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.
Triumphantly menacing, boisterous and ferocious metal hybrid rock track. A meaty and heavy track, for dystopian scenes, post-apocolyptic worlds, gaming and high octane sports, action, crime and more. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Quirky, retro-fresh electro track. Funky and with attitude -- ideal for use with technology, gaming, sports, driving, and futuristic scenes. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
Percussion only track / Battle drums. Tracks with Drums only are useful for action sequences, fight scenes, war and battles, macho sports and exertion, powerful imagery, dramatic trailers and more. Also available as seamlessly looping Drum loops / Percussion loops. [Tempo: Very fast / 165 BPM]
An intense epic action cue that starts mysterious and builds to full out action 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 / 138 BPM]
Electronic and orchestral drums / percussion piece, useful for chase scene, hurried / urgent scenes and situations, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Test Description [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A dark action piece. Heavy brass, drums, orchestra and choir suggest a frightening pursuit. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
A huge sounding drum and percussion section plays a tense and epic chase or running scene. This track has an enourmous sound and also a slightly tribal/jungle vibe. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
This cue is in the epic cinematic percussion style. A primarily drum focused track, it also features tense chord changes, pulsing strings and synths. Action, chase, urgency, danger. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
Desert road, a convoy of black SUVs kicks up a dust cloud as they drive to a top secret, illegal facility. A one man army armed to the teeth fires a couple of rockets their way, and a battle ensues... Energetic, Epic trailer style with a modern twist. Orchestra, choir, drums, guitar, synth. For trailers, promos or intense action scenes. [Tempo: Fast / 135 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 / 100 BPM]
A combination of traditional eastern instruments, orchestra and an epic percussion section. A very tense opening leads to an epic all out battle, with pounding drums, choir and orchestra going crazy. Perfect for promos, battle scenes and trailers. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 71 BPM]
Orchestral percussion-only cue. Huge-sounding. Works perfectly with movie trailers, chase scenes, escape scenes, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 101 BPM]
Exciting, intense, adrenalized, driven electro rock with great momentum and energy. Synths combine with big guitars to make music suitable for sports / action / thiller / dramatic projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
A nervy and pensive World / Eastern influenced track. Cinematic mystery elements combine with edgy, distorted, shout vocals (also available without the vocals) and a determined, 'big beat' rhythm. A strange and unique mix of elements and influences, where the ancient and mysterious clash with the urban, gritty and edgy. Good for fantasy and sci-fi. The parts with the beat are great for hurry, drive, rush, chase, battle. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Powerful, grungy medium-paced,high-intensity, adrenaline-fueled guitar rocker. Dramatic, atmospheric & passionate combination of monster riffs. Has a distinct stoner-rock vibe to it. [Tempo: Fast / 141 BPM]
Groovy, pumping, motivated dance-rock track with great hypnotic energy and momentum. Contains synths, vocal samples, guitar, bass, electric piano and drums. Slightly reminiscent of Blue Monday [Tempo: Medium / 134 BPM]
Orchestral music for adventure, fantasy and amazing stories. A fairly fast-paced, heroic theme. Could be useful in scenes where adventurers set out on their journey or return in triumph. Could also convey the sense of flying. Triumphant / Busy / Bold. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
A lively, feel-good dance track, with a nice simple melody and structure, that makes it easy to loop over and over. Instruments include both electronic and acoustic drums, synths, violins and at the head, a solo violin singing the melody. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A dark and forceful cue, for dangerous and threatening situations. Pounding percussion gives this track a sense of urgency and stress. Dangerous / Critical / Fight. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 116 BPM]
A tense musical sound texture combining percussive elements and dissonant orchestral sweeps. Suspenseful, intense, ominous. Conflict/Danger. Film soundtrack, game soundtrack or documentary / reality drama etc. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
Medium-paced, intense, powerfully epic, spacey, grinder rock track. has a dark & menacing atmosphere built by heavy guitars mixing with massive drum grooves. Would suit extreme sports / horror / action / thriller projects. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
Groovey and driving electro guitar track. Begins with spacey, trippy synth sequences overlaid by ethereal clean guitar lead then the chorus brings a pumping beat energized by hefty guitar riffs and searing lead solos. Reminiscent in parts of Jeff Beck. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dramatic chase/action track, combining orchestral and techno/industrial elements. Urgent, somewhat chaotic. Stressed and tense. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
Groove laden, gargantuan riff-lead track that takes you on a journey. Has a kind of bluesy flavour to the verse guitar parts and shuffle feel to the drums and bass. Plenty of cool, catchy guitar licks and leads and lush piano and strings to add colour. [Tempo: Medium / 138 BPM]
A slow burning track featuring heavy synths, guitars, and relentless drums. Think extreme sports or action. A dark synth and percussion intro leads into a relentless full band assualt. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
