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.
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]
Battle drums. Pounding percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, brawls and action scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
A guitar driven royalty free music track with electronic elements and fast pace drums. A very fast pace and energetic track full of twist and turns. Great for racing, extreme sports, car/bike commercials, exciting and edgy footage, crime in progress, etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
An electronic drum and bass royalty free music track from hell. A huge build up with massive risers in the opening drops into a proper nasty bass track. Mind twisting basslines and synth stabs are prominent in the first drop. A middle breakdown builds with dissonant risers and pitched synths to a second drop. The second drop is even more gritty with the addition of a pitching up synthesiser that adds a sense or rush and urgency. This track is suitable for extreme sports videos, car commercials, video game commercials, thrillseeker videos etc. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A dark and powerful Action / Suspense / Thriller soundtrack featuring a full orchestra sound combined with edgy synth textures. The track weaves in and out of danger/tension parts and all-out desperate fight/chase parts. A very edgy track, with a dark side. Epic and massive. Electronic percussion joins in around the middle point. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 70 BPM]
Fun, upbeat, groovy and retro Funk with wah guitar, driving breakbeat, smokin horns and an elastic bass line. Great for commercials, movies or any project in need of some action packed, old school Funk. [Tempo: Fast / 117 BPM]
A dark, brooding, and powerful orchestral hybrid rock song. Ominous strings and creepy bells lead to an explosion of pounding drums, heavily distorted guitars, and a filthy fuzz bass. As the song progresses more guitars and percussion is added, increasing the intensity. Sounds like Kasabian backed by Hans Zimmer's orchestra. A great track for sports highlights, men & motors type material, industrial presentations, commercials and more. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Electronic elements mixed with a huge dark brass section. Incredible sounding distorted drums mixed with orchestral instruments make this a unique sounding cue. Similar in style to Tron with cool synths and Inception for the massive brass section. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Intense, driven, exciting, adrenalised, thrilling progressive rock track with great urgency & forward momentum. A sound like Dream Theater or Symphony-X with some super heavy riffs and some parts more melodic. Also some use of 7/8ths time signature. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
Tense combination of sound designer sounds with ambient synth textures and a hard hitting techno backdrop. Action, drama, dramatic, chase, crime, police, battle, war, futuristic action and suspense. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast, Very fast / 120 BPM]
Mysterious and exciting score track with a modern sound featuring synths and strings. Good for mystery, thriller and suspenseful action movies. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 160 BPM]
Tires squealing, sirens blaring, adrenalin flowing. The Chase begins. Dramatic, suspenseful, powerful track mixing electronic and orchestral elements. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 85 BPM]
Intense, driven, powerful, relentless rocker in the vein of heavy Foos. Primitive, gritty, dangerous, wild, determined & gutsy. Would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / combat / military type projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 143 BPM]
Powerful, primitive, focussed, intense, determined, brutally heavy rock track with an industrial feel. Epic, glorious, passionate, dynamic, dirty & dangerous, with some arabian flavours. Crushingly suited to action / extreme sports / combat / military type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 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]
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]
A dark and dramatic, hybrid orchestral track with a scifi feel. Crisis / Edgy / Heroic. The track has a melodic element that rises up, up, towards a sudden drop off at 01:28, followed by a dark and ominous end part.
[Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]A nasty Rock / Dubstep / Breaks straight from hell in the style of The Prodigy / Chemical Brothers / Skrillex. Foreboding pad wobbles and vocal pads crescendo into filthy distorted Rock guitar riffs, Complextro synth licks and classic fast paced breakbeats. Ideally suited for extreme sports and promotional pieces that need a dramatic and futuristic opening before the thunderous action kicks off. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Amped, heavy, edgy, thrilling, dangerous & intense groove-metal track with incredible drive & power. Bold, adventurous, determined, confident, mean, energized, relentless, crushing & fiery. Would suit action thriller / extreme sports / military type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Tense, powerful, epic, driven, exciting, drama-filled glory rock track with great suspense and forward momentum. Huge drums and big, wild guitars. Proud, determined, confident, edgy, wicked & dangerous. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
Dark, moody, modern action track. Percussion based with electronic and rock elements. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
A seriously noisy Heavy Metal / Industrial Rock / Breakbeat mash-up. 'Nuff said. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
Hefty, powerful, driven, intense, determined, relentless, mean & muscular hard rocker with great forward thrust. Epic, edgy, dangerous, adventurous, rousing, animated & tension-filled. Would suit action/thriller/military/combat/sports type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 101 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]
