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.
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, Fast / 130 BPM]
A constant synthesizer rhythm builds the tension accompanied by hip-hop style drum beats in this underscore track. Suspenseful and slightly disturbing, it will work very well for action movies, video games and tv series, but also for corporate and business presentations with a futuristic feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Twisted synth sequences get this pitbull of a track moving, then massive guitar riffs crash in with drums and bass to form an irrrestistable groove. Imagine a cross between White Zombie and Kraftwerk. Contains drums, synth ,bass and lots of guitars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
An intense epic action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a reckless helicopter chase to a battle between man and machine. Very much in the vein of Danny Elfman's action scores and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Fast / 155 BPM]
A very dark, futuristic, edgy and gritty track for sci-fi, fantasy, military, futuristic type projects. The track has a sense of doom and destruction. A deliberately "glitchy" sound gives this track a gritty, harsh sound with a futuristic edge. [Tempo: Medium / 120 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]
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]
Epic, atmospheric, sinister & sometimes menacing rock track with electronic elements & strings. Stadium rock with a really glorious dark side. would suit thriller / action / horror / chase / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 146 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]
A darkly sparkling ambient-electro track. Moody and atmospheric synthesizers swirl and are joined by ice cold, downtempo, urban minimalist electro bass and drums. Great for visual imagery, technology, sci-fi, investigation / forensics, DNA / clues etc. [Tempo: Medium / 105 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]
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 / 150 BPM]
Hypnotic, mesmerising, trance-inducing space rocker with great groove & powerful, insistent & mean riffage. Exciting, cool, rhythmic, edgy, gutsy, fiery, gritty, confident & dangerous. Would suit thriller / extreme sports / combat type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
A grand and monumental, fanfare-like theme for a dark warrior lord, or perhaps unveiling a huge, evil structure. Vocal choir chants, horn stabs, staccato strings and war drums. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
Ominous, semi-ethnic, percussion-only track. Combat, battle, fight, conflict. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 148 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]
Funky urban groove played by drums and bass pushes along this massive track, with heroic orchestra on top. Great for sports or for adding some serious energy to your project. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
World percussion, strings, low pianos, synth. A piece full of thrills. thriller, chiller, dangerous situation, hair raising, spine chilling, adventurous. Chase, urgent, stressed. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 135 BPM]
Very dark, sinister and twisted mixture of orchestra and electronics. Big pounding drums, edgy staccato strings, cold synth textures. Action thriller, Spy mission, Undercover operation, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 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]
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]
More of a groove, than a song. A monotoneous, ever grinding dark synth pulse, rough rock style drums and a dark, synthetic, almost poisonous groove. Rough and determined. [Tempo: Slow / 77 BPM]
A gritty and harsh, semi-orchestra, semi-electronic music track with a very edgy futuristic feel. Dramatic and ominous music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 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]
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]
An epic, cinematic instrumental piece. Tension builds from the beginning as heavy, stabbing electronic sounds pulse and grow into a driving electronic/orchestral groove near the end. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Uniquely intense riff-fest with a Japanese flavour to it. Interwoven koto lines begin the track and are soon overrun by a huge deluge of distorted guitar riffs, bass and drums. These two groups of instruments dual and parry through the tune giving great dynamics and drama. [Tempo: Fast / 121 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]
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]
Energetic percussion/electronic track with impelling synth riffs, huge orchestral drums. Perfect for action films, extreme sports and trailers. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 120 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]
This swashbuckling adventure track starts with a classical orchestral motif that evolves to an epic heroic choir theme. A breathtaking trailer riser sets up the massive climax towards the end. Inspired by cloak and dagger, pirates and lost treasures. Adventure, Action, Historical, Epic, Heroic, Orchestral. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 93 BPM]
A dramatic and edgy electronic / cinematic crossover track with orchestral strings building up gradually towards the climax with hard edged synths and battle type percussion. Good for epic trailers, action / chase / conflict and mroe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Action oriented hybrid orchestral track, with a lot of metallic percussion and powerful blasts. Starts with a powerful ominous pulse and develops towards a frantic percussive climax. Inspired by apocalyptic action and car chases.
[Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]Glitchy and busy electronic Dub. Active, mechanical, funky. Hip-hop flavored drums with nasty, staccato synthesizers interplaying. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Fast, distorted guitar riffs and powerful, driving percussion/drumsounds turn this composition into a good soundtrack for action, car topics and tough guys. Aggressive, energetic and very motivating. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Rock guitar riffs and diveboms with funky hammond organ, horn stabs in a high energy, positive drive, upbeat sports/action track with elements of rock, techno and funk. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 120 BPM]
The climax of a battle, a frantic race to reach a vantage point to deliver a killer blow. Our hero triumphs and saves the day. Epic orchestra and choir, in the style of Hollywood blockbusters. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 153 BPM]
Gutsy, fast and blazing guitar rock with a massive 'wall of sound', occasionally broken down to the raw basics before once again erupting into an inferno of hard rock riffs. Suitable for war and destruction, show of force, violence and aggression, extreme sports, motor sports, burning rubber, fighting, wrestling, brawling and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A rock / funk crossover track with funky grooves, powerful guitars & 70's tinged organ combine in this cool and dynamic groove-rock track. The verse is chilled & laid back. The chorus is more rocky and intense. Hints of the Meters and Nuno, Extreme [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Crazy, fast, chaotic, intense, powerful, raucous, driven, wild, adrenalised, frenzied, rocket-fuelled rock track with monster riffs & explosive drums. A brooding groovy intro leads to an all out sonic dynamic assault. Would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / combat type projects. Can you handle it? [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 179 BPM]
A mid-tempo, moderately driving, rock music track. A nice and steady beat, with a constant forward drive. The track has power, but is not too crazy or chaotic. Great as music for sports, driving, anything that needs a solid base of power, but nothing mad or unhinged. Controlled aggression. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
Spacey, slow and slightly dark electronic piece. Trancey synth-piano lines are overlaid with more jagged synth and drum noises to produce an ethereal and yet quite emotive soundscape. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
This track was recorded with a real live orchestra and choir. Dramatic, stabbing, urgent, staccato, action soundtrack. Available with or without choir. The version with choir gives the track a somewhat religious or 'supernatural' feel, perhaps to do with black magic or rituals. The version without choir is more of a chase, battle, or fight underscore. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 87 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]
With strings, electronic rhythms and synthesizers, this underscore track brings a sense of tension, foreboding, fear and danger. Impending battle, undercover, espionage, dangerous situations. Good for action and adventure thrillers, science fiction, investigation, forensics. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
A big-beat track suited most to motorsport but works well in any high-energy scenes. A dirty, chopped guitar loop opens the track and builds up into a heavy break beat drop, with brass and synth lines introduced as the track progresses. A retro feel means this track works well for 70’s cop chases and also can be used for extreme sports and a confident feel lets it work in comedy also. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A dramatic, serious electronic track featuring elements of dubstep and electro. Atmospheric and groovy. Useful for new technology and scientific as well as automotive kind of productions [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
Psychedelic intro then straight for the throat in this dramatically intense, stompy post punk riff fest. Think Foo Fighters meet Deftones. Contains lead and rhythm guitars, bass, drums and strings. [Tempo: Medium / 158 BPM]
