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.
Glitchy and busy electronic Dub. Active, mechanical, funky. Hip-hop flavored drums with nasty, staccato synthesizers interplaying. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 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]
An intense epic 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: Slow, Fast / 122 BPM]
An experimental track with staccato violins and electronic mashed up in perfect symphony. The track opens up with emotional strings and builds up to a big electronic synthesizer breakdown. The main drop is big with prominent percussion, electronic lead and rolling bassline. This track will work great for exciting scenes with technology, car commercial or club/rave commercial, or for chase / action scenes, crime in progress, rescue missions, games and more. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Tense, building free jazz underscore. Pulsing,hypnotic,and intense low-tempo track,with atmospheric synth sounds and a slow build up. It brings to mind a sense of danger and anticipation. Nice for productions that require a dense, dark and a bit scary backdrop, such as features and TV shows. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Ultra-melodic, highway cruising guitar tune. Soft hypnotic clean guitar lines and plucked santoor mix with catchy and tuneful lead parts. Intense and emotional. [Tempo: Medium / 125 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]
A bad ass drum-n-bass track with lots of energy. Track starts off with a building synthesizer that drops into a grungy reese bassline and drums. Middle breakdown features a screeching acid synth that builds to the next bass drop. A few glitchy loops and some twisted synth lines keep the track interesting throghout. This track is perfect for extreme sports, car commercials, chase scenes or fight scenes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Dark, brooding and spacious electronic groover. Slow and ethereal piano lines float as a plucked santoor joins with a busy little drum groove. Hypnotic and atmospheric. [Tempo: Medium / 134 BPM]
Powerful riff driven rocker. Big chunky riffs is the name of the game here as this intense tune blasts forward, sand-blasting your face as it cruises by. Slightly reminiscent of Queens of the Stone Age. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Raw, powerful, classic rock / hard rock / heavy metal groover. A naked and raw sound featuring only drums, bass and guitar. High energy, tough, edgy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
Energetic and upbeat percussion track with stomps, claps, snaps and powerful cinematic drum ensembles. Creates an ambient cinematic vibe and provides intense energy and building anticipation. Great for trailers, sports, spots and films that need a vibey drum soundtrack. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
Rough, down and dirty guitar rock, drawing both on classic heavy metal and modern rock. Controlled aggresssion, restrained power. Chunky riffing mixing it up with a wall-of-sound type B-part. Funky, raw and gutsy. [Tempo: Fast / 161 BPM]
A very dark and threatening orchestral soundtrack, featuring repeating waves of foreboding, ominous, menacing swells. Highly dramatic and spine chilling. Apocalypse / Emergency. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Steadily building and stirring epic orchestral music theme with choir. Heroes / Huge / Epic. Also available without the choir. [Tempo: Fast / 168 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]
Use of Eastern percussion to bring across the clash of the titans on the battlefield, coming face to face with your adversary. Gearing for war, high impact, action, battle, fight, conquest, confrontation, combat. Recorder, shakers, dufflis, duff, dhol. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
Stuttering and spitting synth riffs and a hard, staccato Big Beat style rhythm gives this track a slamming, powerful, high impact, gritty feel. Rough and determined, forceful and unforgiving, this track will go well with tough, hard sports footage, extreme sports, fighting and brawling, gritty motorsports, filmscore / action or chase scenes and more. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
Slightly dark & sinister electronic / progressive rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and guitar. Disturbed. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
Busy and trippy drum'n bass. Mangled drum loops, swirling synth pads, sub-bass. Chopped and processed, hard core, UK style drum & bass. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 164 BPM]
Intense and powerful blockbuster track featuring synthesis of orchestra, synths and thundering percussion. Short and suitable music for epic videos and blockbusters under one minute length. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Powerful, cinematic composition suitable for dramatic trailers, awesome scenes of battles, armies, great forces and epic adventures. Orchestra, battle percussion and full choir. Dramatic, heroic, ending in a powerful crescendo and climax. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 75 BPM]
Heavy female vocals over retro 70’s themed classic glam/punk. Twin lead guitar intro leads to total rock attack that never lets up. [Tempo: Fast / 132 BPM]
A hard hitting, wire cut, synthetic, minimalist and incredibly funky techno/house track. [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]
