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.
Heavy bass drums and a string bass set the tone for this dark and menacing track. The familiar refrain then plays, but is made expressive and almost violent as it is played on several string basses and cellos. Screeching dark, electronically chattery. Nightmarish. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Beaty, bouncey, electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively and driven. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
Dark, sinister & menacing electro-rock track. Twisted, pulsing synths combine with slow dramatic strings and jagged beats, slowly building to an intense and heavy guitar-fueled climax. Would suit horror / thriller / action / suspense / halloween projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
A suspenseful action blockbuster music track, featuring a combination of synths, industrial elements and symphonic orchestra. Huge percussion ensemble and wide brass section. Strong / Dramatic Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Emotional and Passionate cinematic music that begins with a slow, mysterious and romantic piano theme, with pads and orchestral strings, growing to the intense second part with dramatic orchestral strings, war drums and fast paced piano. Good for action movies, trailers, documentaries and more. [Tempo: Slow / 106 BPM]
Breakbeat / Drum'n Bass. Dense, thick and a little bit dreamy / trippy. Excited / Energetic. Trippy / Floating / Intense / Busy. Good for X-Sports / X-Games, extreme sports, action and adventure, and more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 138 BPM]
Gritty and distorted low-tuned guitar riff over a slow yet powerful Heavy Metal drum. Macho and confident track, good for games, cars, sports, engineering, and kick-ass stuff. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Very hard core, industrial, violent, meltdown cyber rock. Hard biting, aggressive guitar riffs with slamming drums in a post-industrialist, gritty, hard slamming drums. Nuclear stuff. Not for the faint hearted. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
Dark and foreboding ethnic-orchestral trailer/action track. Pounding drums, primitive vocal chants, slightly tribal sound, with staccato brass. Good for fantasy warriors, ogres or orcs etc. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Hard thumping beat, unintelligible broken voices and badly distorted guitars. A hard, fast, ruthless, electro-industrial track. Damage and destruction. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 162 BPM]
A pensive, ominous, slowly building orchestral opening keeps growing until it reaches a huge climax towards the end. Choir, orchestra, large percussion. Staccato, uprising, a growing force. Perhaps an almighty army, or a brutal fight between two opposing forces. Also available as a Rock Mix with added power guitars and rock drums, and as an alternative version without the choir. Epic / Tailer / Rising Music. [Tempo: Fast / 0 BPM]
This tracks blends vintage rock / classic rock sounds with modern styles of playing, similar to the way ‘The Black Keys’ do. The massive drum sounds and screaming lead guitars bring energy to the piece making it perfect for men's shows, masculine type presentations. Big boys with big toys. Lots of attitude. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
A cut-down and rough, yet restrained, electronica/techno track. Combining hard and softer synth patterns with a straight to the point four-on-the-floor type techno beat, this is classic techno-trance dance floor stuff. Also available as a Workout version which has an uninterrupted, even beat all the way through and has a slightly higher tempo than the main version. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Intense, powerful, driven adrenaline-rocker. Unusual guitar chords in the intro bring in drama, tension & expectation. This is followed by big guitars & massive drums. High anticipation. Great forward momentum & determination. Searing lead guitar. Would suit sports / action / adventure / thrillers. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Dark, twisted electronic track full of foreboding. Sinister synth pads and bass combine with simple spacey piano lines and lush strings. The chorus blooms into a soft peaceful section, a release from the foreboding mood of the verse. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Intense, rhythmic & incredibly dramatic heavy rocker with an eastern / indian flavour.Hypnotic sitar / plucked string synth arpeggios build gradually to an onslaught of monster, face-melting distorted guitar riffs. Great combination of tension, groove & and brutality! [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A high energy modern rock track geared towards high-energy productions. Crunchy guitars, overdriven electronics, and pounding drums give your footage the edge it needs to put it over the top. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A tense and dramatic battle, conflict, fight, chase or combat track. Aggressive, threatening, foreboding and ominous. Good track for fantasy, action-adventure, fighting, conflict and intense danger, extreme situation, dramatic reality-TV etc. Also available as a Percussion Only version, as well as several stingers and seamless loops. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Dreamatic, slightly dark, cult music, eerie, sinister undertones, alternative. Electric guitar, rhythm, synth, strings, choir, horns. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 116 BPM]
High energy, chase, tension, thriller, action, nervous, jumpy. A combination of techno beats and orchestral sounds. Urgent, stressed. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A fast and aggressive melodic rock music rooted in punk and surf rock that’s excellent for extreme sports footage. Fast paced, edgy, and rhythmic, this track highlights all of the effort and heart you put into being yourself. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 185 BPM]
A very nasty industrial-electronic track with vicious, pounding percussion and a violent, edgy and gritty sound. Violence / Horror / Sci-fi / Destruction / Alarm / Madness. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
