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 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]
Dark, busy, menacing and tense orchestral track with electronic effects. Low pitched cellos, big toms, industrial percussion and dramatic strings. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
High energy, chase, tension, thriller, action, nervous, jumpy. A combination of techno beats and orchestral sounds. Urgent, stressed. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Dark alternative rock with female vocals in the style of Courtney Love, Garbage, Curve and Phantogram. Heavy guitars, bass guitars, drum machines and live drum kit. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Dark, pulsating thriller underscore. Deep percussion, orchestral sweeps, synthesizer pulses; a great combination of symphonic and electronic elements with big percussion. Suspenseful thriller, crime, spy mission material. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A powerful, assertive theme evoking athletic battling forces intent on victory. Suggests dynamic montages of anticipation, competition, hard fought battles, rivalry and sporting prowess. The track will easily blend with Champions Of Africa Celebration to create an entire themed programme package. [Tempo: Fast / 143 BPM]
A fat, gritty and mechanical sounding Big-Beat track with elements of techno and industrial rock. Similar to post-modern electro-rock / industrial-rock acts and various action films' chase scenes (Bourne trilogy, etc.). Good for hard edged film and media, fighting, mech/tech warfare, sports and extreme sports, rough stunts and more. [Tempo: Fast / 122 BPM]
Dramatic trailer music that mixes electronic instruments and strings. It is split into two sections: tension/build up and then a full onslaught. This makes it work well in trailers that have exposition in the first half, then fast cuts and action in the second. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 145 BPM]
An epic music track made with epic orchestra and big percussion. The track is made of two parts and will serve perfectly as a main theme, or theme music for film, games or other media where you need a heroic, exciting, active, stirring, energetic feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Edgy, raw, tense, gutsy, gritty, dark, heavy, dynamic, powerful, driven, explosive, rebellious, mean rock track with determined, groovy drums, huge walls of distorted guitar & spacious synths. Would suit extreme sports / action / thriller / combat type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Dramatic, driving adrenaline rock track that combines hefty guitars, orchestral strings and a pumping rock beat. The middle section brings some respite as the eye of the storm before the drama builds once again the energy grabs you again. Has a skatepunk / Foo Fighters type vibe. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Soundtrack / Sci-fi / Space / Fantasy. An atmospheric and unsettling piece that utilizes orchestral effect textures to evoke an otherworldly sense of fear. Could be useful in scenes where the characters encounter something alien or scenes of paranormal horror. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 109 BPM]
Tense beginning with a sense of preparations close to a big event, like a sports game, battle or major test. Orchestra and drums start out with a punchy, energetic melody. About halfway through the rhythmic energy dissipates and a heroic melody soars. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Tribal percussion, hand drums, djembe drum and giant drums. Starts from a deep drone and builds in a crescendo to an intense climax with tribal chants and chaotic sounds. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 201 BPM]
Guitar based indie-rock with a slightly punk'ish drive, but not too wild. In the style of The Killers, Franz Ferdinand and more. Youthful attitude, moderately energetic. Good for sports, X-sports, wild lifestyles, parties and dancing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 BPM]
Powerful & epic, bouncy metal groover in the style of Black Sabbath's 'children of the grave'... but with added strings for even more drama. Sheer monster guitar intensity is the name of the game, backed with a massive drum groove. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
Somewhat dirty, gritty, grinding Big Beat track with a determined, hard slamming downtempo beat and nasty guitar + synth riffing. Good for action scenes, chase scenes, high impact sports, fighting / brawling, mech warfare, high tech weaponry, grit and determination. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 112 BPM]
Edgy, dark & sinister electronic rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and intense guitar. Would suit action/thriller or sports projects. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A James Bond 007 or Mission Impossible inspired track using a blend of orchestral sounds, horn section and modern breakbeat drums with electronic synth bass. Suitable for action, chase and any spy or undercover material. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Strong, dominant and powerful orchestral battle theme. Suitable for trailers, battle scenes, huge forces or powerful machines etc. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
Fast, exciting, driven, fiery, aggressive, punky, relentless heavy rock track with great thrilling forward momentum & gritted-teeth determination. Confident, gutsy, intense, wicked, wild & powerful. Would suit extreme sports / action / thriller / combat / military type projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 181 BPM]
A nasty and gritty music track with a sense of chaos and destruction and a very edgy sound. Dark, heavy, pounding percussion with an aggressive guitar riff in the middle. Sci-Fi / Fighting / War Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Like Black Sabbath jamming with the Chemical Brothers and inviting Korn to join in. Hypnotic trashy beats, spacey synth leads and weaving bendy basslines meld with huge blunt guitars. in the end section things get quite out of hand as the Tsunami of guitars swamp the Electronica and pummeling ensues until the monster takes it's last breath. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Drums, synths and orchestra join together for this action cue with a choir finish. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a sudden kidnapping. Orchestral with piano, with electric bass and percussion, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A tense and gritty electronic / industrial music track with a sense of danger and urgency. A dire situation, code red, time running out, impending chaos. Deliberately dirty, uneasy, stressed music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A dark, determined and forceful techno / mech / hard core / industrial rock track. Gutsy, gritty guitar riffs with Big Beat drums and squelching, acidic synths. Show of force, dirty and gritty racing and power cars, film/movie car chase scene, extreme sports and motor sports etc. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Electro metal tune. Buzzsaw synths build the tension as hypnotic rhythms and trancey basslines weave together. The chorus brings an explosion in intensity as dirty rhythm guitars enter. An insane frenzied lead guitar brings the track to a close. Contains synths, bass, drums and guitars. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Fast and furious, adrenaline-fuelled hybrid rock / big beat track. Aggressive / Cocky / Relentless. [Tempo: Fast / 180 BPM]
