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.
A fiery and dramatic, epic, massive impact track. Urgent, desperate, intense and violent. Huge pounding percussion, full orchestra and choir. Also available as a Rock Mix, with additional heavy rock guitars and rock drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
Powerful, intense, mean, dark, atmospheric, epic, foreboding, determined, thrilling, brutal, menacing, rock / metal track with immense malevolant energy and raw, gutsy, gritty drive. Would suit action / thriller / combat / war / extreme sports type projects. The main beat and drive sets in at about 01:23. [Tempo: Slow / 146 BPM]
Powerful and grand with underlined sadness, this track represents the feeling of honor after accomplishing uneasy task, returning from grand adventure or battle. Track featured by live orchestra with noble trumpet theme, choir and percussion & synths. Pulsating synths rhythm that underlying grand epic orchestra theme takes you to the adventure or experience of a life time. This track rises to push your scenes towards a grand climax, providing a perfect backdrop for epic trailers, action feature films or historic or documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
A futuristic, blockbuster style music track featuring pulsating basses, big, epic orchestra and large mixed choir, giving a powerful touch to its climax part. Interesting time signature in 7/8ths throughout. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 100 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: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
A powerful and forceful battle track for historical, fantasy, adventure battles. Perhaps vikings or hordes of savage invaders. Dark and powerful stuff. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Booming, majestic and epic fantasy or sci-fi track. Almost fanfare like, but with a very dark element. Mysterious, monolithic and very suitable for footage of awe and power, be it fantasy, science fiction, sports, film score or even forceful corporate presentations with a big impact. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 76 BPM]
Huge, snarling and slamming Dubstep style bass-line that wobbles and glitches emerges from a haunting background of elfin choirs and a distant tom-tom pulse. Completely evil and nasty, works great for war gaming videos, futuristic conflict or technology scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
Take no prisoners! A blistering attack of pounding guitar riffs, thundering breakbeats, synths and glitch, synthetic noises. A thrilling theme of apocalyptic turmoil. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
An edgy, dark & moody underscore bed that dips and weaves on an atmospheric journey through threatening and dangerous territory. Menacing washes & distant metallic crashes add other layers of anticipation to this uneasy soundscape. A variety of mixes add flexibility, including a 7-minute mix for extended usages. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
Exciting, driven, intense, powerful, motivated & energised rocker with massive momentum. Huge walls of distorted guitars combine with crushing, busy, dynamic beats to make edgy, dangerous music that would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / military / combat type projects. Thrilling & adventurous. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 146 BPM]
Sad, spacious, thoughtful, moving, tragic, haunting, dreamy and peaceful orchestral track with a sense of calm. Slowly played, delicate and lush strings play out the theme to a broken heart. Would suit romantic / drama / historical / documentary. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 110 BPM]
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 ('Unfinished Symphony') in B minor, D.759: 1. Allegro Moderato. Classical music recorded by D Hamilton exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
An urgent, dramatic and glorifying track for dramatic trailers, fight scenes, epic battles and grand heroes or warriors. Orchestra, epic battle percussion, full choir. Good for epic trailer, scenes of epic battles or charging armies. Dramatic or dangerous situation, rescue mission, fantasy fight, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
A serious sounding, cinematic music track. Ominous, foreboding. International conflict, swat teams, special forces, daring rescue operations. Can also be fantasy, amazing journeys, perhaps an army rising up. Epic / Trailer / Heroes Music. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Apprehensive and dramatic sound design intro growing in power and confidence with orchestra and percussion. Strong / Epic / Powerful. Very dark music track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Marching, dramatic, aggressive. Orchestra and choir (choir enters later in the track), with additional electric guitar and rock drums for added power. Also available without the choir and without the rock drums. Dominant / Menacing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 75 BPM]
Powerful trailer music full of momentum and drive. Good for promotions of video games, film or television needing that big Hollywood sound. Has a nice break in the middle just before a powerful ending. Emotional, strong and cinematic. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
An epic, grand, and somewhat angelic / heavenly track, suitable for fantasy, sci-fi, adventure and more. Heroic, couragous and emotional, with a single female voice / soprano vocal singing the lead over a full orchestra with epic percussion. Great as a film score and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
This moody hybrid music track features intense sub downers, risers and driving percussion throughout. A huge choir adds extra rhythmic emphasis as the piece rises in intensity. Intense / Fiery / Edgy Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Determined, serious underscore track for political thriller or drama. Slight military or SWAT team feeling, going through preparations, moving into position, or being chased. Moderate intensity, mix of deep, dark percussion with orchestral and electronic sounds. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Electronica infused orchestral music. Tension builds throughout the piece, ending with a big boom, but retaining a somewhat anticipative aura. Good music for war preparation, rendezvous scenes and crime investigation and chase. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A dark and determined, forceful and methodical, orchestral march. Relentlessly marching on, an awesome force. Dark / Foreboding / Relentless / Doom-laden / Forceful. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Powerful, epic orchestral royalty free stock music with electronic elements. Grand, heroic and dramatic, this orchestral soundtrack is perfect for epic adventure / fantasy scenes of superheroes uniting to save the world, or a hero on a journey to battle dark forces. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 105 BPM]
Minimal piano leads into an ominous, dark, heroic orchestral music theme. Tension / Dystopia / Edgy music. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 150 BPM]
