Below is a list of sources for royalty-free music and other audio tracks for video production. Although using music in news stories isn’t always a good idea, there are many times when we need music to enhance a video or broadcast journalism project. Intros for newscasts, sports highlights, tributes and slide shows can all benefit from an appropriate soundtrack.
For more info on how to use music legally and ethically, check out this story about copyright and fair use, and take advantage of legal advice from the Student Press Law Center.
Audio Nautix – All music in this online collection created by Jason Shaw. Released underCreative Commons license 3.0
AudioFarm – Upload your own music or download from independent artists.
Brainy Betty – Hundreds of free PowerPoint templates, backgrounds, animations, music for presentations, royalty free photos, tutorials, flash and video introductions, & teacher resources.
ccMixter – Download, sample, cut-up or share
Free Music Archive – (I recommend searching by genre on this site.)
FreeMusicPublicDomain.com – The songs can be licensed for educational use for free. (Creative commons license) – Users can also purchase standard licenses of songs for $25 each.
Free Stock Music – 100% free video production music
FreeSound – Collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds.
Getty Images–In addition to royalty-free photos and videos, the site also has good quality royalty-free music, too.
Incompetech by Kevin MacLeod
Jamendo – Free music downloads for private use & royalty-free music for commercial purposes.
Legal Music for Videos – Creative Commons
Moby Gratis – A project by ambient/electronic musician Moby, this site has high quality music that can be used for free for non-profits and students.
Partners in Rhyme – Royalty-Free music & sound effects
Sea Breeze Computers – page of multiple links
SoundBible– Free sound clips, sound bites, and sound effects
Bensound–Free music, organized by genre. Uses Creative Commons licensing/
Also for free royalty free creative commons music check out:
http://www.danosongs.com/
Try MusicRevolution.com http://www.musicrevolution.com , an innovative online marketplace for royalty-free production music with over 23,000 affordable, high-quality tracks. MusicRevolution.com has created this page of royalty-free music tracks that are absolutely free to use: http://www.musicrevolution.com/free_production_music/ I am the co-founder.
http://www.productiontrax.com is also another great pick. Royalty free music, production music, and sound effects, not to mention stock footage and stock photos. Great for all around multimedia content.
Hi Aaron, I have a couple of additions for you if I can; http://www.ambientmusicgarden.com for chilled music styles focusing on background use in CDs, DVD production as well as online marketing projects such as videos. Also, http://www.melodypods.com for royalty free background use. It’s worth mentioning that there are differences between online businesses in terms of what they’re offering royalty free. Not all offer performing royalties free. Hope this helps.
Guys it’s worth checking out http://www.zukkio.com.
Simple to use interface, great music and easy checkout
http://www.smartsound.com has a huge library of customizable royalty free music that can be fit to the exact length you need, so the music ends when you want it to instead of having to fade out or edit the track yourself. There are a few free songs, and the rest are available for purchase.
Hello there. http://www.themusicase.com hosts currently more than 55,000 premium royalty free music & SFX. with prices starting at 29 USD per track. For heavy users there is also the Premium Account option.
Hello ! have also a try to http://www.musicincloud.com for nice, and original royalty free music.. Gypsy jazz, christmas, funk.. a lot of great songs ! 🙂 enjoy
You can also check out http://www.audiobank.fr pretty good resource dedicated to the french market. (SACEM compliant )
Please check out my site http://www.TheTunePeddler.com for tons of royalty free music. My music can be heard on TLC, Discovery, ID, History Ch. A and E and many other networks.
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Hey nice list ! Try also http://www.musicincloud.com for nice music !
I would like to add our shop https://www.musicfox.com/en/ to your list.
For electronic or EDM type of royalty free music you could check out http://bjokib.com
Both free and paid tracks are there.
You should add Soundstripe to this list. http://soundstripe.grsm.io/ethanloomis
They’re the only music licensing service that provides unlimited access to their entire library for just $10/month. Usually these services charge per track. Not Soundstripe.