Gritty, gutsy and testosterone-fueled: A powerhouse of rock music that takes no prisoners. A white knuckle ride with a sharp bite. Powerful / Aggressive / Dangerous Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. "Bata" means duck, and this music piece is inspired by ducks. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 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]
This is a driving metal core song with layered choruses, chugging verse and bridge parts. Lyrical content is about our forefathers, our lineage, and our bloodline. It has to do with the sacrifices that our fathers and grandfathers have made. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 120 BPM]
A disturbing, percussion-only track. Use of feedback and clanking metal reminescent of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre soundtrack or some of John Cage's work, but with the added element of dark, ethnic percussion. This fairly short track is great for a thriller, chiller, horror or dark mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Percussion only track / Battle drums. Music with Drums only are useful for action sequences, fight scenes, war and battles, macho sports music and exertion, powerful imagery, dramatic trailers and more. Also available as seamlessly looping Drum loops / Percussion loops. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 67 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 / 170 BPM]
A dramatically triumphant orchestral/rock hybrid piece. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
An energetic orchestral track with driving drums, percussion, and synths, for a thriller, reality show, or action or horror film. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 138 BPM]
Epic high powered, high drama explosive rock track with an Eastern flavoured intro. Arabian plucked strings build the intro tension before a monster riff explodes the track into energised life. Once it gets going, it builds in intensity until the eye of the storm, the mid section. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Cinematic orchestral action track with middle eastern elements create a powerful yet exotic sound design great for trailers, movies, documentaries and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 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]
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]
Fast, frantic and hard hitting semi-orchestral, semi-electronic music for action, fight or racing scene. Distorted, twisted guitars, deep brass stabs, extremely fast techno breakbeat. Chase or battle material. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Surf music of the 1960s and 1970s. Classic surfing style, with twangy guitars and a slight Mexican influence. Tarantino-esque feel. Retro chic, cool for sports, commercials, extreme sports, film/tv and much more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 109 BPM]
Tense and rhythmic orchestral soundtrack cue. Like dark magic brewing or mischief being carried out. A sense of urgency. Fantasy/Adventure. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
Huge brass stabs, string lines and cymbal crashes tumble towards a thrilling central theme in this energetic orchestral workout. Suitable for battles, dramatic chases & scenes of conflict. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 141 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]
Orchestra with power guitars and electronics. The first part is tense, somewhat dark, with a slight industrial edge. At 01:14 breakbeat style drums and bass groove. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Imagine being a world renowned jewel thief on your latest job. Great tension in the air, your mind starting to spin with adrenaline, sweat beading on your forehead, trying to stop your hands shaking. This track paints a mental picture of the suspense and thrill you might feel as you worked to finally get away with that massive gem. Contains violins. violas, cello and piano. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with big pounding drums in various more and less intense patterns. Useful as music for sound design, film scoring, games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
A rough and dirty, guitar riffing rock track with a daring / confident / risky / gritty feel. Has a certain level of energy and aggression, but without going into heavy metal - more classic rock style. Slight retro feel. Good for "rough and tumble" motor sports etc. Rowdy / Sexy / Saucy / Frisky / Edgy. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A mid-paced, groovy, aggressive alt-rock song. A funky Led Zeppelin-esque drumbeat, a pulsing bassline, filthy guitars, and psychedelic organs. Sounds like The Beastie Boys jamming with Tame Impala and Kings of Leon. Combines alt-rock, hip hop and neo-psychedelia into one groovy song that would be perfect for action, sports, getaway scenes. Has a deliberate, youthful, reckless, imperfect sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Huge sounding orchestral production mixed with modern, urban drums. About halfway through, a choir enters ominously. Foreboding, impending conflict, battle, war, epic struggle, urgent and dangerious situation. Great for action, military, war, sci-fi, and high-tech thriller. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Eerie, brooding and chilling electro-rock track that slowly creeps up behind you then explodes into electrified malevolence. Would suit scary chiller, thriller or sci-fi projects. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
