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.
Punchy, fast-paced brit-gangster style music with a flavour of the 1960's and 1970's. Works great with chase scenes, heists and 60’s dancing, celebrations, product launches, premieres and more. Exciting music, Cool, Funky and Fresh! [Tempo: Fast / 155 BPM]
A hybrid electronic/orchestral track with a very determined feel and a sense of momentum, pride and substance. Important events / Breaking news / Great strides being made / New and important developments. Olympic, regal, proud and confident. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Pulsing electronic mood with a sense of urgency. Future / Cinematic / Edgy / Excited Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Powerful and edgy, massive cinematic with electro influences. Big drums / Power / Sci-fi. Tough, cold and determined. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Pulsing, steady, rhythmic and ominous music soundscape building with percussion, action-packed sound design and guitars. Hard / Dangerous / Violent / Critical. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Epic cinematic action music, perfect for movie trailers, book trailers, drama and cinematic action. Dramatic and evolving orchestral composition, featuring full orchestra with beautiful string melodies, epic risers, distorted guitars & rock drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 88 BPM]
Action-oriented hybrid orchestral music track, with an ostinato theme backed by percussion and horns. Anticipation and power, with a curious and scientific vibe inspired by space exploration and somewhat tense science. Dramatic / Action / Tension Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 112 BPM]
Futuristic dubstep / rock like edgy breaks meets death metal, evil & foreboding, ideal for extreme sports, gaming & advertising. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Inspired by the works of big Hollywood movies, this piece brings superheroes to mind with its grand majestic brass. Evocative / Valiant / Rousing music track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
Pumping and Up-tempo House Pop track, 70s' Disco feel with a modern / filtered twist. Ideal for clubbing, podcasting, gaming, sports, active lifestyle, youth and fashion, high life, dancing, urgent / hurried activity, and fun. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
Tense, industrial trailer type track. Intro: 0'45'' – 0'45'', build: 0'46'' – 1'30'', climax starts at 1'32'. Starts tense and enigmatic, increases in intensity to tribal drums from 1'09''. Dramatic / Tension / Awe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 85 BPM]
Powerful and otherworldly grooves in the style of Chemical brothers, ideal for use with motor sports, music festival scenes and technology music. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A pulsating and forward moving, orchestral track with a heroic, triumphant and regal drive. Great for action, trailer, rescue mission, overcoming adversity, driven by desire to succeed. Finishes with a melancholic afterthought, a low-key revisit of the main theme. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
A hard edged, downtempo, 'rough and tumble' track with edgy guitar riffs and acidic, squelchy synths over a slamming beat. Post industrial, spiteful, mechanical, gritty electro-rock. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
A somewhat trippy, busy, Drum'n Bass / Big Beat / Electro-rock track. Edgy and funky, this track has a nice sense of energy with a dirty, gritty feel. Slightly mechanical, robotic, with a determined, ballsy drive. Good for sports / extreme sports / filth and grime, crime in progress, chase or getaway, dirty motorsports, gritty action footage etc. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Uptempo, Los Lobos style Tex-Mex rocker featuring drums, bass, guitars and accordeon. Fast and fun! [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 135 BPM]
Huge stabs give way to twisted maniacal anguish and haunted voices. Tragic theme introduces a grim march propelled by determination and grit. The theme is presented at the end in a burst of triumph and heroism. Good for epic battle, fight to the finish, dark action. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 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 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]
Medium tempo epic trailer music featuring synthesis of electronica and orchestra blended in suspense and mystery. Awe / Amazement / Wonderment / Grandeur. [Tempo: Medium / 120 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]
Dark, edgy music track, filled with power. Pulsating synths, strings, impacts and everything suitable for powerful blockbuster track. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Pulsating and powerful music, building with percussion. Imposing / Epic / Rhythmic. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 125 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]
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]
Dark Hip-Hop and orchestral music mix, with a secretive mood. Spy music / Crime / Ominous / Edgy. [Tempo: Slow / 75 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]
Dark breakbeat / Hip Hop music crossover with spikey synths and otherworldly feel - ideal with gaming videos, extreme sports music and technology advertising. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Australian Didgeridoo combined with powerful percission elements. Tense / Ominous / Action feel. Great for travel or history, documentaries and specials. [Tempo: Medium / 0 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]
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]
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]
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]
Huge atmospheric drums build to a head-banging hybrid drum beat. Full of action and excitement. Edgy / Tense / Percussion. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Edgy, industrial techno vibes, cock-sure and confident with gangsta rap vocals to suit. Ideal for extreme sports, gaming and masculine scenes, sports, motors, advertising and more. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A tense and urgent soundtrack for dangerous and dramatic situations. Orchestral sounds with pounding percussion and risers, with a somewhat tribal feel. Dark / Horror / Chase / Critical. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 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]
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]
