Filmbuff Music
Thriller & action scores for filmmakers
Spotlight Tracks
Thriller & action cues
for your next film
Here are a few tracks that show how I build tension, pacing, and emotion.
They’re designed so you can quickly imagine them inside your own scenes.
Last combat spy
High-velocity orchestral chase cue for final-act combat, escapes, and last-minute missions.
Beast counteroffensive
Slow, grinding tension built on synth and percussion for manhunts, night raids, and closing-in threats.
Finally, you have come
Emotional climax cue with orchestra and guitar for reunions, resolutions, and end credits.
About Junho
Film composer & cinephile based in Seoul
Hi, I’m Junho Kim, a film composer based in Seoul. This is a focused portfolio for directors and editors — primarily cues for thrillers, action, and dark drama.
I grew up replaying scenes just to hear the score again. That habit turned into writing music that builds tension, pacing, and emotional fallout inside the picture.
I’m working toward scoring projects in Hollywood and beyond. Whether your project is a short, feature, series, or something experimental, I’m always open to new stories.
If you’d like to collaborate — or simply talk about films and scores — feel free to reach out.
Based in
Seoul, South Korea (working remotely worldwide)
Focus
Thriller, action, dark drama, psychological tension
Available for
Features, shorts, series, trailers, game cutscenes, and other visual projects
Stems and alternate mixes available on request
Signature Suites
Six longform narrative suites, each written to move through a film’s full dramatic arc — tension, fracture, and consequence.
Three movements per suite. Four for the last. Inspired by six feature films.

The Sound of Absence
Logline :
A suite built on silence, collapse, and the quiet unraveling that follows loss.
Movement 1 The Quiet Collapse (00:00 ~ 02:04)
Movement 2 Dead Calm (02:05 ~ 03:40)
Movement 3 Ashes in the Current (03:41 ~ 05:01)

To Remember Is to Fall
Logline :
A suite for a man who survived the cage only to walk straight into the thing he forgot.
Movement 1 Fifteen Clocks (00:00 ~ 02:07)
Movement 2 False Mirror (02:08 ~ 04:12)
Movement 3 Winter Tongue (04:13 ~ 06:07)

An Elegy for the Gentle Beast
Logline :
A suite of velvet poise and violent intent — a revenge plan that turns into a reckoning.
– Movement 1 Miss Vengeance (00:00 ~ 01:27)
– Movement 2 The Red Script (01:28 ~ 02:47)
– Movement 3 Snow Beneath the Altar (02:48 ~ 05:53)

Litany for the Unholy
Logline :
A suite of holy hunger and unholy love — guilt as ritual, ending at dawn.
Movement 1 Holy Venom (00:00 ~ 01:59)
Movement 2 Lullaby for the Damned (02:00 ~ 04:27)
Movement 3 Sanctified Ruin (04:28 ~ 06:47)

A Veil of Silk and Smoke
Logline :
Silk on the surface, smoke underneath — a scheme rewritten in whispers, reading, and moonlight.
Movement 1 Paper Flowers (00:00 ~ 02:24)
Movement 2 The Second Reading (02:25 ~ 04:48)
Movement 3 Moon Behind the Door (04:49 ~ 07:36)

The Impossible Witness
Logline :
A suite where duty wins the record — and love survives as an unsolved file.
Movement 1 The Fogged Mirror(00:00 ~ 01:56)
Movement 2 Fractured Reflection(01:57 ~ 04:30)
Movement 3 Reverberated Guilt(04:31 ~ 06:39)
Movement 4 To Remain Unfound(06:40 ~ 09:31)
All cues with scene notes
Every track on this page comes with a short breakdown, so you can quickly see what kind of scene it was written for.

The Weight of a Name
Logline :
A melodic hero theme of triumph and burden — driving rhythm, soaring brass, and a melody that rises, breaks, and rises again.
Short Description :
A mid-tempo orchestral theme led by a clear, recurring melody that feels earned, not declared.
Steady percussion drives forward as brass and strings trade strength with quiet ache —
the cue for the moment a character accepts who they have to be.ies.
Quick tags :
Mood: heroic, bittersweet, determined, cinematic
Best for: main titles, origin arcs, end credits, conflicted protagonists
Tempo: 125 BPM · driving 4/4
Palette: full orchestra · rhythmic strings · cinematic percussion

Last Combat Spy
Logline :
A high-velocity chase cue that doesn’t just run — it remembers why it’s running.
Short Description :
Full-throttle orchestral drive at 179 BPM, driven by relentless percussion and a tight synth pulse under live strings and brass. It never lets up — but the urgency carries emotion, like a final escape where something personal is on the line.
Quick tags :
Mood: urgent, desperate, emotionally charged, relentless
Best for: final-act chases, escape sequences, pursuit climaxes, last-minute missions
Tempo: 179 BPM · driving · high cut density · no downtime
Palette: orchestra · synth pulse · aggressive percussion ·