Battle drums. Epic, huge percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
It's night time in a large modern city. An agent attempts to infiltrate a heavily secured hi tech facility. Starts small and gets huge towards the end. Soaring choir and orchestra along with interesting synth layers and drums. For modern suspenseful films and TV, and trailers and promos. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
Inspiring and epic orchestral music. Crescendo from subtle strings to a full orchestra with big drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Dark, brooding, menacing, intensely powerful, primitive, fiery and gutsy rock track with great sense of impending doom and epic grandeur. Heavy, loud, mean, bombastic, gritty, scary, wild & very wicked. The chorus has a middle-eastern feel. Would suit action / thriller / military / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
Deep bass lines and synths build a dark and intense atmosphere with a sense of suspense and drama. Good track for underscore dramatic situations. An amazing fusion of distorted guotar lines, percussion and strings. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
'Dark Ages' is a collection of 12 dark, ambient, semi-orchestral tracks. The music has a sense of history and mythology, making these tracks highly suitable as a soundtrack for historical drama, history / documentary as well as medieval/fantasy material, be it films, fantasy games, TV or installations. The music is mostly without any outstanding melody, making it highly usable as background texture and ambient underscore. It leaves room for dialogue and/or other audio elements, without competing. Some of the tracks carry a sense of mystery and danger, whilst others lean more towards horror and sci-fi. All 12 parts share a sense of lurking danger, impending tragedy, conflict and betrayal. The arrangements are dominated by dark drones and pads, piano, cello and resonant overtones. Also available are 9 seamless music loops from this collection. [Tempo: Slow / 58 BPM]
A deep, low-down, gritty and gutsy, fiery and hard hitting rock / metal track. High energy level. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 92 BPM]
A super heavy, aggressive metal track with exotic, middle eastern and classical influences. In the style of Meshuggah, Korn, Survival by Muse, Periphery, Deftones and Dream Theater. Lead by distorted 8 string guitar riffage for huge, intense and dramatic uses like UFC, NFL, WWE and extreme sports. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 166 BPM]
A slowly rising, emotional and cinematic music track. Starting with huge hits and synth melody. After piano plays main theme, orchestral elements emerge, and with each turn track becomes bigger and louder, ending as big cinematic piece. Rousing and emotive, with a slightly sorrowful and reflective side - but also grand, inspiring, hopeful and heroic music. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A dramatic and hard hitting rock track, with a wild / unhinged feel and a sense of immediate danger. Fast and furious. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 165 BPM]
Low, rhythmic bass sequence. Spatial, unsettling effects. Overdriven percussion. Ideal for science, mystery, darkness, laboratory, criminal mysteries. Science / Mystery / Tension. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Tires squealing, sirens blaring, adrenalin flowing. The Chase begins. Dramatic, suspenseful, powerful track mixing electronic and orchestral elements. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 85 BPM]
Battle drums. Pounding percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, brawls and action scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
The first half of this track is a mystical, eerie, dark ambient guitar piece with an evil, malevolent presence. For the second half it develops into a very dark, deep, gutsy and powerful metal rock / progressive rock track with a sense of a violent, unstoppable evil. Use for horror and unspeakable terror. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 75 BPM]
Powerful trailer style music track starting as a deep sub hit and pulsating bass engine. It slowly rises into a huge blockbuster track featuring big orchestra with determined string section, and wide horns and trombones. Suitable as music for action blockbusters and trailer videos. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Wagner - Die Walküre, B major, WWV 86B: Act III. Ride of the Valkyries. Classical Music recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by Y Sazonoff. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
This orchestral cinematic cue contains two parts/sections. The first 30 seconds has a strong tension and a rhythmic pulse, with a foreboding, dark tone. The second part, from about 30 seconds onwards, is more melancholic, sorrowful and wistful, with a sense of loss or realization. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
An urgent, dramatic, epic trailer track. A sense of urgency or time running out. Great hordes of warriors on the move. Majestic and menacing, threatening. Perhaps the uprising of a huge army. Powerful stuff. Also available as a Rock Mix, with additional heavy rock guitars and rock drums. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 100 BPM]
Powerful, strong track that combines orchestral and rock elements. Gutsy, macho, heroic, patriotic. Good for sports, company presentations, power demonstrations. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
A gutsy and groovy power rocker music track with a high speed, a mean riff and a bad attitude. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 188 BPM]
Gustav Holst - The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War. Arranged and recorded with real live orchestra, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Slow Moving rhythmic underscore. Transformers invade the city. Low, marching drums and low, sonic drones set the tone for this soundscape. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
A good track for for both "Slow" and "Speed Motion" action trailer, this track is somewhat Epic with huge percussion. High energy and slow build-up. Good for trailers with a big Hollywood sound, suspense, drama, battles, and video game music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 73 BPM]
Orchestra and drums pound out an aggressive theme perfect for a super villain, or a tense scene in a film or TV show. Could work well for sports action: down but not out, making the final push against adversaries. Or also a street battle brewing in a dark and sinister city late at night.Choir blasts in the last section to add an epic swell right before the music abruptly ends, in the style of film trailers. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
Dark, Haunting and Mysterious, imagine the world has ended but somehow you survived and are surrounded by the wreckage as the dust still rises. Features various processed synths, epic drums, haunting vocals and effects. Good for dramas, sci-fi, horrors and video games. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
