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.
Triumphantly menacing, boisterous and ferocious metal hybrid rock track. A meaty and heavy track, for dystopian scenes, post-apocolyptic worlds, gaming and high octane sports, action, crime and more. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Hybrid industrial trailer music track with pounding drums and sound design elements. Tense, urgent, violent music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 146 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]
A rough and gritty Drum'n Bass track. Down and dirty with a pumping synth bass groove. Futuristic and groovy. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A dark, slow, dramatic orchestral theme with choir. (Choir enters about 1 minute in). Dramatic events, dark days. Doom and awe. Available with or without choir, and with or without additional rock drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
Chunky and groovy Drum'n Bass. Uptempo, with a nicely combined texture of swirley, dreamy soundscapes and a solid, funky, deeply driven core bass line. Busy breakbeat / drum n bass style drums. Good for sports, action, technology / hi-tech, cutting edge media, future/sci-fi and more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
Edgy Drum'n Bass / Breakbeat. Dark, industrial feel. Gritty and grimey. Slightly disturbing, choppy and processed. Good for action / chase, motorsports and x-sports, future / futuristic, sci-fi, race / racing and destruction. Robotic and mechanical. Youth culture / Urban subcultures / Dark rave. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
Drum'n Bass with Dubstep / Dub and Glitch tentencies. Gritty and choppy, heavily processed. Edgy, with a mechanical, almost dirty feel. A middle part takes it all down to a dreamy / heavenly / fantasy soundscape, before once again kicking in the main beat. Features fragments of female vocals scattered in a complex sonic landscape. Good for future / sci-fi / space / high-tech / robotics, as well as action/chase, extreme sports, gutsy and gritty visuals, etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
Edgy Drum'n Bass / Breakbeat. Dark, industrial feel. Busy and uptempo; occasionally the beat breaks down to half speed before picking up again. Available with or without occasional vocal samples. Dark synth elements with Dub / Dubstep feel. Energetic, edgy, exciting. X-sports, rave, future/sci-tech, urban, subculture etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 174 BPM]
Think Burn Notice. Jazzy and Funky. Features acoustic guitar and sizzling keyboard elements with horns. Upbeat and exciting. Good for tv action drama. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Eerie, tense, percussive soundscape with a relentless spooky melody, dark metalic FX and flute sweeps. Atmospheric with a sense of suspense and imminent danger. Menacing and sinister. 48 hours, The Mentalist, Castle, Alien Invasion, crime drama, horror, Sci-Fi. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Aggressive, epic, speaker busting, cinematic breakbeat. A mix of electronica and orchestral film score makes this perfect for for sci-fi, extreme sports, thrillers full of speed and danger, crime sprees and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 141 BPM]
A lively funk 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 / 127 BPM]
A man, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer! This track was made for your next trailer or action movie/videogame soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow / 92 BPM]
Light rock / general rock / instrumental. Moderately excited, with a sense of movement, perhaps the wind in your hair, or taking responsibility, taking action. Good for youth drama, TV series and presentations as well as for driving / cars / sports, outdoor activities and more. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Rough, downtempo techno / rock crossover. A gutsy guitar riff combines with a Big Beat drum rhythm and trippy synths, to create a harsh, post industrial, funky groove. Sci-fi / Sci-tech / Future / Hard edged sport / grit / action etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A dark, rhythmic, orchestral track suitable for conflict, battle, chase or impending action. A methodical rhythm creates a sense of something relentless, malevolent. Builds to a climax towards the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 163 BPM]
Battle drums / marching percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A dark and powerful film / cinematic soundtrack that incorporates edgy, electronic, dubstep influences. Emotive, grand and lush, with a cold, dark undertone. Perhaps a dark hero. Use with action adventure, thriller, crime mystery, science fiction, armed conflict / military, and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
All live performed, genuine African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. This music composition is inspired by a street in Dar es Salaam called "Mtaa Kongo". A very busy street with a lot of people. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 166 BPM]
Electronic beats to the max. A quality EDM track that any DJ would want in their collection. Heavy bass synths are prominent in this track. An absolutely epic build up drops into a nice groovy house track that changes up enough to keep your listener interested. Nice switch ups and effects are present throughout the track. This track will work great for club scenes, party scenes, time-lapse, car commercials and more. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Super aggressive and hard-hitting, glitched and gritty Rock Breaks combine with Dubstep elements, gives a feeling of extreme intensity / urban action / danger. Ideal for high energy action scenes / chases and extreme sports - especially full contact sports. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Dark, intense, mean, powerful, driven, passionate, hard-hitting, no nonsense rocker with great tension & momentum. Loud, confident, exciting, primitive, dangerous, wild, wicked, relentless & fiery. Would suit action thriller / extreme sports / military / combat type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Relentless electronic drum and bass tune with lots of attitude. The track opens with a growling acid synth that squeels under distortion and compression. Heavy hitting drums are commanding with a deep thumping kick. The first drop is a wobbly drum and bass beat that's rhythmic and fast paced. The breakdown re-introduces the growling synth that builds up with a big growl before the main drop. Off beat rhythm and funky snappy drums create a really energetic beat. This track will work great in car chases, racing videos, extreme sports, fight scenes and many more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
