Action Theme | Retro Cops, bank jobs, and gumshoe detectives
Music from early Cops and Crime TV shows is primarily a retro blend of R&B. This is music straight outta the sixties and seventies, perfect to set the mood of campy TV crime reruns. This music works well for productions in the style of Starsky & Hutch, Dragnet, Ocean's 11, casino and bank heists, and similar kitschy gumshoe detective fare.
Cruisin' city streets - a pimp walkin' dope groove straight out of the 70's. Funky clav chords, bass, with groooovy organ and trumpet (Wayne Morley). Fit for an edgy cop series, Oceans Eleven style movie scene, or a holiday program or documentary capturing the essence of the Latin spirit. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Inspired by the hectic German dance scene, Bitte Ein Beat is a high adrenaline, rhythmical track with accent on metalic and electronic drum sounds. Form: A-B-A. Clear pulsating electronic hits form this strong track. Perfect for corporate dramatic epic, advertising, video games & action soundtracks. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Bluesy with a touch of jazz and a slice of retro. This track features vibratone guitar, upright bass, horns and drums to get a Inspector Clouseau type, sneaky detective sound, straight from the 60's. Instrumental, Comedy, Novelty Songs
This menacing, dynamic, building spy cue starts with tremelo guitar and bendy baritone guitar but later builds to full orchestral strings and brass. Perfect for playful comedy spy or crime scenes, street urban lifestyle, hip urban commercials, & action thrillers. Mystery groovy bouncy spontaneous, Instrumental, Action, Theme Spy
Slick dance music to get lost in with a smooth wah wah guitar lick. With a slight hint of surf rock and retro funk, this track works for club scenes where spies, smooth detectives, and the bad guys flit in an out of a partying scene! Welcome to chic tension! Buzz Ride, by Yiorgos Bellapaisiotis. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Perfect music for a James Bond-style movie or scene. Exciting Games chase in a TV series. Advertisement for a car. Energetic song with different areas to join together perfectly. Like The Doors, Beatles Alike. A 1960 beat with a strong modern jazz organ and brass exciting percussion, Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Awesome rock music track with pure old school adrenaline and groove, raw and simple band ensemble with jazz brass arrangement resembles a pursuit in very dense streets in comical situation or seventies alike, imagine a spy running desperate for his life. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Great for a soundtrack or trailer theme, funky driving beats, sassy horns and funky guitars. Cops and robbers '70s movie project in the style of Curtis Mayfield and Shaft movies,, Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Detective music for a mysterious espionage visual scene. A fun filled piece of summer music, great for holidays and travel. That perfect carribean calypso sound! Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Mid tempo, jazzy instrumental song about a real hip guy who is hangin' out on the scene. It features flute and some cool saxophone. It's a jazzy big band/ Acid Jazz cross between Frank Zappa and Henry Mancini. This song is great for a TV or Movie Soundtrack. And did I say it was super cool? Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Funk, Retro, Sound-Alike. Typical seventies / early eighties Blaxploitation tune or Cop Show theme. Think Starsky and Hutch, Shaft or Superfly. Funky wah guitars, lots of percussion and an epic soul brass finale. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Positive, motivational, energetic and inspirational cool dance track. Perfect for adrenaline filled projects such as fitness videos, extreme sports, fast cars, video games, sports fights and action scenes. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
In a good temper, motivating Big Beat with summerly and suspense elements. Well suited for Action-Film-Productions. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Detective music for a mysterious espionage visual scene. A fun filled piece of summer music, great for holidays and travel. That perfect carribean calypso sound! Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Think of the excitement of Starsky and Hutch or Shaft but in a modern setting. An uplifting bright and thrilling piece suitable for uses such as an opening theme tune, credits, underscore to thrilling sections, corporate, documentary, advert, restaurant, bar, phone on hold, to name but a few. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Think of the excitement of Starsky and Hutch or Shaft but in a modern setting. An uplifting bright and thrilling piece suitable for uses such as an opening theme tune, credits, underscore to thrilling sections, corporate, documentary, advert, restaurant, bar, phone on hold, to name but a few, Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
80's action forward motion music driven by synthesizer and repeating drum loop featuring synth horns and moog synth sounds can stand alone as a lead instrumental or be used in the background great for scenes of mystery detective cop shows and many more, Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Smooth and downtempo light funky theme music in a futuristic, detective like and atmospheric feel. With tense movements and flowing touch. Featuring modern beat bass line, soft bells, synth and occasional sounds. Mysterious, dark and hypnotic, enigmatic underscore for film, tv and video soundtrack, Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Think of the excitement of Starsky and Hutch or Shaft but in a modern setting. An uplifting bright and thrilling piece suitable for uses such as an opening theme tune, credits, underscore to thrilling sections, corporate, documentary, advert, restaurant, bar, phone on hold, to name but a few. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
