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 dramatic, serious epic cinematic track. Blend of symphonic instruments, expressive choirs, synths and electro/dubstep rhythm. Massive sound. A feel of a danger or inevitable dramatic events. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
Heavy, groovy, rhythmic, sleazy, determined, confident, motivated, dangerous, weighty, forceful & dynamic rock track with an irresistable shuffle feel. Huge walls of guitars meld with hefty, driven drums. Raw, gutsy, gritty & raucous. Would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / military type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 93 BPM]
Simple powerful hard rocker with an Eastern flavour to the guitars parts and leads, giving it a great range of sonic colours. Very uptempo and energising.Would suit action/sports/thriller type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
Gritty, dirty, hip-hop with a hardcore rock element and drum'n bass style drums. Hard, dark, extreme, war mongering. Good for extreme sports and action filled footage. Grinding guitars with slamming hip hop / electronica drums. Available either with or without the Check My Style vocal scats. [Tempo: Very fast / 160 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: Fast, Very fast / 120 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]
Funky electro-static track with elements of techno, house and more traditional electronica. Confident, cool and mechanical. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 128 BPM]
An epic and ominous track for movie scene, trailer, fantasy and adventure. Glorious / glorifying. Majestic and rousing. Also available in a 'no choir' mix as well as a 'rock mix' with extra power. [Tempo: Medium / 72 BPM]
Hard hitting guitar chops. [Tempo: Medium / 93 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 powerful, booming heroic epic trailer track. Begins with emotional cello and choir, moving into thumping drums and strings at 0:20, with heroic horns entering at 0:33. A breath in the music at 0:59, then the second sections begins which is more relaxed and pulled back. 1:30 sees the music move back into the powerful and epic style once again with the penultimate section beginning at 1:50 which builds until 02:03 when the most epic part begins. Powerful strings, horns and drums dominate this track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Chunky & leaden-heavy groove-rocker with a slight bluesy feel to the guitar style. Very weighty, loud and yet hypnotic. Would suit action/thriller/extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
This track has a intense instrumentation, that drives the song with a lot of passion and extreme sound. It will work well in any action and sport footage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 105 BPM]
Drama-filled, punchy, driven, exciting, raw, gritty, gutsy, thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled stomp-rocker. Hefty guitars, strings, bass and drums combine to make a high energy high tension track. Would suit action / extreme sports projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 180 BPM]
Edgy, dramatic, exciting, atmospheric, driven, colourful and powerful electronic-rock track mixing spacious synths, plucked ethnic strings, phatt synth bass, frenetic beats & brass stabs. Would suit action / thriller / sports / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
A dramatic and quite evil dub step / breakbeat music track gives an uneasy feeling of science fiction and alien encounters. Crescendoing synth keys filter up into a monstrous half-time dub step style beat before the track breaks down and the finale is a complextro breakbeat section. Great for use in sci-fi, extreme sports music, technology or any type of modern urban scene. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
This track combines thrashing guitars and crushing drums with a killer groove. A great track when looking for genuine heavy metal to elevate energy to the highest of proportions. For extreme sports, combat sports and any daring stunt. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
Dark, epic and suspense trailer music track made with big orchestra and big, powerful choir. Trailer structure. Medieval / Dark / Dramatic music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
A strange hybrid of dance grooves and hard rock madness. Hard to describe except to say that the chorus sections really explodes into life after the cool hypnotic dance beats have doen their work. Would suit any project where dynamism and surprises are required. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. "Lipango" is a hunting dance music from the Pangwa tribe. [Tempo: Fast / 161 BPM]
Begins with fast paced electro/rock underscore. Distorted guitars and sounds design are prevalent throughout. At mid-point, the entire orchestra joins in with a trailer-esque choir which builds to a final crescendo with brass stabs for impact. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
A dramatic hero type theme. A dangerous situation, people in distress, lives in danger. Perhaps a brave rescue team or military intervention. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Fast and full-on guitar action rock track. Chuggy riffing. [Tempo: Fast / 133 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]
