Cross page · Intense × Trailers
Intense music for trailers. Builds, percussion, escalation.
High-energy percussive builds and escalating tension cues for action, thriller, and game-launch trailers — the bridge between epic, dramatic, and horror where the trailer cut needs constant forward pressure.

How licensing works
Three steps. Clean, clear and simple.
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Browse
Search the catalog by style, mood, use, instrumentation, tempo and duration or use Jessica, our AI music supervisor for assistance. Preview the results in seconds.
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License
Direct purchase and download include nearly all licensing you will need, with the exception being in-theatre film release. Subscription-based licensing is covered by an annual blanket license.
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Use
After payment is received for direct purchase or subscription purchase, you will have the appropriate licensing documentation in hand. You are clear to sync the music with your production.
How the library works for you
Nearly every title, ready for the scene.
Nearly every title in the catalog works the same way, built so the version you need already exists.
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The full theme, plus alternates
Each title includes a theme version with all the instrumentation, and usually alternate versions with less instrumentation for quieter moments in the scene.
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Broadcast lengths, included
Most titles include edits at common broadcast lengths of 60, 30, 15, and stingers, plus versions separated by sections or parts.
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One standard license
The standard license covers nearly every use. The only exception is theatrical release, which requires an additional license. Contact us with a request for quote and we will respond quickly with a license that meets your requirements.
What an intense trailer cue actually delivers
Constant forward pressure from front to drop.
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The Builds Lane
Intense trailer cues are the builds family — relentless percussion, escalating rhythm beds, riser layers stacked across the build, and the constant forward pressure trailer editors pull when the picture cannot stop moving. Less ceremonial than epic, less restrained than dramatic, less unsettling than horror. The lane between.
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Crossover by Design
Action thrillers, game launch trailers, sci-fi cuts, and series teasers that need to feel modern and propulsive all live here. The catalog is tagged to cross between epic (big drum lift), dramatic (tension under dialogue), and horror (dissonant accents) so the edit room can pull cues that sit at any blend point.
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Cleared for Theatrical and Streamer Launches
Master and publishing cleared at the source for theatrical, streamer, broadcast, social, and game-launch trailer use — in-perpetuity, worldwide. The same trailer runs across YouTube, in theaters, on the streamer UI, and on publisher social under one license.
Proof
GMP by the numbers — for intense trailers
- in production music since 1986
- 40 yrin production music since 1986
- tracks cleared for trailer use
- 60Ktracks cleared for trailer use
- standard license covers nearly every use
- Onestandard license covers nearly every use
- in-perpetuity trailer rights
- Worldwidein-perpetuity trailer rights
Genres for intense trailer work
Five lanes the intense cut pulls from depending on the picture.
Intense is a crossover lane — it borrows from epic, dramatic, electronic, and horror depending on the scene. Cross-link to the catalogs below, or tell us about your project and we'll help you find the music you need.
Epic
The trailer-house default — big drums and brass for tentpole action cuts.
Browse Epic
Electronic
Modular synth beds and propulsive rhythm for game-launch and sci-fi trailers.
Browse Electronic
Dramatic
Tension-led cues for the dialogue front of an intense character thriller.
Browse Dramatic
Cinematic
Hybrid orchestral builds that pair with intense percussion.
Browse Cinematic
Rock
Guitar-driven energy for action franchise and sports drama trailer cuts.
Browse Rock
FAQ for intense trailer music
Questions trailer houses ask before pulling an intense cue.
Epic cues are built around a ceremonial drop — the lift, the brass swell, the audience release. Intense cues are built around constant forward pressure — relentless percussion, stacked risers, and escalation across the entire cut. Many trailers use both layered together.
Yes. Master and publishing cleared at the source for theatrical, streamer, broadcast, social, and game-launch trailer use, in-perpetuity and worldwide. Game publisher campaigns and theatrical campaigns run under the same license.
About licensing intense music for trailers
Intense is the builds family — the lane between.
Intense music for trailers sits at the crossover point between epic, dramatic, and horror. Less ceremonial than epic, less restrained than dramatic, less unsettling than horror. It is the builds family — relentless percussion, escalating rhythm beds, riser layers stacked across the build, and the constant forward pressure trailer editors pull when the picture cannot stop moving. Action thrillers, game-launch trailers, sci-fi cuts, and series teasers that need to feel modern and propulsive all live here.
GMP Music licenses intense trailer cues built specifically for that crossover work. The catalog is tagged across the blend points — cues that lean toward epic carry brass and big drums, cues that lean toward dramatic carry dialogue-friendly tension beds, cues that lean toward horror carry dissonant accent layers, and cues that lean toward electronic carry modular synth beds and game-trailer rhythm. Most tracks ship with alternate versions so the edit room can sit percussion under the dialogue front, lift risers for the act-two pivot, or land the drop into the brand stinger.
Master and publishing are cleared at the source for theatrical, streamer, broadcast, social, and game-launch trailer use, in-perpetuity and worldwide. The same trailer can run across YouTube, in theaters, on the streamer UI, on the publisher's social channels, and on the game storefront under one license — no per-platform paperwork, no rights surprise when the franchise expands across media. The intense trailer cue is what gives the trailer its constant forward pressure. License it that way.
Related
Adjacent pages worth a read.
Music for Trailers
The parent industry page — full overview of trailer licensing across genres and use cases.
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Epic Genre Catalog
The full epic catalog — the parent lane intense cues most often borrow from.
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Pricing & Licensing Models
How GMP licensing works — Web Lease Subscription, Standard Online Purchase, Blanket, and the TEMPing free trial.
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Epic Music for Trailers
Sibling page — big drums and brass swells for tentpole trailer cuts.
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Dramatic Music for Trailers
Sibling page — tension and restraint for prestige drama and character-led trailer cuts.
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The intense cue your action cut needs