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.
Dark, intense, mean, powerful, driven, passionate, hard-hitting, no nonsense rocker with great tension & momentum. Loud, confident, exciting, primitive, dangerous, wild, wicked, relentless & fiery. Would suit action thriller / extreme sports / military / combat type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Rough, downtempo techno / rock crossover. A gutsy guitar riff combines with a Big Beat drum rhythm and trippy synths, to create a harsh, post industrial, funky groove. Sci-fi / Sci-tech / Future / Hard edged sport / grit / action etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with marching snares, military march. Occasional big drum strikes. Useful for scenes of battle, chase, urgency, action. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Dark and foreboding sound design elements building with percussion and threatening strings. Violent and edgy. Epic / Trailer / Tension Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Fast, Very fast / 126 BPM]
Imposing and tense, building throughout, cinematic epic theme. Anxious / Strong / Edgy / Dramatic music track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
An intense and powerful blend of orchestral and metal music, with loud, heavy metal drum section. Forceful / Tense / Dark music. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with marching snares, military march. Occasional big drum strikes. Useful as music for scenes of war, war preparation, battle preparations, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Straight to the point, active, punchy and up-front Funk track. Full of energy and vigor, this will get your feet tapping and bring sparkle and excitement to any media project. Energetic / Funky / Excited. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Sleazy and bold horns and stabs in a fun but slightly menacing groove. Ideal for gaming, edgy content, men's health, comedy and high octane sports. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A ‘Rock-tronica’ track with a corporate feel ideal for use in advertising and motivational scenes. Energetic and bouncy, gives a feeling of rising up or happily succeeding, moving forward with vigor and enthusiasm. Also works great for technology and extreme sports. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Metal meets Dance & Disco. Powerful and gnarly guitars and pumping beats, ideal for all hot moves, extreme sports, chases and heists, gaming and any scene needing some craziness [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A dark and intense music track, slowly building from a quiet and suspense atmosphere. Evolves into a big, and powerful track loaded with orchestral and hybrid sounds, accompanied with choir. Epic / Sci-Fi / Future Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A dark, pulsating, futuristic blockbuster music track, featuring repetitive synth combined with full orchestra, bringing hybbrid blend of modern cinematic approach. Powerful / Mysterious Music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An epic trailer music track with retro feel synthesizers and hard hitting drums. Atmospheric opening is lined with low synth pads and drones building to an epic bass drop. Lots of glitches, boomers and drops fit for a dramatic movie or video game trailer music or other edgy, dark, gloomy and twitchy material. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
Intense, pulsating blockbuster track featuring synths and electronica combined with powerful, epic orchestral music. Suitable for scenes that need powerful background music. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Drum'n Bass with dub and tech-step influences. Moderately high tempo, swelling bass synth patterns. Rhythm changes to half-speed and back up to a more aggressive breakbeat / jungle / drum & bass style pattern. Confident, groovy and futuristic. Available with or without female vocal samples. Good for sports / motorsports / sci-fi / future / technology / dub & glitch / underground cultures / urban subcultures. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
Edgy, raw and gritty Rocktronica. Great for sports, extreme sports, racing, action, fast-cut and frantic footage etc. Available with or without the vocal parts. High energy / Energetic / Punchy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A rough, tough, hard edged Big Beat track with acidic synths and flanged guitar riffs. Good for action, attitude and gutsy stunts etc. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Dark Hip-Hop and orchestral music mix, with a secretive mood. Spy music / Crime / Ominous / Edgy. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Pulsating synths rock drums, menacing, robotic, post apocalyptic - ideal for sci-fi, futuristic, extreme sports and dark, edgy, dangerous or macho content. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Dark, Pensive underscore track for Action Thriller / Mystery / Horror / Sci-fi / Adventure. A Tribal / Ancient / Mystical backdrop meets with Ethereal pads and pounding percussion. Awe / Tension / Amazement / Drama. A rich, cinematic, dark sound. Available with or without the drums, and with or without the ethereal vocals. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Sinister undertones and metal shredding music blast-off into rock / dance crossover with plenty of power! Ideal music for extreme sports, gaming and action sequences. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Spandex 80's Rock combined with dark Hip-Hop, and with a futuristic twist. Features the vocal 'Party like a rockstar' - ideal for throwback party scenes, extreme sport and 'rough & ready' footage. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with marching snares, military march. Occasional big drum strikes. Useful as music for scenes of war, war preparation, battle preparations, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A straight up club electro track with funky basslines and heavy beats. This track is upbeat with a heavy 4/4 rhythm. The beat switches up in the breakdown to an uplifting melodic part that builds to the main drop. The vocal effects help build up the track until it hits with a powerful EDM rhythm and bass. This track will work great for club scenes, party scenes, car commercials, electronics commercials etc. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Pulsing, cinematic electronic music theme. Epic / Adventure / Future. Gritty / Powerful music track. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Snarling industrial music beats, guitars and big horns serve up a massive mechanical, other-worldly vibe. Dark and foreboding music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A rousing, dark, hair raising epic trailer theme a la Hans Zimmer. Huge horns meet action strings and full choir in a dynamic full orchestra score. A tense 'ticking clock' theme runs throughout. Available in looping, long, short and brass-free versions for ease of editing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A dark, edgy and suspenseful music track featuring a hybrid sound of orchestra and electronics, with big percussion. Dangerous / Threatening / Tension building music. [Tempo: Medium / 164 BPM]
