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 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]
An urban mix of heavy rock guitars, solid beats and vocal scratches. The full version introduces synth riffs to make a driving rock piece. [Tempo: Medium / 95 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 / 83 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 cinematic piece with percussions and pads that builds into an atmospheric blend of guitar ambiences, mysterious drones and big percussion. Huge climax at the end. Good for dramatic moments, transitions, trailers, film and tv. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 139 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]
Gritty power rock joined by a big orchestra, synths and huge choir finish. [Tempo: Medium / 125 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 / 85 BPM]
A punchy, adrenaline infused blend of super tight heavy distorted guitars, crazy synths and punchy hard-hitting electronic drums. Ideal for intense action, military and extreme sports uses. In the style of Powerman 5000, Rammstein, Rob Zombie, Ministry, KMFDM, Filter, Pantera and Metallica. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Irresistibly funky guitar based tune that makes your head nod and your foot tap. Big grooves, pimped-out feel and phatt riffs combine with spacey chords and hard driving choruses. Slightly reminiscent of Satriani and Nuno Bettencourt in feel. Contains guitars, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Tense, horrific survival music, blending hard percussion with orchestral elements. Changes between pensive, nervous parts and more action filled parts for chase, action scenes. Nervous, slightly chaotic, disoriented. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Highly dramatic, explosive and unique cinematic track that would suit any thriller/action or sports projects. Wah wah guitars and organ start things off and are soon followed by an intense orchestral refrain. This tune has a number of surprises up it's sleeve. [Tempo: Medium / 97 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]
A swarm of rogue Robots is loose in the city: will our hero save the day? Orchestral, electronic and rock elements build a SciFi atmosphere with dynamic and tension shifts. Good for opening credits or action sequence score. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
Somewhat avant-garde rock track, pushing the boundaries between techno, industrial and guitar-blazing rock'n roll. Not for the faint hearted. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Fetermined, fiery, driven, intense, powerful groove-rocker with great sense of excitement & passion. Raw, rebellious, rhythmic, epically grand, explosive, gutsy, suspense-filled, wild & wicked. Would suit adrenalised extreme sports / action / combat / military / cinematic type projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 120 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]
Tense orchestral piece. Pulsing drums and strings, abrasive brass and drums, haunting textures and an overall suspenseful pursuit. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 98 BPM]
This track is a high Intensity action / chase cue with a primal, menacing tone. It's full of suspense and works well for footage of battles, war scenes, chases, and beasts. It's also well suited for video games and builds into a riser at the end that has a cinematic impact great for film trailers. Apocalypto meets Jurassic Park. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
A complex and powerful composition. Full orchestra with choir. Dramatic, urgent, epic and majestic. Epic / Fantasy / Battle / Struggle / Historical. Staccato, uneasy and with a sense of urgency, combined with heroism, drama with ominous strings and brass sections and chanting choir. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 152 BPM]
A heavy and aggressive hard rock/metal track with tight galloping guitars and huge cannon like drums. In the style of Lamb of God, Rammstein, Disturbed, Metallica, Pantera and Dream Theater. Ideal for huge, intense uses like UFC, NFL, WWE, X Games and extreme sports. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 110 BPM]
Southern metal styled intense groove monster. Distorted guitars riff over rumbling bass and drums to create a groove that won't quit. Contains an abundance of guitars of all kinds, bass, drums and strings. [Tempo: Slow / 75 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]
A dominant, energetic and grinding rock track with a hard edge. Funky, raw guitar riffs. Controlled aggression. A more progressive middle bridge section with drums going to halftime and keyboard joins before returning to the edgy alternative / metal rock sound. Inspired by the style and sound of Dream Theater and other progressive rock bands. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
A dark and gritty, determined and vengeful, power rock track. Brutal guitar riffs, staccato and stuttering. Good for action trailer, fights and wrestling, big power racing, extreme sports and action filled footage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
No messing rock blaster. A cross between Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters, with just a little Journey and Thin Lizzy thrown in just to see what happens. Plenty of dirty guitar riffs and lead licks. Would suit action/thriller type film or extreme sports/motor racing project. [Tempo: Fast / 160 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]
