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 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]
Uptempo Cajun / Zydeko, with accordeon top line. [Tempo: Fast / 106 BPM]
Glitchy bells and horns, rock guitars and dubstep beats give a feeling of working hard, physical training, breaking through the pain barrier. Ideal music for combat & extreme sports, video games and advertising. Workout / Training / Gym Music. [Tempo: Slow / 144 BPM]
This track starts off with a melancholic nylon guitar pattern before erupting into a hard edged, post-modern / post-apocalyptic, gritty electro-rock track. The two contrasting elements continue to combine throughout. Dark and doom'ish. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A grand and sweeping orchestral / adventure track with a dark, mysterious side. Soprano voices and full orchestra with big percussion. Suitable for movie soundtracks, fantasy, science fiction, grand presentations, trailers and more. Strong / Valiant / Dramatic. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 130 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: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
Dark, aggressive Score track with hard, distorted e-guitars, synths and metallic industrial drumsounds. Energetic and menacing. Good for action and suspense. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A smoking, blazing, and loud guitar rock track. Heavy guitar chops, industrial strength drums and perc, climbing to ever higher levels of energy and mayhem. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 90 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 rather dark and ominous amazement / drama track. Chanting choir, stabbing brass and percussion, a sinister undertone tells of perhaps religious rituals, cult, majestic uprising, dark magic or sacrifice, determined evil powers gathering. Dark history, mystery, mythology. Foreboding, threatening. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
A dark, cinematic theme with a futuristic, mechanical edge. Epic soundtrack style mixed with dark guitar notes and urgently ticking percussion. The track grows to a crescendo at about 00:50 and then finishes with a twisted guitar motif at the end. Great for sci-fi, fantasy, trailer, or action movie sequence involving menacing, futuristic, hard/cold enemies etc. [Tempo: Fast / 110 BPM]
A collection of 7 short music tracks. High impact, intense, dramatic jingles, highly suitable as music for TV programme opening sequences, intros, splash screens, product introductions, sports and action footage, reality TV and more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 131 BPM]
A unique guitar intro builds into massive detuned guitars and syncopated drum hits. Powerful and punchy, this track is geared towards productions involving action, extreme sports, military and intense video games. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
A rather strange mix of battle percussion and old, twangy, tremolo guitars with a slight Mexican "danger" feel. Suitable perhaps as a chase or battle scene in a cult film or film noir. A unique track with a somewhat weird edge. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
A brutal, stuttering and chopped-up power rock track with industrial / hard core tendencies. Slamming guitar riffs, big sound, partly processed and mangled in a destructive, aggressive wall of sound. Use with extreme sports, high impact / high energy sports, motor sports, burning and racing, fighting and brawling, fire and destruction. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
A real fun, up-tempo, stomping, hoe-down country western swing with steel guitar and plenty of zest. [Tempo: Fast / 136 BPM]
Synth arpeggios hypnotize as they grow in intensity, a drum groove joins in then thick walls of fuzzy guitars. Suddenly you're powering forward with huge impetus. A unique track with a few surprising twists and turns. Jump aboard if you can handle it. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
A truly drama-filled riff-fest. Would suit a movie car chase or any adrenalised sport project. Right from the groovey ambient intro, big guitars pile in and carry you of into Riffland. [Tempo: Very fast / 120 BPM]
A fast paced, high energy dance-rock cross over track. Trance like synth riffs combine with heavy aggressive metal guitars in a frantic race to the finish line. Gives a feeling of imminence, forward movement, great for use with all kinds of extreme sports and action, chase scenes. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
To call this music track 'hard', 'raw' or 'extreme' would be an understatement. 'Brutal' or 'Insane' would probably be closer. Hold on tight! Madness / Action / Extreme Sports Music. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Dark, dangerous, powerful forces. Rising up, majestic, like a horde of warriors or a fleet of warships. Threatening. Perhaps also pirates, pirate ship, or a religious cult, sect, religious ritual, sacrifice, black magic etc. Orchestra and choir, joined by rock drums from 00:40. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A fast, intense, electro / techno track with strong influences from the 1990's synth-pop / electro / dance, as well as video games scene. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
A driving rock song that features drums, guitar, bass, and distorted vocals. Has a slightly indie, hard rock feel. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 103 BPM]
Fast, reckless, punk-rock / punk-pop. Attitude, guts, excitement, energy. Good for action packed sports footage, extreme sports, racing / motorsports, fights and brawling, downhill action and stupid stunts. Untamed / Wild / Rebellious. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 180 BPM]
