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 menacing and repetitive orchestral stab glitches and filters up into a filthy Drum & Bass groove while spooky tuned percussion swirls and pulsates with a baseline that gives an almost helicopter like feel. Totally nasty and monstrous so perfect for high-action scenes involving war, weaponry, gaming, crime, fighting or intense chase scenes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 154 BPM]
An intense, ritualistic percussion groove. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
Intense dramatic action track, with full orchestra, and cinematic percussion, epic drums, and some atmospheric sounds. Good for trailers, movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Medium / 135 BPM]
A fully loaded pulsating, action packed trance track. Builds from a deep dark atmosphere into a fast and energetic trance tune. Will work well in night-time scenes, cityscapes, action scenes, futuristic environments and dance scenes. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Industrial breakbeat techno-rock. Nasty and grinding, gritty and dirty, with a relentlessly pumping, machine like, unfriendly and unsettling synth grind like claxon, heavy slamming electronic drums. Choppy, stuttering, mechanical, dark future funk. Addictive groove. [Tempo: Medium / 65 BPM]
Fast, aggressive, big and powerful epic drums track. Determined, strong, pounding music. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Mixing orchestral and hip hop elements, this pensive, tense and nervous underscore is the good track for challenge, mystery, thriller, police, stakeout, international conspiracies, countdown, pressure situations. Also good for things like CSI, NCIS, forensics, investigation, looking for clues. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
Moody string section with an offbeat jazzy feel, joined by Urban style hip-hop drums and bass. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Attitude-filled, powerfully muscular, grungy, groovy, epic riff rocker with hints of Sabbath and Rage Against the Machine. Monster riffs, beats + an intense ending. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
Epic, atmospheric, sinister & sometimes menacing rock track combing big guitars with driving beats. Has a gloriously atmospheric lead guitar intro. Climactic stadium rock with a really glorious dark side. Would suit thriller / action / horror / mystery / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 141 BPM]
Dramatic and dark urban track. Intense groove featuring signature riffs, transitions and stunning stutter effects! Fierce and forceful. Works well for urban, street scenes, fashion, catwalk, crime, spy, adventure, exploration, video games. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A raw and gritty, fast tempo rock track with a UK / Brit / Indie-rock sound. Also a slight Surf rock influence with tremolo guitars. Exciting, raw, rebellious. [Tempo: Fast / 159 BPM]
Driving Score track with e-guitars, effects and heavy drum/percussion sounds. Edgy, menacing and aggressive. Good for action, pursuits and thrilling fight scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A vibrant, slightly menacing up-tempo rock / funk / breakbeat track, funky guitar riff filters up through electro dance beats and builds into a straighter, more mechanical synth break, great for sports and adventure with a sense of being in control and quite happy about it! Groovy and with live drumming, can also work well for action/chase sequences. Underscore version without repeating disco stab. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
A drum 'n bass tune with heaps of energy and excitement. Features a big 'drop', glitched sythesizers, hits and twisted effects. This track will work great in extreme sports videos, car commercials, video game commercials, chase scenes etc. [Tempo: Fast / 155 BPM]
Full of energy, positivity, motivation and confidence, House track. Bright, forward pushing and pulsating. If you need something fresh and cool! [Tempo: Fast / 123 BPM]
Ominous, tense strings and driving percussion create a terrifying 'chase' scene where our hero can just barely evade his faceless captors. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
Dark and moody club style trance track with filtered and modulated synth lead and catchy synth arpeggios. [Tempo: Very fast / 140 BPM]
Hard hitting techno-rock track. Fast electronic drums, blazing guitars and spitting synths. Great stuff for high adrenaline, hard impact media such as sports, extreme sports, action, stunts, racing, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Modern alternative rock in the style of Garbage/Hole/Ladytron/Curve. Distorted bass guitar, theme electric guitars, bass synth and pads, drum machine and live drum kit. The psychotronic girl will break down your will to resist with her propaganda based mind control love attraction. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 104 BPM]
Aggressive & atmospheric Drum'n Bass. Dark, energetic and aggressive. [Tempo: Fast / 166 BPM]
Hard hitting guitar chops. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
An action / thriller track with an Eastern / Mid-East Music influence. Orchestral and ethnic instruments all combine with rock guitars and pounding percussion. High intensity level. Live vocal and live performed instruments. Dystopian / Sci-Fi / Epic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 94 BPM]
An epic music with a sense of rising up, building up, increasing towards a crescendo. The full orchestration with big drums sets in just before the one-minute mark. Grand / Valiant / Powerful / Amazement music track. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Huge, hefty, confident, determined, intense, powerful rock monster combining massive walls of guitar with relentless groovy drums. Primitive, dynamic, grinding, gutsy, adventurous & bold. Modern rock that would suit extreme sports / action / combat type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Energetic, driving, hard rock / metal. Interchanging some more melodic parts with others that just stab away with raw power and aggression. Lots of things going on in this track, to keep the intensity and energy level up. Good for racing, sports, dangerous stunts, fast cut action scenes, violence and destruction etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 125 BPM]
A catchy, World Pop party song about living in and feeling the moment. Available in a vocal version, another darker vocal version, and an instrumental version. [Tempo: / 120 BPM]
