This is a collection of live recordings of various Japanese performing artists. Among these recordings you'll find Japanese temple monks chanting, Japanese street musicians, live Taiko drumming, Japanese theatrical song/music performances, and more. Note: These recordings are made live, on the spot, often with an audience present -- so they are not entirely clean, and certainly not audiophile. You may hear some audience chatter and other imperfections. [Tempo: Medium]
A funny and a little bit crazy version of the traditional French children's melody, Alouette. Fun French style, with vocal singing, scatting, humming, whistling and funny sounds. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
This song is about taking the leap and taking risks. It's about knowing the odds you're up against and pressing on anyways. It is full band and would be great for teenage sit coms, fighting or sports television and reality television. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 152 BPM]
Anthem for the angry young girl. Female vocals over aggressive Muse style rock with middle eastern themed guitar leads. Heavy guitars, bass and drums, synth bass. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Somewhat whacky, quirky, happy, country inspired track featuring banjo, driving bass guitar and synths, designed for endless runner type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Edgy, driven, busy, frenetic, hectic, mad, fevered, excited, crazy and tension filled track using piano, synths & mental drums. Frantic, rhythmic, thrilling & stimulating. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 204 BPM]
Frightening dark ambient horror music bed featuring the sounds of sinister spirits knocking, broken piano, and scary choir. TV static and plenty of door smashes for that extra eerieness well suited for horror, thriller, suspense and fantasy footage, as welll as video games. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow]
Drum'n bass with quirky and odd melodics. Somewhat otherworldly, strangely relaxing and atmospheric. Glitchy effects with cute-ish, minimalistic synth lines. Good for dreamy scenes, travel & journeys, microscopic life forms, strange creatures, commercials and presentations, visual imagery and more. [Tempo: Medium / 85 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, Fast / 77 BPM]
Modern pop punk. Female vocal. Up tempo shuffle drum intro. Girl power themed lyrics. Perfect for cutting edge teen girl drama. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 180 BPM]
This track begins with a screaming vocal intro and attacks in with heavy drums a driving rhythmic guitar riff. The choruses are layered with strummed chords and guitar leads. The bridge offers a electronic feel with digital drums and vocal augmentations that lead into a breakdown outro. The Lyrical content looks at the idea of where our joy and happiness comes from. We have to stay in synch with our passions and our callings, even though it doesn't make sense to those around us. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 116 BPM]
Impressionistic solo piano piece; neo classical. Eventful, confused, busy, varying moods. For films / cultural / special interest. Also good for historical / retro project; can be silent movie soundtrack. [Tempo: Medium, Fast]
Fast, heavy, high adrenaline, straight for the jugular, metal bruiser. great energy, motivation & relentless momentum. would suit extreme sports/action/thriller/documentary projects.
Powerful, medium paced,high-intensity, adrenaline-charged guitar rocker with a driven, heavy blues shuffle feel. Dramatic, atmospheric & passionate combination of monster riffs, organ, synths, strings and hefty grooves.
This track combines thrashing guitars and crushing drums with a killer groove. A great track when looking for genuine heavy metal to elevate energy to the highest of proportions. For extreme sports, combat sports and any daring stunt. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
Punchy, energetic Drum & Bass. Intense, disturbing, hypnotic, industrial. [Tempo: Very fast / 144 BPM]
Experimental electronica using all new sounds. [Tempo: Fast / 126 BPM]
A dramatic, dark and action trailer track made with sound design, epic aggressive hits, synths and risers. Action, thriller, sci-fi, violence, horror etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
The hustle and bustle of people and traffic in the days leading up to Christmas is captured in this uptempo, chaotic orchestral track. Perfect for movies, commercials, corporate projects, websites or any Christmas themed media. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Driving punk rock tune, with lots of attitude and character. Lust for life type of drums and cool distorted bass and guitars. Edgy and rowdy. [Tempo: Fast / 190 BPM]
Fast, powerful, intense, driven, adrenaline pumped, riff- based rock-fest. No frills, no tricks, just straight for the jugular! Would suit extreme sports / action / thriller projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
4-second MTV style hip-hop ident. [Tempo: Fast / 111 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: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
Heavy tom tom groove with biting clean electric guitars. Female vocals describe the perils of stardom and the lengths people go to achieve it. Bass, guitar and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
Super-hyped intro music ideal for tv and sporting events, awards shows, pop TV, exciting premieres and more. We have this in two versions; one with just the music, and another 'Add vocal samples' version which features vocal refrains such as 'Are you ready? Let’s Go' & 'Ladies & gentlemen, it’s time, are you ready to get down'. Exciting / Hype / Showtime. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 130 BPM]