An edgy, dark and quite violent piece of orchestral / cinematic music with a big, orchestral sound. Staccato, Aggressive, almost Chaotic at times. Building in tension, like a awesome force coming. Features actual live performed orchestral instruments in combination with samples, and a live performing soprano solo vocalist together with sampled choirs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 76 BPM]
Battle drums. Epic, huge percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Orchestral action cue. Ominous, foreboding. Nervous tension builds into an all-out action / battle score. Nice, full orchestral sound. Big and brash. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Useful for animation and short animated story. To show the character or main hero who looks out and trys to find enemies or bad guys lurking somewhere out. Mysterious and enigmatic, with percusive ethnic instruments, more agressive and dynamic in second part, preaparing for some kind of climax part which has will happen soon after... a battle or combat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
A pretty, soft, orchestral theme. Suitable for use in film/drama, family/adventure and also for commercials, poignant/loving messages. Love/romance, family, friendships, values. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
An intense action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a fast car chase to a battle between man and machine. Very much in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 142 BPM]
Fast and urgent orchestral action music, coloured with electronic drums. Great for actions and thrillers. A sense of pressure is very prominent, with pounding brass, stabbing strings and thunderous percussion. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
A metal track with heavy, exotic and neo classical guitar riffage. In the style of Lamb of God, Metallica, Disturbed and Dream Theater. Ideal for powerful, adrenaline, battle and action productions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 96 BPM]
Bombastic, orchestral, high octane, dramatic underscore features industrial percussion, French horns, strings and woodwinds. Great for film, TV or video game. [Tempo: Fast / 112 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]
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. This music track is inspired by "Kuchanganyuikiwa", which means Confusion. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
A dark atmospheric piece, with lofty electronic synth and string tracks that dance over a steady drum and bass groove. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
Music to depict the showdown between two warring clans, gearing for war, meeting your adversary face to face. Powerful, bombastic, challenge, opponents, duel, confrontation, conflict. Horns, duduk, choir, world percussion, strings. [Tempo: Medium / 113 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 fast, dramatic and powerful blockbuster music track featuring an aggressive string section, large brass ensemble and loud, epic mixed choir. Very epic and awe inspiring music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 80 BPM]
Adrenalized, fast, insistent, driven, urgent, slammin' rocker with great forward momentum & sense of excitement & victory. Raw, forceful, gritty & powerful. Would suit action thriller / extreme sports / motorsport / combat type projects. Foo Fighters jamming with Queens of the Stone Age? Unstoppable... [Tempo: Fast / 153 BPM]
Someone is being followed as they drive towards their destiny, a final showdown. Orchestra with interesting guitar, synth and percussion layers. Perfect for a modern suspenseful film. The music gets big and epic, yet at times is also smaller in scope, intricate and suspenseful. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Hefty, dirty, grungey, intense, primitive, unstoppably powerful, loud & mean rock track mixing monster guitar riffs & determined weighty drums. Sleazy, gutsy, gritty, rebellious, fiery & relentless. Would suit action / thriller / combat / military / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Majestic and monolithic movie soundtrack cue, high intensity with a live choir singing a glorifying theme, live orchestra and deep pounding war drums. Perhaps an awesome war machine, a superhero or the rise of a powerful mage. Great material for action movie trailer, sci-fi or fantasy, epic battle etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Squelching, acidic synth lines lead the way into a funky, downtempo, rough track. Hard guitar stabs join in to create a dirty, determined electro-funk groove. This track has a lot of potential uses, including confident corporate/technology, crime capers, bad guy chase, sports & action footage, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 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]
Inspired by the super hero comics universe, this track combines Heavy Rock with Electronica elements. The Sci-Fi melodic theme is out of this world. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Emotional and evolving cinematic action track with mood changes. Starting out with a quirky piano and pizzicato strings, escalating to an intense part with rock drums and full orchestral strings and ending with the same quirky theme as the beginning. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Fast, reckless, punk-rock / punk-pop. Attitude, guts, excitement, energy. Good for action packed sports footage, extreme sports, racing / motorsports, fights and brawling, downhill action and stupid stunts. Untamed / Wild / Rebellious. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 168 BPM]
Dark and doom'ish, post-apocalyptic, industrial rock. Acidic guitar riffs with a bite combine with darkly ambient textures and metal like drums. Rough and determined, hard edged. Uneasy and dangerous. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Tense combination of sound designer sounds with ambient synth textures and a hard hitting techno backdrop. action, drama, dramatic, chase, crime, police, battle, war, futuristic action and suspense. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 100 BPM]