A tense, pensive underscore for a dramatic scene with an Italian or Sicilian slant. Perhaps New York Mafia, historical drama, or a chase / battle / conflict scene set against a backdrop of Italy / Sicily or Eastern Europe / Traditional Europe. Mandolin and violin with battle percussion, orchestral strings and brass stabs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 75 BPM]
Heavy metal rock with an aggressive guitar riff. Pounding bass and drums set the right pace to road movies, racing and speed. Bad ass bluesy rock. [Tempo: Fast / 145 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]
After a dark and uneasy intro, the main riff takes off at about 27 secs into the track. This is a dirty, filthy, grinding and gritty, dark and destructive track of hard biting guitars and squelching synths. Negative and doom-laden, with aggression, power and determination. Grindcore, hardcore, industrial, post-modern electro guitar mayhem. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Great track for extreme sport or other cool, slick, high speed, cutting edge production. Progressive Electronic. Impetuous/Impulsive, Energetic, Moving/Driving, Groovy. Electric Guitars, Drum Grooves, Synthesizers. Sports, Commercials/TV themes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 142 BPM]
Dark and moody club style trance track with filtered and modulated synth lead and catchy synth arpeggios. [Tempo: Very fast / 140 BPM]
Intense, powerful, exciting, driven, blistering and adrenaline-fuelled rocker with great forward momentum. Mean, explosive, wicked, dynamic,suspense-filled & highly-charged. Would suit extreme sports / military / action thriller type projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
A tense, rhythmic, staccato track for secret missions and high pressure situations. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Intense, no frills, crushing metal groover with undeniably intense power and positive, inspiring momentum. The chorus section has catchy lead guitar melodies over the top of the insistent, energy-fuelled monolithic beat. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
An infectious, riffy and catchy, classic style rock / hard rock track. Guitar driven, positive, determined. Aggressive, but more in a fresh and positive way, rather than doom-laden. Use with exciting media, victory lap, sports montage, extreme sports, watersports, basejumping and skydiving, alpine skiing, racing and motor sports, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 142 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]
Gliding strings and edgy electronic sounds combine with a steadily grooving breakbeat to create this dramatic EDM piece. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Huge, dramatic guitar-based shuffled beat heavy rock track with many guitar colours and textures in every section. Music to knock down walls by. Would suit thriller, action, extreme sports projects. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Powerful, groovey and exciting electro-rock track. Twisted, bendy whamm-yed guitar lines and synth noises combine with pumping bass and monster beats. Has great power and drive. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Epic drama hits! A metal, electronic, symphonic orchestral hybrid with light dubstep electronic elements. Huge guitars and dramatic moving strings make this track ideal for promos, trailers and intense action cues like UFC, WWE, NFL and all other extreme sports. In the style of Celldweller, Cliff Lin and E.S. Posthumus. [Tempo: Slow / 150 BPM]
This track is Jekyll and Hyde. The tense intro has techno beats and synth sequences which build in intensity until all hell breaks loose and the guitars enter with a hellishly ferocious and relentless riff. Contains synths, drum machines, guitars and bass. [Tempo: Medium / 127 BPM]
Fast, high energy, adrenaline-fueled rock music with great driven, motivating, forward momentum. Big guitars mix with pounding drums, synths , strings & soaring lead guitar lines to make music for action / extreme sports or thriller type projects. White knuckle ride. [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
Hypnotic ‘4 on the floor’ electronic beat, that gradually builds up to an energetic momentum. Features real TB 303 sound. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Powerful, dramatic, intense & heavy cinematic rock track. Tension soaked strings combine with big guitars & driven drums to make music suitable for action adventure / sports / thriller projects. [Tempo: Fast / 187 BPM]
Twangy, psychedelic guitars and robotic, industrial synths combine to create a feeling of journeying over dry desert, heat ripples distorting the horizon, scorching sun. Similar in style to the Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, Junkie XL this works well with travel scenes, holiday adventures and desert montages as well as high-tech industrial and corporate advertising. Also for action scenes, crime and progress and more. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Majestic and dark, this fantasy inspired passage canters towards wavering violins at 00:41. [Tempo: Very fast / 110 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]
An exciting, fast, gutsy rocker with a big attitude. Energetic, in for the kill, with a 'bad boy' feel. Great energy level. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 107 BPM]