Hard hitting and dramatic, epic action music. Full orchestra, huge percussion, choir and a majestic, rousing, explosive sound. High drama, warfare, sci-fi or fantasy, etc. Also available in a 'no choir' mix as well as a 'rock mix'. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
A dark, mysterious track using a combination of electronic and orchestral elements, that starts out ominous and foreboding with synth arpeggio, strings and slow drum pulse. The track speeds up at 1:14 when fast electronic percussion loops join in. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 155 BPM]
A hybrid orchestral and D'n'B track that's full of energy and emotion. The track opens with slow and drawn out piano chords and some processed staccato strings. Emotional start of the track builds up to the main part that's a straight up drum and bass rhythm. The main part offers a strong contrast and is full of energy and rhythm. The track breaks down to the slow part again only to build up and bring back the main rhythmic part one more time towards the end of the track. This track has orchestral elements as well as a liquid drum and bass feel as it tries to blend the two. This track will work great in motivational videos, inspiring content, car commercials and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Progressive rock. Energetic, violent and speedy theme. Cool, driving guitar riffs. Determined and motivated. Great for Sports and Extreme action. Up-tempo. [Tempo: Very fast / 140 BPM]
This North Africa inspired track takes the sounds of Morocco with it's african and arab elements, and mixes that with modern breakbeat and retro rock'n roll influences. We know it sounds crazy, but it works. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 106 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]
A big and epic action music track, with a sense of great power, amazement and triumph. Suitable as music for titanic battles, scifi, action thrillers, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 72 BPM]
Action-packed orchestral chase scene with traditional Arabic musical influences. Harmonic minor scale. Featuring dramatic strings and drums, with the occasional sting of the dulcimer. Perfect for a fight, race, or epic battle scene. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 118 BPM]
Franticly paced orchestral theme with fierce orchestral stabs. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Dirty and twisted electronic beats, dark and glitchy machine like processing, multimedia, videogames, sports, supercars, advertising. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 121 BPM]
A brooding sense of danger that builds to a climax. Heavy brass are aided by stabbing strings and thumping percussion which is great to use as trek music with big landscape shots, in which the bad guys are after the good guys. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
Dreamatic, slightly dark, cult music, eerie, sinister undertones, alternative. Electric guitar, rhythm, synth, strings, choir, horns. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 116 BPM]
Powerful and Aggressive Punk Rock track great for films, tv series, commercials and videos with action scenes, sports videos, bike and skateboard stunts, extreme footages and more. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Military / Science fiction soundtrack style. A slow, pensive and mysterious opening gives way after a couple of minutes to a pompous, staccato horn stabs and marching snares and all-out battle with horn stabs and fast congas. Sci-fi and battle/chase scenes. Ominous, dramatic, conflict. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Action oriented orchestral track, with a lot of metallic percussion and powerful blasts, combined with eerie tonal elements. Inspired by apocalyptic action and car chases. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
Blasting Epic orchestral percussion music. The kind you use on dramatic movie trailers. Starts with a gradual build-up pattern that transforms itself after a sudden stop. Then all hell brakes loose and some atonal orchestral elements come in, adding up to the tension built towards the end. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 140 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 very nasty and gritty Breakbeat / Techno track. an alarm sounds start of this track along with some 303 type acid synth. The synthesizer builds to an energetic first drop with fast drums and bass. This intense track is not for the fainthearted, and will work great in racing videos, extreme sports, car chases or foot chases, fast paced action scenes, criminal getaway, hard core shootout, as well as car commercials and more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 155 BPM]
Fast paced, tribal, high-intensity, adrenaline-fueled guitar rocker. Dramatic, atmospheric & passionate combination of monster riffs, spacey synths, strings and hefty grooves that build to a climax. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Drama is the name of the game here. Synth sequences introduce layers of fat guitar and a monster drum groove. The intensity keeps rising until it reaches fever pitch in the mid breakdown before a searing lead solo brings things to a close. Contains guitars (loads of them), bass, drums and synths. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
Dark and dramatic, monolithic and massive, orchestral soundtrack piece. Thumping percussion, choir, brass and string stabs. Also mixed in is an electronic techno beat for added impact. Very climactic, choral chants growing, increasing and reaching the climax at the end. Highly suitable for film trailer, movie trailer, action scene, intro sequence, dramatic footage, war or battle scenes, or even extreme sports. [Tempo: Slow / 87 BPM]
