an epic melody. This track will work well with video game trailers, sci-fi and movie trailers, as well as other cinematic / epic / sci-fi type projects. Also for extreme danger / dangerous situations, rescue missions, military operations and more. Could even be for edgy sports footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Think Burn Notice. Jazzy and Funky. Features acoustic guitar and sizzling keyboard elements with horns. Upbeat and exciting. Good for tv action drama. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Edgy and heavy, electro / rock Big Beat track. A ballsy guitar riff leads the way, with a slamming drum beat and distorted bass following through. Determined, gritty and macho. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
A dark, rhythmic, orchestral track suitable for conflict, battle, chase or impending action. A methodical rhythm creates a sense of something relentless, malevolent. Builds to a climax towards the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 163 BPM]
Monstrous dubstep synths, horns and rock guitars combine in a heaving, grinding, violent head bopper - ideal music for extreme sports, gaming and edgy futuristic mechanoid uprising. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 87 BPM]
A suspenseful track featuring dramatic string pattern, accompanied with large percussion, wide brass ensemble and simple piano melody. Suitable for crime and mysteries, secret agents and heroes, battle scenes and blockbuster type videos. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A strong, powerful, menacing, epic filmscore track. Symphonic orchestra and choir mixed with techno/industrial elements to create a feel of futuristic or modern warfare, mechanoids, space battle, transformers fighting, brawling or stand-off. Suitable for future / sci-fi / metal and glass, fire and destruction, dramatic trailers, battle / chase / conflict / war scenes. Also available as a Rock Mix with added power guitars and rock drums, and as an alternative version without the choir. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
Edgy and brooding electro beats with aggressive synths. Driving / Promo / Dark. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
An epic blockbuster track featuring suspense orchestra combined with big risers and trailer impacts. Suitable music for epic trailers and powerful, high impact footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A suspenseful action trailer music track featuring deep and growling synths combined with pulsation motion and orchestra. Hurried feel with 7/8 time signature. Suitable music for epic content, trailers and blockbuster videos. [Tempo: Fast / 0 BPM]
Funky and gutsy instrumental guitar rock. A bit dirty, with attitude and confidence. Combining elements of rock'n roll from the 1970's, 80's, 90's, 00's and beyond. Good for powerful media, action, fire and destruction, nascar racing, extreme sports and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 102 BPM]