Oriental track made in traditions of Persian gulf countries. Oriental drums , darbuka, arabian flute and strings create a sense of Middle East countries including Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, etc. Eastern market bazaar, camels around and men in white folk clothes. Happy and light, but also slightly pensive. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
Upbeat indie instrumental in the style of Franz Ferdinand etc. Snappy guitars, Driving bass/drums beat. [Tempo: Fast / 134 BPM]
Upon completing a daring mission in a modern city, a spy narrowly escapes capture by outmaneuvering the security forces chasing him. A tense track with a unique combination of traditional instruments and modern Hollywood style orchestral score. [Tempo: Fast / 153 BPM]
Intense, uplifting, adrenaline rock track. Monster distorted riffs, frantic drums and harmony leads fuse to bring a 'grit your teeth' soundtrack to get your heart pumping. Would suit any sports / thriller / action project. Think Foo Fighters meets Queens of the Stone Age and you're in the right area. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 0 BPM]
A powerful and forceful Epic battle track featuring orchestra, choir and big pounding percussion. Great for awesome battles, invasion, fighting champions etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Epic, positive, uplifting, grand stadium rock. Huge melodic guitars, monster drums & glorious strings combine to make big music with a sense of victory & overcoming adversity for sports / thriller / action type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 123 BPM]
An urgent and uneasy battle, fight, action or fantasy war track. Suitable for trailers, action sequences, war and conflict. Chanting choirs, battle drums, intense and determined orchestral stabs. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
This aggressive cinematic piece starts with a chaotic string crescendo, and abruptly changes to a dramatic and forceful orchestral texture. Great for action trailers and sequences. [Tempo: Fast / 143 BPM]
Groovy, positive and down-to-business electronica track suitable for exercise, aerobics, workout as well as for any sports, action or training footage etc. Tempo: 125 bpm [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Edgy electronic sounds combine with a Middle-Eastern flair and dubstep elements to create this driving and energetic EDM piece. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
This one is a groover with a riff that just won't quit. When it does give you a breather from it's grasp, it drops to a kind of electric delta blues feel only to explode again into a gargantuan riff. things get spacey in the mid breakdown section only to once again fly headlong into the monster riff. May contain guitars, bass, drums, synth and some traces of nut. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A suspense filled orchestral piece. Its theme varies in transitioned formats from a tens and dramatic feel to a more dynamic one. Its progressive rhythm and heavy percussion on the second part makes it a really good action music, and its melancholic and melodious string section brings back the emotion on its opening part, offering a good transition from one to the other. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Fast, intense, dark orchestral track with pounding percussion, staccato strings and distorted guitars. A sense of danger, conflict and urgency. [Tempo: Fast / 182 BPM]
A dark and powerful Action / Suspense / Thriller soundtrack that changes between "suspicion" and "battle" sequences. Alternating between suspense / pensive tones and all-out action music with powerful, urgent percussion and orchestra. Can be edited to fit the timing of your production. Use for spy thriller, military operation, action game / film etc. [Tempo: Slow, Fast, Very fast / 80 BPM]
A proper fiery guitar workout - energy overload. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 155 BPM]
Epic, positive, uplifting, grand stadium rock. Huge, melodic guitars, monster drums & glorious strings combine to make big music with a sense of victory & overcoming adversity for sports / thriller / action type projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A dark, dramatic and suspenseful music track made with massive sound design, epic orchestra and more. Intense and aggressive in vibe. The whole structure is gradation towards climax. Rising / Dark / Doom laden music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
An urgent, epic, massive impact orchestral action track. Majestic and determined, intense, with full orchestra, choir and huge tribal percussion. Grows towards a climax towards the end. Good for action adventure, fantasy and sci-fi, space battle, epic scenes of war, struggle, battle, fights and brawls. Also available as a Rock Mix with added power guitars and rock drums, and as an alternative version without the choir. [Tempo: Fast / 162 BPM]
Unique heavy rock track with many flavours and colours . Intense riffing and spacious clean guitars mix with powerful drums to make a very intense & epically memorable rollercoaster ride. [Tempo: Medium / 152 BPM]
Growing from smouldering beginnings into a frantic orchestral canter with horns, strings & huge pounding drums. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 100 BPM]
A modern piece of hybrid dramatic action epic trailer style music. Suitable for trailer, modern warfare style computer game or sci-fi film. This track has a mixture of hybrid digital synths with traditional orchestral elements. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
High energy, uptempo, rock cue with a smokin' guitar lick, driving bass and drums. Frantic, fast and in your face! Synth and orchestral elements add a touch of unexpected interest. Builds to a sting ending. Works for competition, Xtreme Sports, Sports Rock, NASCAR, surfing, flying, skiing, snowboarding, racing, action adventure, biker bars, extreme sports, jetsking, wipeouts and cage fighting. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 200 BPM]
Fast-paced, intense, adrenaline-charged riff-rocker. Dramatic, tense & passionate combination of monster riffs, synths & hefty grooves. Would suit action/sports/thriller projects. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
A dark, industrial electronic piece with dark, mechanical drum and bass tracks and intense synth sounds. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
