This royalty-free tracks area contains music suitable for Military, War, Armed Conflict and related subjects. From tragic, tearful orchestral movements reflecting memories of fallen soldiers and tragedies, to more historical sounding music for World War I / World War II history and documentaries, to more straight-forward battle themes, war drums and explosive, gritty, metal & nu-metal music. Also music for Fantasy Wars (e.g. Orcs vs Humans) is represented here.
Edgy, distorted, mechanical sounding, with huge drums and bit-crushed, acidic synths. Very dark. Doom laden, with pounding percussion and a relentless, aggressive feel. Orchestral sounds mangled and combined with edgy synth work. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
A grand and rousing music track for fantasy, adventure, glory and gladiators. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Hybrid blockbuster music track featuring a combination of symphonic orchestra, a synths and synthetic risers and whooshes. Loaded with energy, power, distortion and trailer mood. Amazement / Hero / Sci-Fi Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
Atmospheric, Epic, Dreamy and Relaxing music track in an orchestral arrangement. Amazement / Wonderment Music. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
A percussion driven 'prelude to battle'. Building up, gearing up, battle preparations, preparing for fight or conflict. Ominous, foreboding, pensive. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A spine-tingling, hair raising, epic movie score or trailer track. Full orchestra, real live vocalist, choir. Also available in a 'rock mix' and in a 'no choir' mix, to give you mixing and editing opportunities. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 73 BPM]
A very dramatic, intense orchestral cue with choir. Full of twists and turns throughout, this track will go well with scenes of action and drama in a fantasy or adventure movie. Awe and amazement. Full of triumph and glory, but also with a sense of grave danger, darkness and urgency. Also good for dramatic trailers / epic trailers. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
Dark and mysterious Score track with strings, horn section, sound effects and energetic percussions. Very atmospheric, dramatic and highly diversified. Ideal for thriller and all kinds of suspense. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 165 BPM]
Edgy and raw, gritty guitar riffing with electronic drums. Nasty and sharp. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
A rising, fanfare like 'achievement' theme. Pumping rhythm, olympic style chord progressions, big strings and horns, sweeping orchestral. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Industrial strength beats, distorted synths, a hard chopping guitar and occasional big, deep brass swells. It all makes for a hard hitting war/action/battle film or game soundtrack. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A dramatic, building trailer track made with cinematic orchestra and percussion. Structure divided into three main parts for easier editing (trailer structure). Proud / Patriotic / Dramatic. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
A lively, ominous and busy music track with a dark atmosphere, made only with orchestral instruments. The structure is divided into several parts, all connected and in the same mood. Bustling / Tension / Drama Music. [Tempo: Medium / 60 BPM]
High impact energy rock. Slamming guitar riffs, with some more melodic parts between and plenty of variation throughout. Energetic, solid, confident, determined. Sports, racing, extreme sports, a sense of freedom and excitement. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 106 BPM]
This is a heroic piece of dramatic, patriotic music using sweeping orchestra and piano. Perfect for dramatic film scores, olympic or sports montages, war scenes, dramatic battle scenes, a soldier returning home or any scene or video that wishes to dramatically highlight success, inspiration and overcoming the odds. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
In your face, hardcore heavy metal track with a big, slamming wall of guitar riffs, wild synth licks and occasional sections with an industrial/mechanical feel. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A dark and staccato action trailer music track, featuring synths combined with orchestra. Modern sounding track with a touch of electronica and blockbuster feel. Action / Future / Edgy Music. [Tempo: Fast / 110 BPM]
Soothing solo clarinet over strings, light acoustic guitar and distant boys choir. A feeling of soaring and redemption, of new beginnings. Suitable for an inspirational video or for the closing scene of a film. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Cinematic piece composed with an experimental approach, E-piano and orchestral strings accompanied by contemporary drums and sound effects, escalating to the intense part with the choir and full orchestra, percussion instruments are coming in near the ending of the track, before fading out. This composition will work great in film trailers, cinematic openers, dramatic action movie scores, futuristic videos, documentaries, sci-fi and other emotional videos. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 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]
An epic orchestral suite with heroic, noble themes that range from soft and gentle to dark and tense, ending with a grand choral finish. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Dark, tense, drama-soaked, heavy, epic, malevolant, bombastic, intensely-climactic rock track that builds and builds until it explodes into a ball of blindingly concentrated sonic might. Would suit epic thriller / action / extreme sports / discovery / horror type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 138 BPM]
Epic blockbuster music track. It features powerful bottom end, orchestral elements and huge brass section. Suitable music for action and conflict scenes, blockbuster and trailer videos. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Pounding guitar riff combined with a Industrial Dubstep beat. Metallic and glitchy tones, with an actual wobble Dubstep section. Lots of balls and an evil spirit. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
Military cue starts with snare drums and percussion with a transition to over-the-top orchestra; projecting the excitement and tension of war. Battle or military scenes work well here. Huge brass stabs accentuate the action. Brief pauses for exhibition and scene transitions. Big percussive hits drive the exhilaration. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
A solo female voice hums a love theme in a slow, solemn manner. The style of singing generates a heart-breaking ambience that also still has an air of romanticism about it. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Epic orchestration with pounding drums and sweeping chords. Builds into a victorious climax. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A dark, dramatic, and rousing orchestral music track with a feel of war or conflict. The dark, gloomy and determined character of this track will give your project an epic, tense feel. Angry / Doom / Epic Music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark, sinister rock track that mixes strings, a hypnotic drum groove and big guitars. The music goes from unnerving & foreboding to epically heavy & intense. Very drama-soaked & cinematic. Would thriller/horror/sports type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 78 BPM]