A minimalistic electronica track with a subtle arrangement and evolving athmospheres. Positive, optimistic, futuristic, highly suitable for science & technology, climatics and corporate presentations. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 121 BPM]
A sound similar to 1980's electro-pop groups like Human League, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk and others. [Tempo: Fast / 127 BPM]
This is a very driving pop rock song about dancing until you die. It’s a very energetic song with male vocals and an upbeat, fun sound! Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Excited and bright / fresh Pop-Rock with a positive drive and a high energy level. Youthful and exciting. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Pop punk song that shifts gears into a different tempo half way. Female vocals about the teenage years. If those are the best years, then you may have to start over! Punk band instrumentation. Keywords: Teenage years. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 146 BPM]
Dark and moody club style trance track with filtered and modulated synth lead and catchy synth arpeggios. [Tempo: Very fast / 140 BPM]
If you want dynamic heavy rock ,then this is it ! Unusual track that starts with a very spacey mellow intro and then explodes into anintensely powerful and heavy riff-based chorus part. In the mid, the peaceful and trancey intro returns only to be blown away once more by walls of guitars and drums. Contains guitars, bass, strings and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 136 BPM]
A dark, brooding evil track with high suspense, fast strings, heavy percussion and chaotic soundscapes. Good for dramatic video games, horror cues, promos, Investigation Discovery, Saw movies, crime shows and soap operas. [Tempo: Slow, Fast, Very fast / 140 BPM]
High energy brit style 90’s punk in the style of Elastica. Live punk band feel and female vocals dripping with attitude. Keywords: Punks, Love, Catfights. [Tempo: Fast / 181 BPM]
A fast, slick and mean techno groove. Atmospheric, deep, soaring and free. Highly infectious beat. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
A frantic, percussion driven music track for a chase, battle or fight scene. Highly suitable for trailer, game, thriller or action film. Horn stabs and staccato, dissonant string stabs with busy percussion. In addition to the regular version, there is also an alternative mix with only the percussion. [Tempo: Fast / 147 BPM]
Growing from smouldering beginnings into a frantic orchestral canter with horns, strings & huge pounding drums. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 100 BPM]
Etude No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 72, Allegro, by Moritz Moszkowski. Performed and recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by Abigail Mettry. [Tempo: Fast]
Dark / industrial / music for dramatic trailers / cinematic / orchestral. Cinematic royalty free music track with swelling strings and a low bassline. Starts off with a slow build of violins, cello and bass. The main drop explodes with big drums and a dramatic rhythm. High pitch strings keep cutting through the track and build along with some horns to a big hit finish. This track is good for movie trailers, video game trailers, extreme sports, inspirational sports scenes of achievements, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 65 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, Very fast / 180 BPM]
This track is epitome of what Metal is, the loud heavy instrumentation provides a thrilling and intense experience. It work well in any action and sport footage, reference the film “The Expendables (2010)”. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 101 BPM]
Electronica, experimental, underscore. Haunting, Techno, Science / electronics. [Tempo: Fast / 144 BPM]
A short comedy track/cue. Pompous, brash, swaggering. Real live orchestra recording. [Tempo: Slow, Medium]
Hard edged grunge rock in the style of Hole, Nirvana and Garbage. Heavy guitars, bass guitar, acoustic drums. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Guitar Hero material; classic rock with a stong groove and hard, chomping guitar riffs. Excellent for sports, extreme sports, stunts, action, racing, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 154 BPM]
Indie Rock. Who thought pieces of paper could have so much power. Live for it, die for it, and yet it says nothing. Drum beat/ vocal/ guitar riff intro. Driving rock band with female vocals. Keywords: Money, working, saving, dreaming. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 152 BPM]
A stomper of a royalty free dance music track. Big drums and phatt bass combine with synth lines and sequences to produce a very spacey yet driving track. Full of impetus and positive driving energy. Would suit action sequences. [Tempo: Very fast / 162 BPM]
Eerie,dark & unnerving rock track that combines haunting synth noises with dissonant guitars. Hefty driving beats with emotive lead guitar. Powerful & sinister. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
An upbeat, guitar riff driven pop rock track with layers of scratchy distorted guitars. Fast, swung, jangly rhythms with a melodic bridge make this track ideal for sports, teens and rock anthem cues. Fun and energetic in the style of All American Rejects, Paramore, Blink 182 and Fall Out Boy. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 145 BPM]
Interesting mix of Muse style music and American female rock vocals. Pounding shuffle tom tom beats throughout, with minor key guitar themes. Girl longs to be saved from a mundane existence by a comic book hero. Keywords: Life, heros, comic books, fantasy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
