Even though surprisingly, silent videos are a social media trend, this doesn’t make videos with background music history. On the contrary, we still can’t get enough of them. A huge part of the winning video recipe is the great music because what else would convey your message better than the music? Music and video go together like bread and butter. So, where to go to find great tracks for your video? Should you spend a fortune on the music to make your video awesome? Not really. There is no need for that. Creating the video itself could take a lot of time, effort and money, so explore all your options in the pond of Royalty-Free Music for Videos.
Yes, we all think that you have to spend a lot of money to get a quality product, but we assure you that you can get good stuff for free. However, the tricky part here is finding the right songs to accompany your film, explainer video, app or video game.
In this article, we’ll talk about 7 free websites where you can find royalty-free music. So save yourself some time and read it through. We really hope this list helps you decide which one to go with. We’ll list the main points, both good and bad.
1. SoundCloud
“SoundCloud lets people discover and enjoy the greatest selection of music from the most diverse creator community on earth. Music and audio creators use SoundCloud to both share and monetize their content with a global audience, as well as receive detailed stats and feedback from the SoundCloud community.”
PROS – Why choose SoundCloud?
This is the ultimate favorite when it comes to websites for royalty-free music for videos and here is why:
- All genres are covered.
- You can also find recordings like stand-up comedy routines, lectures, and audio books.
- Put credits in your description.
CONS:
- The search system isn’t that great.
- Don’t expect to find many tracks from popular mainstream artists.
2. TeknoAXE
“Everyone may use my music for videos, student films or other projects you may think of not limited to those categories. You can use my music for monetized videos on YouTube, commercials or shows that are for commercial purposes.”
- There are 1526 music tracks at this very moment but new music is added to this site on a weekly basis.
- You can download free background music for video editing, but all the tracks are under CC4 license; in other words, it means that you will have to give credits when using it in your project.
- All genres are covered (electronic, orchestral, rock etc).
CONS:
- No search box. Real bummer.
3. Josh Woodward – a Place for Royalty-Free Music for Videos
”All of my original music is licensed as Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution. That means you can use it in your projects with a single small requirement: you need to list me in the credits.”
We couldn’t really find any cons in using this platform, so we strongly recommend it. Read here why.
- Josh offers more than 200 songs as free downloads from his website.
- Tracks are available in Mp3 format.
- You need to mention his name and the song title in the credits, along with a link to the song on his website.
- Filter by length and tempo.
- Good search engine.
4. YouTube Audio Library
”Browse and download free music for your project.”
- Downloadable music files for free.
- Plenty of tracks and sound effects to choose from.
- Music can be added straight away to your videos.
- Useful filters (genres, instruments, vocal)
- If attribution is required, then credit the artist in your video description.
5. Free Music Archive
“It’s not just free music; it’s good music.”
- From this platform you can download any music files and they all have different licences. To find out how you can use the track you choose, just click on it and you can see the type of licence it has. There are 4 different licenses that a song can have. Share-Alike describes works or licenses that require copies or adaptations of the work to be released (under the same or similar license as the original). Attribution means that you can use the track as long as you give credit to the author. Non-Commercial means that you can use the track only for non-profit projects. And finally, No-Derivatives means that you are not allowed to transform the original track.
- Here you can find a variety of different genres.
- It has advanced search tool (genres, duration, artists).
- Each artist or rights-holder has the final word, in how the tracks can be used.
6. free-stock-music.com
”Welcome to all free music seekers and thanks for stopping by! Here, you can find royalty-free music for your YouTube videos or projects (blog, vlog, podcast, social network, etc.). All we ask is to put the attribution in the credits.”
- The majority of music on this website is released under Creative Commons Licenses.
- Big stock of music. That’s for sure.
- Available formats: WAV, AIFF, and MP3.
- Excellent search parameters (tempo, length, mood, licenses, etc)
- For No copyright music, you can use FSM Team No Copyright Music Playlist.
- Overall, an impressive website!
7. Icons8
”Much, much pickier than other marketplaces. Much, much cheaper than Hans Zimmer, In fact, it’s free for a link.”
- Free both for personal and commercial projects.
- You can search for themes, moods, and genres.
- Besides music, here you can find video and photo stock, icons, as well.
- Icons8 requires linking to their web site.
- Alternatively, you could buy a license that doesn’t require any linking.
Royalty-Free Music for Videos is not so hard to find after all!
I hope this article helped you find the right music for your video. We’ve tried to include the best sites here, but if you think some are missed out or you want to share your opinion, just add a comment below.
