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.
High energy, exciting, adrenalised heavy rock track. Huge guitars combine with monster beats , dramatic strings and spacey ethereal clean guitars to make a rollercoaster of a ride. Would suit action/sports/thriller projects. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Positive, uplifting, energised, edgy, exciting, gloriously epic & rhythmic rock track with a constant momentum and energy. Has an air of victory and triumph. Starts with Coldplay-esque piano then has a Foo Fighters type driving chorus part. Piano, pizzicato strings, guitar, bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Edgy, gritty and intense power rock. Meaty, chunky and heavy guitar riffing with industrial style keyboard textures and drums. Slightly mechanical, metallic feel. Good for power engines, action sports, extreme sports, fighting, dirt flying, rally and Nascar, offroad madness and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A drum 'n bass tune with heaps of energy and excitement. Features a big 'drop', glitched sythesizers, hits and twisted effects. This track will work great in extreme sports videos, car commercials, video game commercials, chase scenes etc. [Tempo: Fast / 155 BPM]
Simple, melodic, up-tempo power rocker with loads of lead guitar. The chorus brings in a string section to add to the adrenalised intensity. Hints of Satriani and Foo Fighters. [Tempo: Fast / 162 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]
Somewhat avant-garde rock track, pushing the boundaries between techno, industrial and guitar-blazing rock'n roll. Not for the faint hearted. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Bold and heavy Big Beat tune, with a repetitive guitar riff and powerful drums. Intro builds tension and prepares to the pounding beat that drops afterwards. Works beautifully with action and fight scenes, military, radical sports, auto racing and anything that needs that ass-kicking vibe. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 85 BPM]
Dark, powerful brooding instrumental metal with chugging electric guitar and half time drums that evolves into a hard rock gallop. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Hard core, extreme hard rock / grindcore. Very violent / brutal. Forceful, determined, aggressive. Fast guitar riffing, doubling up on the kick drum for a machine-gun like rhythmic feel. Use with scenes of violence, destruction, war, extreme aggression, hardcore motor sports, extreme sports and dramatic trailers with an extreme / fiery / violence overload kind of feel. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 190 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]
Fast moving chase or battle track, using orchestral elements blended with hard core techno breakbeat drums and distorted synthesizers. Good for crime chase, trailer, or any conflict / battle material. Also good for sports, extreme sports and dramatic, high impact footage. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 145 BPM]
Light, melodic guitar rock. Fresh and free spirited. Very slight country feel. [Tempo: Medium / 122 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]
An exciting and swashbuckling track with a Pirates feel. Danger and drama on the high seas or across the lands! Good for an action or chase scene, perhaps escape and destruction. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 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]
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]
Drum'n Bass / Techno / Dubstep hybrid. Busy and edgy. Cool for extreme sports, hi speed chases and anything else that needs an energetic and ear catching background track. [Tempo: Fast / 144 BPM]
This hardcore metal track fades in with a high-end dissonant guitar riff that then builds in to a vocal chant. The song carries a very up tempo feel throughout most of the song. Lyrical content is all about self-reflection. There are 2 sides of us, the positive and the negative, the good and the bad, the allies and the axis. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 180 BPM]
Semi-orchestral, semi-industrial and powerful thriller soundtrack. Dark string and brass textures, a pulsating beat that oozes just under the surface. Serious, international conflict, war or battleground, covert mission, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
Fat and fresh alternative rock similar to, say, some of harder Nickelback work. Uplifting and optimistic. Suitable for sports footage, downhill, skating or parachuting, racing, base jumping, any action packed footage really. The track alternates between 'down and dirty', gritty guitar riffs and high soaring solo lines representing a free spirit, untamed and living the wild life. [Tempo: Fast / 126 BPM]
A tense and dark trailer-style track led by orchestra and synths while featuring electronic drums and driven guitars at points. Epic and powerful, with a clock-like pulse. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A pensive, tense, ominous orchestral track with an an undercurrent of conflict, suspicion, malevolence. Like two enemies stalking each other, measuring each other up for a fight. Also good as a general film score cue for tense moments, time running out, perhaps manhunt, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Huge, dramatic guitar-based shuffled beat heavy rock track with many guitar colours and textures in every section. Music to knock down walls by. Would suit thriller, action, extreme sports projects. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Highly dramatic, intense, wild, gutsy, inspiring, excitement-filled, adrenaline-pumped orchestral rock track with huge guitars, lush strings, brass and a driven monster beat. Dynamic, passionate, suspenseful and explosive. Would suit action adventure / thriller / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 161 BPM]