A comic book super hero. Edgy instrumental in the genre of Batman or Spiderman. Fun track with musical surprises, sneaky, lurking, great horns! Sitcoms, action movies, feats of steel! Also for victorious moments in a film, endurance test or marathon. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Supa groovy 70's style track, complete with smoking horns, full rhythm section and percussion. Great for retro urban cool, either as underscore or theme music for film, TV, movie trailers or video game. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
This sly cunning track has a mischievous playful feel to it, making it perfect for domestic sneakiness or light crime situations. It percolates, taunts and teases. Playful comedy, street urban lifestyle, hip jazzy commercials, trailers and promos. Features teasing rhodes and quirky percussion, Instrumental, Dramatic, Whimsical Music
A super high energy thrilling upbeat hip groovy jazzy rock funkster of a track great for positive uplifting settings as varied as retro movie action scene to corporate promo to TV film movie corporate commercial video advertising promotional website ad retail sports fitness cardio or dance. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Great "edge of your seat" track for a police detective investigating a crime, spies in half light stealing important papers or bank robbers plotting their next ripoff. Works well with spy capers, quirky kids cartoons or commercials. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Perfect song for a 90's style cop or private eye show. Synthesizers mixed with brass and hiphop style record scratching. Big groove and big drums with strong hooky melodies. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Quirky pizzicato theme joined by percussion and piano. Desperate Housewives type of incidental music. Mystery and fun altogether with a nice spy atmosphere. Orchestral, Comedy, Spy, Kids, Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
This smooth melody can give that smooth move a little groove for all the haters to look on in despair and for you to continue on with a head held high swinging to a sexy sax. By Film composer Hannis Brown. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
A strutting Retro Soul/Funk in the city track with a hot horn section. Perfect for scenes from the mean city streets to the dance club. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Cool retro feeling funk soul track - perfect for a movie like Shaft with a 70s vibe. Starts with a funky organ riff. KC and the Sunshine Band boogie meets cool modern jazz. Uptempo, fun, youthful, swagger and attitude abundant. Funky horns. Feels like driving in a Cadillac. by Martin Ahm, Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Epic, driving and powerful - Superhero, Mr Untouchable, to the rescue. Very cinematic, featuring big drums and brass with a driving beat and orchestral effects. Great for spoof commercials through to drama, comedy and TV reality. Use the underscores for complimenting rhythm tracks with drum and fx. Instrumental, Action, Adventure Electro-Orch
A breakbeat Drum loop drives this searing Funk Rock track with a ripping Bass line, Clavinet and soulful Rhodes piano. Horns and Electric Guitars join in and power the escalating pre-chorus riff. Great for cops, criminals, crime and products with a serious attitude like trucks, tools and tires. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Inner city, stylish, mournful retro crime thriller track. Smoke, whiskey, a lone P. I. and a beautiful broad.... Fretless bass, electric piano, pads, effects and sparse conga. CSI ambient lab, evidence, sneaky lurking bad guy music. Watching plotting waiting as the body count rises. Midnight scary! Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Positive, motivational, energetic and inspirational cool track. Perfect for adrenaline filled projects such as fitness videos, extreme sports, fast cars, video games, sports fights and action scenes. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
This track sets up a police chase... but not too seriously. Inspired by the popular "Peter Gunn" theme it has the same feel and sound with a few variations. Think "Police Squad", "Blues Brothers" and other police spoof movies. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
very inspired by American police and private detective films. thriller and suspense. trumpet muffled and police siren sound effects FX, Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Cat-and-mouse moves, sly, funny, and kind of sweet. Perfect for Twin Peaks, cheesy detective tales, a sneaky romcom where boy meets girl and things get confusing... Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
An original retro 60-70-80 instrumental cinematic production music. Starsky and Hutch, Oceans 11 or Colombo and so many others comes into my mind when i am re-listening my song. It is absolutely great in detective, cops, crime, bank robbing, prison escaping, laboratory research thematic films. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
From London to Hong Kong, from Sao Paolo to Kuala Lumpur, the hands & feet of the Kung Fu Superspy are registered as deadly weapons in 17 nations. The action slowly builds to a huge climax with big brass hits. Perfect for chase scenes through highrises and shantytowns. Retro and Lalo Schifrin-esque. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
An uptempo song with a cool mix of retro bass, wah wah guitar, drums, percussion and disco style string section. Perfect for oceans 11, bank heists, retro cop shows, fun car chases & much more. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
Ready for a movie trailer. Metropolitan atmosphere full of groove and sound effects. It has an ironic flavour and remembers the mood of films like "The Snatch", "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and all mixed styles of comedy and crime thriller. Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