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]
Glitched metal guitars and dubstep synths build and drop over heavy rock breaks and dance beats giving a feeling of tough and powerful manly action! Great for use in high action games, chase scenes & extreme sports and also post-apocalyptic war and destruction scenes. High on energy and grit. [Tempo: Fast / 134 BPM]
Electro-funk track with stabbing synthesizers, undercover detective type horns, retro style funk drums and a funky bass riff. Has a certain debonaire, undercover spy, crime or police chase feel. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 127 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]
Authentic 1960's or 1970's style instrumental surf-rock, guitar rock with twangy, squealing guitars. Moody, retro feel. [Tempo: Medium / 133 BPM]
A fast, slick and mean techno groove. Atmospheric, deep, soaring and free. Highly infectious beat. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
A sneaky, downtempo funk track in the style of 1980s cop films like Beverly Hills Cop and many others. Synth bass, gated drums, wah-wah guitar. Suitable for scenes of investigating, stalking, sneaking around, stakeout and more. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Dramatic hip-hop style with an orchestral element and a spy mystery feel. Deep bass line, dramatic string section and a pounding hip-hop beat gives a 'rough' urban sound and the marching snare gives it a serious edge. Good for inner city, street drama, police, investigation, suspense and action thriller etc. Also great for multimedia, branding and more. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
Deep and funky house / hip-hop crossover, nice synth arpeggios and beatz. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Rough, funky guitar riffs. Determined, forceful, aggressive, confident. Big Beat style rhythm, taking no prisoners and combining elements of techno, post-industrial techno, mech/tech, raw power, etc. Good for hard edgy visual presentations, sports / extreme sports, fighting and brawling, gritty motorsports, filmscore / action or chase scenes and more. [Tempo: Fast / 90 BPM]
Dark, shiny, hard edged, chrome styled techno-rock. Rough, tough, determined feel with raw, hard, Big Beat drums and aggressive synth patterns. Good for fast paced action, sports / extreme sports, motorsports, gritty footage and media, car chase scene, violence / fighting / brawling, etc. Determined, aggresion, forceful. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Riffs that would down an elephant. Huge filtered dirty guitars and slow grindy drums and bass. Would suit any thriller/extreme sports/motorsport project. Reminiscent of Rage Against the Machine. [Tempo: Fast / 111 BPM]
A determined and somewhat mechanical, staccato beat has given this track its title. It's a downtempo, funky, urban / hip-hop take on machines, robots, high tech mechanics, moving parts, metal and lights, in other words, everything that's cool in the world. :-) Very groovy and funky, with a dark side. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A no messing rock and roll track. Straight for the throat. Huge guitars and a massive throbbing beat... all with a slightly unconventional revolving drum feel and eastern style guitar melodies. The tune gets more gradually intense as it goes on. The mid section breaks down to a tribal tom groove until the final chorus section explodes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 158 BPM]
Trippy, urban hip-hop with a jungle techno trance feel. Cutting-edge underscore, suitable for extreme sports, sports, fitness, exercise, high-tech corporate or industrial presentations, etc. [Tempo: Very fast / 154 BPM]
Smooth, warm, pulsating and delicately groovy electronica. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Heavy metal style guitar riffing and squelchy analog synths. Gritty and punchy. [Tempo: Fast / 104 BPM]
Fast track with big distorted guitar riffs and a busy drum track with drum'n bass elements. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 175 BPM]
Moody and deep grooving royalty free Drum'n Bass with hip-hop and acid-jazz influences. Urban, inner city. [Tempo: Medium / 86 BPM]
A highly intense and gripping suite of action and suspense scoring, underlying anything from the plot of a spy to the chase of an escaped convict. Orchestral in nature with big drums and driving percussion rhythms, in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 93 BPM]
Fast sliced drums, melodic bass. Aggressive, energetic, hard. [Tempo: Fast / 168 BPM]
A hard hitting, wall of noise type, guitar rock track drawing on classic and modern rock styles. Heavy chugging guitars, blasting drums, high energy level. Exciting, rough, dirty and grinding, with a dark edge. Good for things like dangerous stunts, wild sports, raw Nascar racing, extreme engine power, ultimate fighting championship, and much more. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
An extremely hard hitting guitar rock track. Full-on energy impact, massive power, all-out hard rock warfare. Severely cranking guitars and bass, with a B-part featuring an industrial element. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Dark and gritty, urban funk / hip-hop / breakbeat. Downtempo, grinding, distorted bass guitar riff and retro funk drums. Gangster, bad ass, criminal etc. Available with or without 'bad man' vocals hooks. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Slamming, aggressive electro-rock with an industrial edge. Mangled and processed beats, distorted guitar licks. Busy, fragmented. Extreme sports, fighting, dirty/grinding footage etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
Upbeat, medium-fast, retro style, chic Surf Rock. Energetic and lively. Style, fashion, and surf music style of the 1960's and early 70's. Twangy guitars. [Tempo: Fast / 80 BPM]