Doomy lumbering grind-rocker with monolith sized menacing riffs. Quite anthemic. Think Rage Against the Machine jamming with Black Sabbath. Contains guitars, bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
A brutal, fiery, low and hard punching metal rocker. Mean, ballsy and with about a hundred tons of attitude. Great for action, sports, motor sports and big boys with big toys. [Tempo: Medium / 119 BPM]
High tension, action and energy track. Semi-orchestral, with electronic drums and synthesizers. Constant rhythm changes make this piece good for game and film trailers, and any productions needing high impact, nervous music. Ominous, dangerous, suspenseful and foreboding, with hip hop influences. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A dramatic and aggressive action music track made with epic cinematic orchestra, massive drums, sound effects and epic choir. The track is divided into three main parts (trailer structure) and its whole structure is made as a rising towards the main climax. Dark / Powerful / Marching Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A spacious intro leads into a full-on, crushing, powerful, exciting, supercharged, driven, adrenalized rocker with great drama and suspense. Wicked, gritty, fiery, dynamic, lively and melodic. Would suit extreme sports / action / thriller type projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
A complex and powerful composition. Full orchestra with choir. Dramatic, urgent, epic and majestic. Epic / Fantasy / Battle / Struggle / Historical. Staccato, uneasy and with a sense of urgency, combined with heroism, drama with ominous strings and brass sections and chanting choir. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 152 BPM]
Exciting, tense, edgy, suspense-filled track with a great sense of momentum and forward drive. Dramatic strings combine with motivated, frenetic drums to make music that would suit spy / thriller / mystery / escape / crime caper. [Tempo: Fast / 156 BPM]
This soaring and dark soundtrack features live orchestra, choir and a rhythm section. An orchestral adventure that rises to push your scenes towards a climax, providing a perfect backdrop for epic trailers, action feature films or historical documentaries and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 68 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]
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]
A huge groove mother of a track. Whammyed guitars start this giant monster bouncer, followed by an irresistible drum and bass groove. The chorus brings the real hook of the track, a monolithic bass figure backed by squelchy synth bass. Guaranteed to go repeatedly round your brain. Third time round the chorus has an insanely intense lead solo over the top. Features guitars, bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 86 BPM]
Exciting, bold, driven, atmospheric, dramatic rock track with great forward momentum & suspense. Determined, bouncy, rebellious, confident, dynamic, tense & thrilling. Would suit extreme sports / motorsports / action / thriller type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 152 BPM]
Percussion only track / Battle drums. Tracks with Drums only are useful for action sequences, fight scenes, war and battles, macho sports and exertion, powerful imagery, dramatic trailers and more. Also available as seamlessly looping Drum loops / Percussion loops. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
Explosive hybrid rock / trailer music track with power-driven guitars. Hard-hitting drums and gritty electronics. Urgent / Furious / Gritty music / Fearless. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 146 BPM]
Tribal royalty free track with a dangerous edge. Features didgeridoos and Australian percussion with drums. Groovy and primitive. The Didgeridoo gives the track an Australian reference, but it's not necessarily limited to Australia, as this can be a nice track for any location, when you need that 'Jungle fever' feel. Available in several different mixes/versions. [Tempo: Medium / 107 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]
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]
Exciting, atmospheric, driven, determined & explosive rock track combining spacious synths, massive drum grooves & huge guitars. Gutsy, confident, climactic, bold, fiery & unstoppable. Would suit action / thriller / adventure / extreme sports / combat type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 154 BPM]
Epic,atmospheric, sinister & sometimes menacing rock track with electronic elements & strings. Stadium rock with a really glorious dark side. Would suit thriller/action/horror/mystery/extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Fast, heavy, high adrenaline, straight for the jugular, metal bruiser. Great energy, motivation and relentless momentum. Would suit extreme sports / action / thriller projects. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
A punchy, adrenaline infused blend of super tight heavy distorted guitars, crazy synths and punchy hard-hitting electronic drums. Ideal for intense action, military and extreme sports uses. In the style of Powerman 5000, Rammstein, Rob Zombie, Ministry, KMFDM, Filter, Pantera and Metallica. [Tempo: Fast / 140 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 / 170 BPM]
This ambient music track features scattered sounds, signals and rhythms textures. Highly distinctive, unique and somewhat futuristic, perfect for horror, sci-fi or thriller. [Tempo: Slow / 96 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]
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]