This epic orchestral soundtrack starts with piano and cello setting a serious mood for the dramatic percussion and euphoric horn melody that follows. Full of atmosphere, intrigue and drama, this track is Ideal for action/adventure film, thriller, secret agent, covert mission etc. The main instrumentation features piano, orchestra and horns. It has a moderate feel with a tempo of 120 BPM. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A pretty hard core and brutal, post-industrial, mechanical sounding hard rock track. Twisted metal impact with aggressive guitar chops in a blaze of fire and destruction. Violent, malevolent, determined and dominant. Use with mech warfare, war and destruction, fighting and brawling, extreme hardcore sports, violence and battle. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
An exciting and swashbuckling track with a Pirates feel. Danger and drama on the high seas or across the lands! Good for an action or chase scene, perhaps escape and destruction. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Accented strings, brass with huge percussion and synths. Ideal for dramatic breaking news and reality TV cues such as Dateline NBC, Rock Center, Celebrity Apprentice, Survivor and Fear Factor. Useful for transitions, investigations, the turmoil and struggle while trying to complete tasks, goals and elimination. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A dramatic, dark and action trailer music track made with sound design, epic aggressive hits, synths and risers. Action, thriller, sci-fi, violence, horror music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 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]
Fast, aggressive, big and powerful epic drums track. Urgent, determined. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with big pounding drums in various more and less intense patterns. Useful as music for sound design, film scoring, games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Majestic and dark, this fantasy inspired passage canters towards wavering violins at 00:41. [Tempo: Very fast / 110 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, Very fast / 170 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, Very fast / 158 BPM]
A theme similar to James Bond 007. Spy Caper, with urgent bass lines and mysterious / pompous orchestral elements. Big brass sections etc. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
Intense, powerful, exciting, edgy, driven & heavy modern metal track mixing hefty guitars, big grooves & gated synths. Fiery, tense, wild, bold, frantic, thrilling, adventurous & with great drive & suspense. Would suit action / thriller / sports / military type projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 140 BPM]
A somewhat ominous and pompous sounding semi-orchestral track with chanting choir. Quick string runs, dramatic orchestration. Use with drama, fantasy, grand adventure, amazing discoveries, urgent / exciting cultural or historical, religion / cult, dark castle, mystery and mythology, etc. Unsettling, uneasy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 80 BPM]
Epic orchestral theme mixed with colossal electronica beat and bass. Gigantic and massive action packed track, with a dubstep breakdown, breathtaking stutter edits and a huge choir climax near the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Fast tempo cue with a nod to the non-stop action-filled cartoons of yesterday. Full orchestra with standout playfulness. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 120 BPM]
Epically spacey & powerful rock monster with electronic elements. At times slightly psychedelic, others quite dark, heavy & sinister. Always motivated, determined, intense & melodic. Contains some intense guitar work! Would suit thriller / action / sports projects. [Tempo: Medium / 90 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: Fast / 160 BPM]
Dramatic trailer, highly suitable for short opening. [Tempo: Fast / 140 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 / 155 BPM]
A piece of epic proportions. For sci-fi and fantasy. True Space Opera type piece similar to Star Wars. Many different layers. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 93 BPM]
Battle drums / marching percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 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]
A dance/electronica track with attitude. An atmospheric and almost industrial sounding introduction builds a sense of anticipation for the big driving beat to come in. A breakdown in the middle of the track brings in a strong lead synth sound as everything builds back up to a full sound. Edgy and powerful, this track will suit many media application. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 118 BPM]
Dark and moody club style trance track with filtered and modulated synth lead and catchy synth arpeggios. [Tempo: Very fast / 140 BPM]
Dynamic and energetic, modern epic track. Dark and powerful percussion, joined by orchestra, electric guitar and synthesizers. Uprising, urgent and intense. Heroic, determined, Ominous. Suitable for trailers, action scenes, sci-fi movies, fights, rising armies, marching to battle and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 141 BPM]
