The bard struck chords of triumph and joy, with a martial beat that matched the pounding of the king's own heart.

Spin also called the production matching "Drake's defiant tone with a martial beat and heavy staccato strings."

Weapons, fists, and boots pounded a martial beat that intensified to a fever pitch.

Amelie muted her music to the merest of whispers but laid down a martial beat behind the tune.

The air buzzed with the martial beat of the Khagggun's ion-powered weapons.

The musical arrangement, by Bob Thompson, incorporates martial beats, brass horns, and flutes.

The song incorporates musical styles of pop rock while consisting of a martial beat and synth backing.

Young men clashed anything metal and roared songs with a martial beat.

The music he made was in its dissonance both melancholy and defiant, the bass notes pounding a martial beat.

James might use folk-rock guitars, percolating keyboards or U2's martial beat; compared with most current dance bands, there's very little funk.