Criminal pursuit
Logline :
A surgical pursuit cue — fast piano, tight synth pulse, and pressure that never loosens.
Short Description :
A high-tempo chase cue at 130 BPM, built on a repeating rhythmic pattern and fast piano figures that lock to the cut.
It pushes forward with controlled tension — designed for searches, pursuits, and scenes where momentum matters more than volume.
Quick tags :
Mood: tense, focused, kinetic, urgent
Best for: pursuit sequences, searches, surveillance escalation, “closing-in” momentum
Tempo: 130 BPM · driving · rhythmic grid
Palette: synth pulse · tight percussion · fast piano · modern tension

Beast Counteroffensive
Logline :
A slow-burn threat cue that doesn’t chase — it surrounds.
Short Description :
95 BPM hunt built on synth texture and percussion that tightens like a perimeter closing in. It’s dread with rhythmic drive — not a sudden strike, but a threat already moving, already present, already inside the room.
Quick tags :
Mood: dread, predatory, suffocating, inevitable
Best for: manhunts, night raids, closing-in threats, scenes where danger is already inside the room
Tempo: 95 BPM · slow grind · rhythmic pulse beneath the surface
Palette: synth texture · deep percussion · atmospheric layers · no resolution

Rupture
Logline :
A desert-heat breakdown cue — chaos with a pulse, madness with a direction.
Short Description :
95 BPM built on raw synth, guitar, and percussion that feels like something coming apart at the seams. It’s fractured and volatile — less a machine pushing forward, more a plan unraveling in real time.
Quick tags :
Mood: chaotic, primal, volatile, kinetic
Best for: crash sequences, desert chases, breakdown spirals, scenes where control is lost
Tempo: 95 BPM · erratic pulse · unpredictable hits
Palette: synth · distorted guitar · aggressive percussion · no clean resolution

Murdering Evening
Logline :
A 80s-soaked night cue — retro synth surface, genuine threat underneath.
Short Description :
90 BPM dark synth drive built on bass pulse and tight percussion, wrapped in neon-noir texture and cold air. Same sleek surface, but more thrill in the engine — like the night isn’t just wrong, it’s hunting.
Quick tags :
Mood: sinister, nocturnal, retro-noir, threatening
Best for: night scenes, stalking sequences, murder setups, urban threat atmospheres
Tempo: 90 BPM · steady dark pulse · bass-forward
Palette: 80s synth · bass groove · percussion · neon-noir texture

You Killed Him
Logline :
A slow, heavy revelation cue — the moment the truth lands and the room changes.
Short Description :
60 BPM orchestral weight built on piano and a thin synth haze, cold and procedural like fluorescent light over evidence. Same dread, but more dramatic — like the detective already knows and is simply waiting for you to admit it.
Quick tags :
Mood: cold, heavy, revelatory, dramatic
Best for: interrogation scenes, crime reveals, detective confrontations, when suspicion becomes certainty
Tempo: 60 BPM · slow burn · deliberate weight
Palette: orchestra · piano · synth haze · cold and sparse

Midwinter Uncanny
Logline :
A celesta-led unease cue — winter-cold, witch-dark, and wrong in ways you can’t quite name.
Short Description :
117 BPM cue built around celesta and strings that feel too delicate for what they’re suggesting. Not loud horror — the kind that changes the air, like something ancient is nearby and aware.
Quick tags :
Mood: uncanny, cold, unsettling, quietly sinister
Best for: supernatural sequences, witchcraft atmospheres, psychological horror, when something is wrong but nothing has happened yet
Tempo: 117 BPM · deceptively light · celesta-forward
Palette: celesta · strings · orchestral texture · winter cold · no resolution

Finally, You Have Come
Logline :
An emotional closing cue — orchestra and guitar, the kind of ending that earns its tears.
Short Description :
100 BPM resolution built on orchestra and guitar, with the melody carried by warmth rather than force. The cue for when everything is finally over — and the cost of it all settles in.
Quick tags :
Mood: emotional, resolved, bittersweet, epic
Best for: end credits, emotional resolutions, reunion scenes, the moment after the storm
Tempo: 100 BPM · steady · unhurried
Palette: orchestra · acoustic guitar · emotional arc · no tension remaining
Contact
Let’s talk about your film
If you’re looking for music that can carry tension, pacing, and emotion inside your picture, I’d love to hear about your project. I’m based in Seoul (UTC+9) and I usually work remotely with directors, editors, and producers round the world. Short films, features, series, trailers, and experimental pieces are welcome. For work inquiries or just to talk about films and scores you love, feel free to drop me a line.
Email : filmbuffmusic@gmail.com
Based Seoul, South Korea (remote worldwide)
© 2026 Junho Kim. All music composed and produced by Junho Kim.