Exciting, driven, call to arms rocker. Fast, bold, confident, edgy, triumphant, fiery & dangerous. Intense, passionate, primitive, loud & mean. Would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / competitive / combat type projects. Has an air of rousing victory and beating the odds. [Tempo: Fast / 151 BPM]
This high energy and fast ska music is inspired in the UK style of the second ska wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. This track gets you up and going! Saxes, trombone, organ, guitar, bass, percussion and drums make up the instrumentation. Highly suitable as music for oddball comedies, cool and slick commercials, reality shows and TV themes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Seriously funky electro groove music. Great as music for corporate, technology, fast flow of information, people and business on the move. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
An epic adventure or fantasy track with a sweeping orchestral feel. Like amazing new discoveries, grand adventures, fantastic new places or a dangerous, epic mission. The openingg and middle parts of this track is glorious and optimistic, whereas the closing section of this track is darker, more menacing, more urgent and closes off with a very dark, pounding, eerie outro. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 133 BPM]
A strong, powerful, menacing, epic filmscore track. Symphonic orchestra and choir mixed with techno/industrial elements to create a feel of futuristic or modern warfare, mechanoids, space battle, transformers fighting, brawling or stand-off. Suitable for future / sci-fi / metal and glass, fire and destruction, dramatic trailers, battle / chase / conflict / war scenes. Also available as a Rock Mix with added power guitars and rock drums, and as an alternative version without the choir. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
An ominous, edgy, tense, semi-orchestral and semi-industrial action soundtrack. Orchestra with epic percussion, majestic sounding choir. Glorious / glorifying but also tense / terror / dark power, with a technology / mechanical edge. Good for dramatic trailers, modern and futuristic warfare, battle / fight, sci-fi and fantasy, action adventure, raw/violent sports footage and more. Also available as a Rock Mix with added power guitars and rock drums, and as an alternative version without the choir. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
Where electronica meets guitar rock and industrial. Gritty, dark, psychedelic. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Full on Chilli-Pepper style rock. Aggressive, energetic, hard, funky. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 105 BPM]
Very electronic, slight retro sound like Kraftwerk or other minimalist electronica acts. Mysterious and robotic, a bit industrial. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
An intense and dramatic movie trailer style track, complete with full orchestra, choir and a huge percussion sections. Very dramatic, powerful, urgent, and tense. Big brass stabs combine with ethnic drums and vocal chants. The chord progression helps to increase the intensity level throughout, towards the final crescendo and climax. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 156 BPM]
A down and dirty, nasty beat and synth riff. Determined, controlled aggression. Combining elements of urban, rock, electronica and hip-hop. Similar to the sound of The Crystal Method. Pensive, confident, cool. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
A very nasty piece of work. Evil and hellish, this slowly grinding, crushing and somewhat sickening beat is overlaid with severely distorted guitar riffs and heavy, processed drums, for a very hard core, almost vulgar result. Good for extreme sports, dirt and grit, fighting/brawling, ugly scenes of destruction and mayhem. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Funky and gutsy instrumental guitar rock. A bit dirty, with attitude and confidence. Combining elements of rock'n roll from the 1970's, 80's, 90's, 00's and beyond. Good for powerful media, action, fire and destruction, nascar racing, extreme sports and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 102 BPM]
Epic / Heroic theme. Orchestra, battle drums and full choir. Staccato, marching feel, like an unstoppable force moving tirelessly and relentlessly towards final victory. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 97 BPM]
A sizzling, pulsating and buzzing, hard hitting electro-rock track. Dark and menacing with a huge wall of synthesizers snarling and throbbing. Somewhat futuristic. Intense / pensive. Use for fights, action, doomsday scenario, very brash product launches, power sports / motorsports and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Confident, edgy, hefty, dynamic, exciting, brutal, tense & dramatic rocker with great, bold power & drive. Weighty, measured, primitive, suspenseful, menacing, crushing, wicked & unstoppable. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 152 BPM]
This powerful Indie rock music track evolves from soft to explosive within seconds. Piano and overdriven electric guitar play the melody and are overlaid by urgent electric rhythm guitars, picked bass, high powered drums, and percussion. Great music for dramas and emotional programing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 131 BPM]
After an acoustic intro, this track soon builds into a take-no-prisoners, up-front and gutsy, hard hitting rock track. Uptempo and crunchy, with a wild streak. Action / Extreme Sports / Combat / Fight / Wild / Untamed. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 174 BPM]
A serious slugger of a deep, groovy, gutsy rock track. With downtuned guitar and a slow-ish bluesy rhythm, this is a no-holding-back rocker. Wild, untamed, with a very macho sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 114 BPM]
A straight up, raw rockin' hard rock track, with a big punch and big attitude. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 165 BPM]
Bold, percussion focused underscore with electronic and percussive elements. Dark, pensive and suspenseful soundscapes. Lazy Moog Lead. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
Fast, aggressive, big and powerful epic drums track. Determined, tribal, pounding music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4, Op. 90. Movement IV. Saltarello. Presto. Arranged and recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 0 BPM]
Heavy and edgy music, featuring a gritty electric guitar riff, driving drums, buzzy synth, epic piano and percussive hits that create a bold and rebellious mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark and pulsing music track, featuring tense strings, electronic textures and sparse punchy percussion creates a foreboding and fearful mood [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Floating and building music track, featuring pulsing electronic elements, dark atmospheric textures and dramatic percussion that creates tension. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]