A strong, confident and dark heroic military theme with percussion, synth, guitar and powerful brass. Slow paced, proud, patriotic and powerful yet slightly sad and emotional giving a feeling of loss or death. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
Emotional, dignified and proud cinematic soundtrack theme with a dark edge. Honor, glory and heroism. Orchestral crescendi and occasional snare drums which gives the track a slight military or stately feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
IMPORTANT NOTE: Also Spracht Zarathustra / "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" was written in 1896 by Richard Strauss (1864-1949), and is not in the public domain in some countries. You may not legally license this track unless the copyright has expired in your country of residence. Please consult the following link and make sure that the required length of time has passed in your country, since the death of the composer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_length Shockwave-Sound.com will not be held responsible for any copyright infringement caused by not following this advice. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
An epic, cinematic trailer track with emotional strings. The track opens with large strings and effects that quiet down right before a massive hit. The main drop is a heavy hitting mix of strings drums and brass. Over the top heavy drums have a strong impact. The track continues with an epic brass progression to a final distorted hit in the end. This track will work well in video game or movie trailers, as well as scenes of battle or uprising. Proud, strong and sorrowful. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A tense, heavily percussive track. Lots of orchestral and ethnic percussion combined. Suitable for fantasy, action-adventure, fight scenes, chase or battle, or situations of exterme danger or pressure. Also for movie trailers, game trailers, high intensity footage, dramatic reality-TV, fires and emergencies, etc. Fighting, chasing, escaping, combat etc. The track builds up to a crescendo twice - first at around 25 sec and then again at the end. Also available in many different mixes, edits, cuts, including a Percussion Only mix, several Stingers and loops. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Medium slow, intensely powerfully epic, spacey, grinder rock track. Has a dark & menacing atmosphere built by heavy guitars mixing with massive drum grooves & spacious synth textures. Would suit extreme sports / horror / action / thriller projects. Potent stuff. [Tempo: Slow / 106 BPM]
Tense orchestral piece. Pulsing drums and strings, abrasive brass and drums, haunting textures and an overall suspenseful pursuit. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 98 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: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
A cross betweem Metal and Electronica. Builds up from an eerie intro to a full blasting rocker. For that Alien invasion flick or that extreme sports promo. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
Pounding guitar riff combined with a Industrial Dubstep beat. Metallic and glitchy tones. Lots of balls and an evil spirit. Works with fight, boxing, UFC, MMA and anything that needs big cojones. Also available as an alternative version without the Dubstep elements. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Glorious and glorifying orchestral track with live choir. Royal, regal, majestic and reverent, this dramatic trailer track is suitable for hard sports footage, fantasy or science fiction, war and power struggle, uprising and more. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A proud stoic soundtrack featuring orchestral strings and horns, with piano and marching drums. Also available as a version without the marching drums. Patriotic / Honorable / Ceremonial / Achievement / Graduation / Victorious. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
After a pensive opening, the main riff kicks in at about 15 seconds: A biting, snarling, gritty and dirty, hard and filthy guitar riff with aggressive drums and uneasy pads. A sense of 'controlled aggression'. Destruction and mayhem, fighting / brawling, taking no prisoners. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Powerful, dramatic orchestral track with a sense of an imminent attack about to happen. Danger, conflict, tension, preparing to go to battle, not knowing what awaits. This film score style track has a cinematic, epic sound, great for action, adventure, thriller type productions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
A powerful and grand / regal orchestral / symphonic soundtrack piece, driven forward by Taiko like percussion. Pounding drums combine with dramatic string sections to create a sense of imminent battle, dangerous situation. Perhaps a sea rescue, a dangerous missing on enemy territory, or the rise of an awesome fighting force. Military / Fantasy / Action / Conflict / Fight. (A note about the version described as 'Stage Mix': This version is recorded with the reverb/ambiance of a concert hall, making it sound somewhat more 'distant' from the listener and, some would say, more 'live') [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with big pounding drums in various more and less intense patterns. Useful for sound design, film scoring, games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
A grand, epic, romantic piece of orchestral / symphonic film score music. Wide open fields, home lands, personal stories, adventure and epic tales. The piece plays for six and a half minutes and can be used for several different cues, or together as a whole. This track is recorded with a live philharmonic orchestra. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
Wide drums, reverberated and distant strings give this track an open and mysterious feel. An underlining bass pulse brings a constant feel of tension. The track builds up to a big drum drop with effects that resemble a monster growl. Big hits layered with low bass following a wide and atmospheric opening theme create a strong impact. This track is good for movie and game trailers, scenes of investigation and spy scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Emotional strings set the mood for this track. Big hits sound distant yet powerful. The main drop happens at about 1 minute into the track, with bit-crushed, mechanical sounding drums. Violent, dramatic, epic, futuristic. For epic trailers, sci-fi, scenes of rising armies. Also for sports / achievement / grit. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
A massive, epic, urgent sounding music track made with dramatic orchestra, big epic drums and aggressive guitars. Divided into three parts. Chase / Uprising / Invasion / Battle music. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
This track is really guitar driven, that give it a huge intense sound. Would work well in any footage that has intense scenes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 200 BPM]