A hard hitting, wire cut, synthetic, minimalist and incredibly funky techno/house track. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Very dark, menacing techno with a dark echoey bass, mean sputtering synths, hard techno drums and a sense of fear or paranoia. Relentless hard groove. [Tempo: Very fast / 144 BPM]
A determined, malevolent heavy rock track with big drums & big guitars. Wicked, sinister, brooding, with a sense of foreboding. The full weight drops at about 1 minute in. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 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]
Bouncy and groovy rock track with Southern Rock elements. The intro begins with a drum loop and a guitar riff a la Lynyrd Skynyrd, then energetic drums and driving electric guitar come in. Inspired by the track Sweet Home Alabama. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Hard, dirty, gritty and downright nasty piece of electro - meets industrial- meets rock'n roll. Grinding guitar riffs, hard slamming techno drums and siren-like synthesizer wails. Similar to the Prodigy or the Crystal Method. Brutal, dominant, aggressive. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 136 BPM]
Guitars and synths brutally battle it out for supremacy separated only by a soft spacey b part that lulls you into a false sense of security before the frantic duel begins again. Contains guitars, synths, strings, bass, drums. [Tempo: Fast / 147 BPM]
Driving guitar rock, powerful but not heavy. Rock guitars with synthesizer arpeggio. Good for action, sports, speed and fun. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
A threatening, ominous and menacing track combining orchestral and ethnic percussion with mechanical, marching, determined rhythms and stabs. Good for chase, conflict, combat, fight scenes or situations of danger. Fantasy, games, action adventure, fighting/combat, dramatic/danger reality-TV etc. Also available as a Percussion Only mix, as well as several Stingers and seamless music loops. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 78 BPM]
A pure percussion only action thriller track. Big cymbals and big orchestral percussion combine with conga drums, for a tense action feel. Great for battle, chase, fight, sports, extreme sports, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 80 BPM]
This track opens with a low cello that sets the tone for a serious and dark theme. Strings that keep rising accompanied by huge orchestral hits that build to a massive drop at about 01:00 that will crush your audience. Truly angry drums in the main drop are heavily distorted and slow but with a very big impact. Good for movie and video game trailers, extreme sports and fight scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 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]
A fast and aggressive anthem for adrenaline junkies and thrill seekers. Ideal for extreme sports, video games, UFC, NFL and MMA uses. In the style of Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, Soilwork and Killswitch Engage. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 140 BPM]
Pulsing and beat-driven hybrid orchestral electronic theme. Building / Cinematic / Epic music track. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Exciting, mesmerizing industrial sound design action underscore. Composed entirely of unique sounds. [Tempo: Fast / 127 BPM]
Dark, brooding, foreboding & cinematic rock track. A tense, dramatic intro leads to monster riffs and driven drum beats, powering forward with a great sense of sinister, evil energy. Would suit thriller/horror/halloween type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 146 BPM]
Battle drums / marching percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A driving and emotional dramatic cue with a thematic interlude underscoring anything from a kidnapping search to an innocent fugitive on the run. Orchestral with rhythmic percussion, piano, strings, and brass. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A pensive, foreboding opening builds up to an all-out rock track from about 50 seconds. Retro / Classic hard rock sound, similar to Led Zeppelin etc. Good for sports, extreme sports, action, commercials, motorsports, racing, trailers, sport footage montages, etc. Something different and retro in a very cool way. Check out the Underscore version too, for a different perspective. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Classic blues sound. Wailing blues guitar, with a slowly grinding electric guitar riff. Only two guitars, no drums or anything else. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
A powerful, driving, big energy, clever, ambient drum and percussion track that features big taiko boomy grooves. Great for Sports, and impactful advertising and trailer productions. Provides a feeling of suspenseful build up to a powerful finish. The music is determined and impactful. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
A fast paced, big-synth, futuristic groove builds and drops and gives a feeling success and achievement in a cartoon super hero kind of way. Shades of The Prodigy, Carl Cox and EDM, this high-energy dance track works great for fitness and extreme sports. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
Battle drums. Epic, huge percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Intense, suspense-soaked, high energy, electro-rocker that mixes synth sequences with big guitars & monster. Driven beats. Would suit action/extreme sports/thriller type projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
An inspiring and energizing, melodic techno-trance track. Memorable and catchy melodies, barking analogue synth patterns and an up-tempo dance beat. Good for energetic productions, high intensity workouts and media, games, sports and much more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
A dramatic, staccato, pounding track featuring orchestra and epic percussion. Situation critical, imminent danger. Rhythmic and dark, this track starts with a somewhat mystical tone and then grows and develops into a hard, stormful, tense march. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Dark, pounding, tension / action music track. Hybrid electronic / orchestral arrangement, gritty and edgy. Malevolent, Apocalyptic music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 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]