This orchestral piece conveys the feeling of being swept away. The has a turbulent feel that lends it to working well in scenes of storms, tornados or general mayhem. [Tempo: Fast / 122 BPM]
Ethnic instrumental music with flute and percussion. Percussive, haunting track with moments of cinematic tension, ethnic and ethereal ambiences blend with drums sounds, acoustic percussions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 92 BPM]
Upbeat electronica / dance music with sampled guitar stabs and a strong, driving beat. Energetic and fun. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
Minimalistic Techno / Trance with a nice, moderately energetic forward drive. Good for sports footage, stylish presentations and visuals. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 134 BPM]
Fast, heavy, high adrenaline, straight for the jugular, metal bruiser. Great energy, motivation and relentless momentum. Would suit extreme sports / action / thriller projects. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Dark, menacing metal, killer guitar riffs and sinister synth melodies. After a softer verse the track explodes into a powerful chorus. Recommeded for extreme Sports. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 114 BPM]
Crushingly heavy, doggedly determined, intensely driven & primitively powerful hard rock track with hints of Rage Against The Machine & Queens of the Stone Age. Confident, raw, mean, gutsy & lively. Would suit extreme sports / motor sports / action / thriller / combat type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 121 BPM]
An unnerving, tense and somewhat quirky soundtrack with a sense of the strange, weird, and mystical. Available with or without occasional child vocal chants, this track combines elements of the Ancient and Mystical with more modern sounds and a driving, determined beat. Good for tense and nervous scenes, perhaps building up to action. Can be set in an exotic place on earth, or even on a strange alien planet. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A music made for action and adventure film and video games, and is well suited to professional movie trailers and advertisements. It is bold, epic, dramatic, and fast paced with a classic orchestral feel and arrangement. This dynamic piece, with its slow, methodical introduction that crescendos into a driving section highlighted by regal horns that explode into a percussive conclusion. [Tempo: Fast / 148 BPM]
Energetic hard rock / nu metal. Edgy, high intensity and energy level. Good for chase, action, race, fight / brawl, extreme sports and more. [Tempo: Fast / 165 BPM]
A pensive, tense, ominous orchestral track with an an undercurrent of conflict, suspicion, malevolence. Like two enemies stalking each other, measuring each other up for a fight. Also good as a general film score cue for tense moments, time running out, perhaps manhunt, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Exciting, tense, edgy, suspense-filled track with a great sense of momentum and forward drive. Dramatic strings combine with motivated, frenetic drums to make music that would suit spy / thriller / mystery / escape / crime caper. [Tempo: Fast / 156 BPM]
A groovy and gutsy power rock track with low tuned guitars, a mid- to up-tempo power groove and a confident strut. Great for power sports, action sports, action adventures and extreme sports. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 168 BPM]
Determined, gritty and funky, hard biting guitar riffs with rock drums and more industrial / mechanical synth & guitar elements, Heavily processed, chunky and mangled guitar chops with nasty synths. Good for action, bad-asses, hardcore / fight / combat, muscle cars, mean machines and much more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Intense bludgeoning guitar riffs bellow out as you are dragged into the ring for an all out battle with the superbeast. Truly an epic journey of enriffment that will leave you ravaged and breathless. Contains guitars , string, drums and bass. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
An upbeat and Jazz influenced Disco dance track. Perfect for any project about the 70's. Strings, brass, and organ are featured. [Tempo: Medium / 123 BPM]
Edgy, gritty and intense power rock. Meaty, chunky and heavy guitar riffing with industrial style keyboard textures and drums. Slightly mechanical, metallic feel. Good for power engines, action sports, extreme sports, fighting, dirt flying, rally and Nascar, offroad madness and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A lively and grand orchestral Pirate track! Menacing and glorious, excited and rousing, with fast snare drums, full orchestra and choir (also available without the choir), and a strong theme in the vein of Pirates of the Caribbean, this track will go well with Fantasy, Mischief, Pirates on the open sea, Swashbuckling fight scenes and more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Heavy percussion, accented strings, blasting brass and dark synths give this track a dramatic, futuristic vibe. Intended for epic promos, video games, sports, trailer and dramatic radio cues. Also ideal for turmoil, tension and struggle in reality TV shows like Celebrity Apprentice, The Ultimate Fighter, Survivor, Fear Factor and The Bachelor. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
Semi-orchestral, semi-industrial and powerful thriller soundtrack. Dark string and brass textures, a pulsating beat that oozes just under the surface. Serious, international conflict, war or battleground, covert mission, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
Pure rock drama! Waves of guitars and drums come crashing in on the intro synth sequence. Intensity builds through the verse until the chorus attacks with full on guitars and staccato strings. The last chorus has 2 searing lead guitar solos to up the heat just one more notch. Contains guitars, bass, strings, synth and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A "rough and ready", slightly bluesy guitar rock track. Determined, steady beat and guitar riffing with occasional soloing. Classic rock band sound and feel. Good for cruising, racing, rough and tumble, sports and motorsports, gutsy / balls'y action / adventure etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 155 BPM]
A dark and ominous tribal music track with urgent, intense, earthy African drums and various foreboding instruments and vocal grunts. Danger / Darkness / Primal / Savage. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
