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Genre: Rock

Take the Lead

This is a rough and hard-hitting piece, best used as background music to a stressful, strained scene, or tense and suspenseful content. Heavy distorted guitars begin the song, and at 0:41 the soaring synth leads play the melody while the powerful drums kick in. A high-pitched pulsating synth effect carries the last seventeen seconds to the final punch. 026 Aggressive, Driving 2010

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What You Want (version 2)

Same as the other version, but with no intelligible vocals. Aggressive, Dark, Driving, Unnerving 2009

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Noise Attack

Dark driving rock thing. Heavy on the drums... actually, heavy on the everything. Aggressive, Driving, Intense, Unnerving 2009

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What You Want

Super aggressive distorted piece with vocal effects. 026 Aggressive, Dark, Driving, Unnerving 2009

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Zap Beat

Perfectly loopable for background applications that need a little bit of drive that doesn't annoy. Aggressive, Dark, Grooving 2010

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Neo Western

Big drums and an exposed 'western-style' electric guitar. Lots of drums. Driving, Grooving, Relaxed 2009

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Last Kiss Goodnight

Classic 50's/60's I, iv, IV, V chord progression as in "Unchained Melody" or "Sleepwalk". 024 Calming, Relaxed 2009

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Cold Funk

A calming rock piece. Repeated guitar chords as well as bass throughout. Very light use of bells. Great for looping if needed. 011 Calming, Grooving, Relaxed 2008

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Surf Inspector

Bouncy piece, usable in spy setting. Stays similar throughout, easily looped, if necessary. Bouncy, Grooving 2008

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Malt Shop Bop

1950's era peppy rock piece with nice brushed drum work. Piano solo is sort of bluesy. Modulation. 024 Bouncy, Bright, Uplifting 2008

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Sock Hop

1950's era simple rock with tremolo lead guitar and vibraphone. Almost surf music. 024 Bouncy, Relaxed, Uplifting 2008

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Feelin Good

A super-peppy mindless strumming feel-good sort of piece. 024 Bouncy, Bright, Grooving, Humorous, Uplifting 2008

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Beach Bum

Typical surf-type music. 024 Driving, Grooving 2007

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Down Home Rockin

A standard 12-bar blues rock tunes. 024 Bright, Driving 2007

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Neolith

Aggressive guitars in 2 styles. The guitar mostly in the right channel has a hard gate effect on eighth notes, giving it an almost percussive drive. The one on the left is extended power chords with a hint of a major mode to them - as opposed to the traditional unqualified (open root fifth) or minor chords that you usually find in hard rock pieces. The effect is striking at times. 026 Aggressive, Driving, Intense 2007

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Welcome to the Show

A one-chord wonder designed to open a show. It has a long lead out for fading. Modulation about halfway through. 026 Action, Driving 2007

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Tech Talk

Designed for the backing music of a technology monologue; this is EQed to be compatible with voice-overs. It is a very brisk pace - with a couple half speed lines to keep it moving, but not annoying. 025 Intense, Driving, Grooving 2007

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Riptide

Straight-up two guitar rock with a few variations. Good background... not the kind of things you'd sit and listen to on its own merit. 024 Driving 2007

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Gearhead

A slow and rockin' piece with chunking distorted guitar with a confident and laid-back beat. 026 Aggressive, Driving 2007

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Pilot Error

Rock music without a bass guitar? Yeah, the piano carries that line. 025 Driving 2006

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Aitech

Hard rock beat with electronic elements grooving in. 025 Grooving, Bright 2006

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Rock on Chicago

Wesley Willis inspired rock music. C major. 034 Humorous 2006

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Rock Over London

Wesley Willis inspired rock music. A minor. 034 Humorous 2006

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Sax, Rock, and Roll

Lots of guitars with a sax-y hook. 026 Driving, Dark 2006

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Cool Hard Facts

Tight drums and power guitars... in some trapezoid of death. Synth-y Ending. 026 Intense, Driving, Aggressive 2006

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Eighties Action

Super 1980's-style synth action. Something like one might intro a sports team to, or maybe a late-night radio show. It picks up about 1/3 of the way in... 025 Driving, Action 2006

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Hotrock

Power guitar rock with a 4-piece horn section. 026 Intense, Driving, Aggressive 2006

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Rock Hybrid

Very very clean rock/hip-hop hybrid with some trance elements. EQ'ed dark, vocals should cut right through. Loopable. 026 Intense, Driving, Aggressive 2006

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Chipper

Simple simple simple distortion guitar rock; no solos, no highlights; make up your own words if you're so inclined. 025 Intense, Driving, Aggressive 2006

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El Magicia

Every now and again I get a request that is so odd, I have to try it. This is hard driving guitar rock with traditional Spanish flair. Imagine Chriss Angel meets Los Del Rio for an in-your-face Spanish/stage magic performance. Thick and busy. 026 Aggressive, Driving, Intense, Dark, Action 2006

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Highlight Reel

Not pure rock, it has jazz and funk characteristics. Reminds me of the under music for a sports highlights telecast. Rock beat, a few guitars, and a nice electric bass. 025 Driving 2005

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Dead Drop

Super nice drum fills and guitar work. Deliberate pace... like someone is on a mission. 2005

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Pulse

Nice groove in this one. Highly chorused guitar overlay. Dark, Driving 2005

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Cool Rock

Cool, yet energetic rock. Mostly kit and bass. Intense, Driving, Aggressive 2005

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Delay Rock

Super simple guitar/bass/drums rock tune. Driving, Intense 2005

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Big Rock

Big fat power chord chunking rock. 026 2005

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