Energized, intense, groovy, determined, positive, powerful, unstoppable, forward-moving rock beast combining big guitars, motivated drums and epic strings. Edgy, dynamic, dangerous, hypnotic & relentless. Would suit action / thriller / combat / sports type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
A suspenseful and ominous music with elements of mystery, conspiracy, intrigue with intensity throughout. Guitar and electronic elements. Good music for trailers, too. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A tense, dark battle between 2 opposing sides, fighting till the end. Strong use of strings with a mixture of synthesis to give the track a technical edge. Dynamic conclusion of epic instrumentation and frantic drums to bring the track to the end. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A hard, edgy and fiery blaze of rock power. Heavy, monstrous and gritty, with a fierce bite and drive. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
Australian Didgeridoo combined with powerful percission elements. Tense / Ominous / Action feel. Great for travel or history, documentaries and specials. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A lively funk / R&B track with a repated, catchy bass line, funk guitar and occasional brass licks. Can be modern day or classic / retro funk as well. Busy and upbeat, gives off a good funky energy. Busy / Active. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Dark, edgy music track, filled with power. Pulsating synths, strings, impacts and everything suitable for powerful blockbuster track. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark and industrial, orchestral rock and hip hop, reminiscent of Dj Shadow or Moby. Soft organs chords lay the motif before bass guitars and rock drums cut through and combine to create highly dramatic feeling, an epic odyssey. Twisted, glitched metal guitars follow before breaking down into an epic string section to conclude the journey. Ideal for use in high-end advertising and promotional pieces - Also included is an "Orchestral" version - an ambient mix ideally suited for scoring in the modern Fantasy / Supernatural genres. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Ominous and tension-building music mood with big drums and choirs. Dramatic / Edgy / Epic music. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 135 BPM]
Aggressive track of evolving suspense and tension, odd and mysterious at times, dark and ominous at times. A punch in your face! [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 164 BPM]
Funky breaks and big brass, on the move, trying to get the job done, feels like Guy Ritchie movie or Kasabian track. Ideal as music for ‘working’ montages, advertising and heists. 70's / 80's / Showtime / Fashion / Retro Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
Low, massive, propulsive bass. Ominous, spatial percussion instruments. Evokes a sense of unease, tension, and threat. Ideal for projects related to tension, crime, and drama. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Medium tempo epic trailer music featuring synthesis of electronica and orchestra blended in suspense and mystery. Awe / Amazement / Wonderment / Grandeur. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Modest Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain in D Minor, IMM 43. Full orchestra. Music recorded and produced by David Hamilton exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 0 BPM]
A dark, industrial EDM piece, featuring a gritty combination of electronic sounds, dubstep elements, and epic orchestral tracks. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Intriguing and impactful underscore for news items and other documentary features. This track has a sense of urgency with mild suspense. Documentary / Crime reporting / Cyber / Hacking / Police stakeout, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A cinematic and edgy track with elements of movie / filmscore and hard edged Dubstep. Dramatic and epic, this track starts with piano and cinematic strings in a tense, pensive first half, and then bursting into a mechanical sounding, robotic, mean and gritty Dubstep beat in the last third. Good for mechanics, hard electronics & robotics, cutting edge technology, conflict and struggle, extreme sports, epic trailers and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Powerful, excited, hard-hitting rock music track with a lot of attitude. Infectious guitar riffs and pounding drums. Bold / Fearless / Gutsy / Punchy music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 146 BPM]
A slow, edgy, rough and bad-ass Big Beat track. Good for action, sports / extreme sports, crime in progress, dirt and grit, chase down, fights and brawls, edgy footage etc. Distorted bass and at times chaotic sounds make the track somewhat darkly futuristic, e.g. gritty sci-fi. [Tempo: Slow / 91 BPM]
Busy, energetic Drum'n Bass. Stuttering, processed, chopped-up breakbeat / Drum & Bass beats with hard synths. Available with or without male vocals, somewhere between rap and scat. Confident, raw, with attitude. Good for X-sports, hardcore racing, action/chase, rave & underground club, urban subcultures, and more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
A hybrid orchestral & big beat / tech groove track with a slick, driving sound and a good energy level. Tough and confident. Will go well with a modern action thriller, spy thriller, chase, secret agent, undercover agent, police operation, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