Thanks for your video; a very helpful resource. Another great resource that I found recently is Soundstripe. Soundstripe is a service that allows you FULL access to their entire library of music, for only a small monthly fee of $15/month.
http://soundstripe.grsm.io/ethanloomis
You can sort by genre, mood, etc. Perfect for video editing music, no matter what type of project. They’ve even created playlist categories to help you find what you need instantly!
Hello ! Try also http://www.danmusicbox.com for free creative commons music… just put a credit link and use it 🙂
Excellent article. Here’s another site royalty free music https://audioluck.com
Nice resourses! This one is nice too https://www.acousticbro.com
Hey guys!
Another one with royalty free music is https://www.amazingmusictracks.com, they have a lot music there
I would suggest http://musicsesame.com/. It’s a good website where you can find great tracks with the best price!
Love the discussion !!!
I have been using http://www.paramusical.com for my royalty free needs for a while…. I love the catalog and they also have a FREE section… they only ask for a credit and a link ..
the free catalog address is http://www.paramusical.com/free
hope some of you can find it beneficial
For free music for your videos visit next source:
https://www.youtube.com/c/RoyaltyFreeMusicNoCopyrightMusic
Here you can find royalty free no copyright music with free download. Music sorted by genre, mood, etc. Only best and new music and songs for videos.
For quality royalty-free music I would HIGHLY recommend:
https://www.totalmediatracks.com/
Hope this helps 🙂
Thanks for your video; a very helpful resource. Another great resource that I found recently is Soundstripe. Soundstripe is a service that allows you FULL access to their entire library of music, for only a small monthly fee of $15/month.
You can get 10% off a yearly subscription by using promo code STRIPE10 here: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/ethanloomis
You can sort by genre, mood, etc. Perfect for video editing music, no matter what type of project. They’ve even created playlist categories to help you find what you need instantly!
Great information and thanks jeadigitalmedia.org
Videvo has recently launched a royalty free music section https://www.videvo.net/royalty-free-music/ which has over 11,000 tracks. The Sound effects https://www.videvo.net/royalty-free-sound-effects/ section may also be of interest too.
I am very pleased with the http:// http://www.Abcroyaltyfree.com , a small,
but very interesting music library.
Hey, just wanted to suggest another royalty free stock music website https://www.audiomango.com – premium music for all media projects
unlimited premium music pack free downward
I also advise you: the royalty free sound library https://BigSoundBank.com
Hi guys, can I aska little favor? Can you please check out my blog about free music archives? Please visit it here; https://musicadvisor.com/top-10-high-quality-free-music-archivesfree-music-archive/ Thanks in advance
Thanks for the list. My clients were needing something less generic.
I usually take Musicbed.co for some rock/pop and https://Pyramidtracks.com for retro, drones and synthwave music.
Good stuff 🎥 🎬
Hey guys, Here is a collection of beautifully produced royalty free instrumental music tracks for promotional videos – https://www.foximusic.com/
Would love to hear your input on this collection!
With a royalty-free music library of over 200 music tracks, W.O.W Sound would be a good resource for those looking for music for their videos. https://wowsound.com/
May I suggest https://www.Melodicloud.com with hand picked music by indipendent composers added daily.
https://pyramidtracks.com in Sweden offers some really cool royalty free music not found in other catalogs Royalty Free Music
This is a great list. Here’s another another one to mention where you can find FREE and PAID royalty free music for your online video. The website call Groove Bakery and you can find it at:
https://groovebakery.com
I hope you will like the music and use it for your project.
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Hey Everyone,
Great suggestions! Also try
https://www.videvo.net/royalty-free-music/
https://www.videvo.net/royalty-free-sound-effects/
Superb list, and thanks to the many commenters!
I still see a very cool source missing:
https://www.joystock.org/
It’s free, no account needed 😉
Cool Joystock, is it new?
Aaron Manfull-Many many thanks for all this information! I would really like to contact you for a big doubt.
I still can’t figure out how to register my tracks?
Share Please with me
I recommend Shockwave-Sound – the old stock (works since 2000) but still with a large recording library – https://shockwave-sound.com
my royalty free music. order online
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