Free Music Archive: Music for Video

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splendidmike on 10/03/11 at 09:02PM

Hey guys, great to see this portal here. However, after having spent a large amount of time recently using FMA to find CC music for a video project, what I wanted most was additional search and browse capabilities.

It's nice to curate mixes of tracks to sync, but most producers are already going to have a specific mood or emotion they're trying to convey with the soundtrack. It was really hard to find "just the right song" to fit into my video.

So what I'd really like to see is a faceted browse by genre, where I can for instance, browse chill-out electronica, and then filter the results to only include those with the appropriate license for video sync.

Alternately, a browse by tag plus license filter would also be useful.

Love your work here, just trying to be helpful. Thanks for what you do!

islin on 02/11/12 at 11:18AM

Hello everybody,

I downloaded this song "Five Minutes at the Rainforest Cafe" but now I can't find the author and I would like to use this music for a non commercial video of an artist friend of mine...

Could someone help me?

Thanks

islin

elbotho on 03/13/12 at 12:32PM

Link to all Information about the Song:
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Macaw/Celadon/Five_Minutes_at_the_Rainforest_Cafe

dlatinfilmmaker on 04/20/12 at 11:29PM

Hi everyone,

I'm producing an indie "short" film and I'm looking to license a track from FMA to use in a "campaign" video on indiegogo.com.

Assuming we're able to raise the funds to produce our film, we will then submit the "short" to festivals . . . Does this still apply uner the non-commercial use? Can anyone advise?

spearmint64 on 05/12/12 at 06:15AM

Hi, I'm a new user and I feel like I've stumbled on a goldmine resource with this part of the site... and indeed the entirety of FMA. Thanks!

However, I second splendidmike's suggestion that the 'music for video' section would work better if you could see all of these tracks in one list.

But yes, thanks for providing this amazing resource, I'm reccommending to everyone.

Josteye316 on 05/30/12 at 02:07AM

This is a great resource and love that its available.

I would imagine the music is okay to use on demo-reels right?

If anyone could clear that up for me it would be great. I just want to cut a montage of my productions together to a good track and want to make sure I have the rights to do so.

Thanks.

gborfitz on 06/11/12 at 02:46PM

How can I show my music (CC) to you?

dvd on 07/19/12 at 07:03PM

@splendidmike
@spearmint64

We're working on some new features and layouts for this video portal, but in the meantime we've added a list of all of the tracks featured over the years in our 'Tracks to Sync' series at the top of this page. Just click on "View All" next to Recently Added Highlights.

BMXE on 09/12/12 at 11:01AM

We are setting up but were ready

Burton99 on 09/14/12 at 11:52PM

This is great !

pedromiguel_correia@live.com.pt on 11/03/12 at 10:08PM

I agree with everything splendidmike said, if that was taken care of I believe thos website would be top in no time.

jason on 11/07/12 at 04:55PM

We'd love everyone's feedback on the FMA Library Tagging project:

http://bit.ly/Ukp2JK

Right now, we're trying to come up with a concise but comprehensive list of Mood and Instrumentation tags that will be most helpful in your quest to find "just the right song".

splendidmike, spearmind64, pedromiguel: we hear ya and thanks for your feedback so far!

Aini on 12/02/12 at 07:09AM

have no new song here :s

PureAwsomeness99 on 04/05/13 at 09:50PM

Hey guys, I am making videos on youtube of gameplay (mainly shooter) and i need some recommendations for what music to use. My channel isn't that good YET, but im learning to use photoshop and after effects cs6. If you can help me, here's my email kalmusb@gmail.com

And my channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/computerman4321?feature=mhee

Thanks a lot.

javapop on 06/05/13 at 06:06PM

Agree with @splendidmike on search capabilities, would be cool to narrow down to instrumentals, and then start isolating flavors even more. Kevin MacLeod over at http://incompetech.com has done a great job with this. Not sure what platform he uses.

grailz on 06/07/13 at 02:42PM

Absolutely am grateful and overjoyed that FMA exists. As someone who creates videos for non profits, I feel like I've wandered into a cornucopia of awesome! Keep up the great work!

locutor99 on 08/02/13 at 07:17PM

If you need royalties free music free for video you can download the samples of:
http://www.locutortv.es/musicalibredederechos.htm
It is no charge.

You can download voiceovers demos in:
http://www.locutortv.es/index_voiceoversspanish.htm

dewdrop26 on 10/29/13 at 01:38PM

i'm trying to find the son "Yo T Extranare" by Tercer Cielo...says does not exist what am I doing wrong???

Noisesurfer on 11/05/13 at 10:08PM

check my new work

https://archive.org/details/Rontxo-AntiqueToy

thanks

PSBBQ on 12/28/13 at 09:12PM

Just came to this site and I love it! I just happen to stumble across it on the web. This is nice.

Mr 4bez on 12/30/13 at 02:23PM

how do i upload a song or album to this website at the moment i am pretty confused

realskullzero on 01/07/14 at 03:40AM

Great stuff!! love your mix, thanks for the free music!!!

gamejsoft on 04/01/14 at 08:07AM

I love this page thank you

Jaypho on 06/10/14 at 11:45PM

I love the music posted here, i just wish that I could scrub though it on the site, it's a pain to have to listen to each entire song to get a feel for it.

Some times I like the intro, but hate the middle, some time i hate the intro but love the middle, and rarely do i make it to the end, only to find out that I hate it.

darkinz on 06/19/14 at 05:58PM

i got a question im new on this: im recording gameplay of various game and posting them on youtube : Can i put any song here on my video whitout getting my video Shut or Copyright issue?

jason on 06/19/14 at 08:40PM

@darkinz, welcome to the FMA! Here's a FAQ on music usage http://freemusicarchive.org/faq

@Jaypho this feature is at the top of the wishlist

iskondroid on 07/15/14 at 07:20PM

i could made more quality videos with all best music i can found here . it really a challenge to do good video for my channel https://www.youtube.com/user/GDtvDramaMelayu .

With resources here sure to boost my efforts. thank you

HappyGorillas on 08/26/14 at 06:21PM

Hey everybody,

This is something, i mean this music is great i heard the song Silence is sexy all the day. A friend of mine is working on a serie about war and i guess this song is what he is looking for. i am recommmending it to him anyway that's for sure

Draftmen888 on 10/17/14 at 08:15AM

As for me I prefare instrumental music.
Thanks to authors for this lists.

Rubby on 10/18/14 at 07:25PM

Music for video very popular.
I love it!

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