Free Music & SFX Sites (130)

Envato's free library: video, music, SFX and editing templates — all free for commercial use, no sign-up, no attribution, new assets weekly.

The all-in-one free library — photos, videos, music and sound effects in one place, no attribution required, plenty of 4K.

A veteran Creative Commons music library with a huge indie catalog — but most tracks need credit and many restrict commercial use.

A veteran royalty-free music site — polished, professional-sounding tracks, free to use with credit; a paid license removes attribution.

Modern, creator-focused music for YouTube and TikTok — the free plan includes 3 downloads a month and YouTube/TikTok safelisting.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

a Python API for Formalized Score Control, based on Lilypond.

a cross-platform digital audio workstation emphasizing audio recording.

Interactive music theory exercises.

Diverse collection of background music for videos.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Jason Shaw's free rock, acoustic and electronic tracks. _Commercial use is allowed as long as credit is given to Jason Shaw (audionautix.com)._ · CC BY 4.0 · Required · Allowed · —

a cross-platform set of patches and externals for Max, aimed to bring the richness of computer-aided composition into the real-time world.

High-quality loops and packs used for music creation.

engraving and publishing system that produces high quality sheet music for bayan in PDF.

33,000+ sounds from the historic BBC archive. _NOT free for commercial or monetized content; great for learning and research._ · RemArc/BBC License (personal, educational, research only) · — · Not allowed · —

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

copyright: ccMixter.org offers over 30,000 original tracks that can be used freely in YouTube videos, remixes, mobile apps, games, and more.

a text-based notation format for lyrics, chords and rhythm.

Aggregator of free and CC music with handy license filters. · Various (per track) · Varies · Varies · —

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

an open source music composition system.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

the choral public domain library contains more than 20K free scores of vocal music.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

a free music notation editor based on Lilypond.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Rotating monthly free assets from Envato Elements: templates, video, audio, fonts. _Each month's free files carry the standard Envato license; check the download page._ · Envato free-file license · — · Allowed · Yes

a functional programming language specifically designed for real-time signal processing and synthesis.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A fully customizable product adoption platform for building onboarding and user engagement experiences. Free for up to 250 monthly tracked users.

Tailored music theory exercises based on scores.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Large collection of sound effects.

Royalty free stock music for YouTube videos, podcasts, etc

copyright: Download unlimited background music 100% for free – no registration required. With no copyright claims, all our music is safe and free to use in your videos.

Public domain music across many genres, zero restrictions. · Public Domain · — · Allowed · —

Free sound effects usable with a credit. _Free for commercial and broadcast use, but the credit must include the freesfx.co.uk URL._ · freesfx.co.uk License · Required · Conditional · —

Collaborative database of sounds under CC0 and CC-BY licenses. _Filter by license; CC-BY sounds need credit in your description._ · Various CC licenses (per sound) · Varies · Varies · Yes

copyright: For YouTube, filmmakers, games, podcasts and to use in your next video project, for free!

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

a generic, portable library and API for the graphical rendering of musical scores.

online LilyPond-based sheet music editor (with optional GitHub integration).

the International Music Score Library Project is the largest collection of public domain scores and parts on the web.

Kevin MacLeod's legendary library of film-score style music. _Credit must be visible: "Track Title" — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0. Monetized videos are explicitly allowed._ · CC BY 4.0 (paid no-attribution

an environmnent for the design of interactive, augmented music scores.

copyright: Independent music community with a large collect of creative commons licensed music.

A listing and visual comparison of different music fonts.

an online, text-based editor for making PDF-formatted Nashville Number System song charts.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

an audio synthesis software API for Java.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Free artistic clips released by an advertising agency. · Life of Vids License (free) · — · Allowed · —

an open source web-based LilyPond editor.

free, open-source music engraving program, devoted to producing the highest-quality sheet music possible.

an online database of Lilypond snippets ideas, features and hacks.

another cross-platform digital audio workstation, more oriented towards making beats.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

an open-source effort to define a system for encoding musical documents in a machine-readable structure.

a friendly, browser-based editor for music encodings.

Nice mix of free and affordable music loops.

A Toolkit for Computational Musicology.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Lessons and exercises

the standard open format for exchanging digital sheet music.

Public domain classical recordings, sheet music and music textbooks. _Most recordings are public domain; verify the license on each item._ · Public Domain / various · — · Allowed · —

python library for notating music in a graphics-first paradigm.

Iconic electronic music label, free for creators who follow its usage policy. _Credit the track title, artist and NCS link; policy covers monetized YouTube and Twitch._ · NCS Usage Policy · Required · Allowed · —

a forum devoted to the practice of music notation.

a sound synthesis and composition language.

Historic advertising, educational and amateur films, mostly public domain. · Public Domain (mostly) · — · Allowed · —

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Long-running community archive of openly licensed game art. · Various (CC0/CC-BY/GPL...) · Varies · Varies · —

a visual programming language based on Lisp.

a growing, online "textbook" for music theory and aural skills.

Large mixed library of free sounds, loops and ringtones. · Various CC licenses · Varies · Varies · —

a free, cross-platform, open-source, audio I/O library.

DMCA-safe music player for streamers with a free tier. _Free tier requires on-stream attribution; paid tier removes it._ · Pretzel Free License · Required · Allowed · Yes

a visual programming language for audio and other multimedia.

Mood-based free tracks for small creators and non-broadcast use. _Free for YouTube and online video with credit; other uses need a paid license._ · Purple Planet Free License · Required · Conditional · —

a modular and experimental programming environment with basic DSP routines in python.

a tool and library for manipulating LilyPond files.

a C++ library for parsing SCORE data files.

Film-quality orchestral and ambient library released under CC-BY. _Credit Scott Buckley in your video description; missing credits have triggered YouTube copyright claims._ · CC BY 4.0 · Required · Allowed · —

Free CC0 game and UI sound effects in WAV/MP3; AI-generated or procedurally synthesized. _Library sounds are CC0; the separate AI generation feature has its own pricing — preview sounds before shipping._ · CC0 · — · Allo

a specification for mapping music symbols to Unicode for use in music fonts.

Snd is a sound editor modelled loosely after Emacs.

a live coding synth with an emphasis on educational use.

Multi-gigabyte professional game audio packs released free every year. · Royalty-free (Sonniss GDC license) · — · Allowed · —

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Simple, no-frills free sound effect downloads. · CC0 / CC-BY (per sound) · Varies · Varies · —

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

copyright: Over 1000 tracks of free music and sound effects for your projects by Eric Matyas.

a lightweight DSP library written in C.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Subscription-based professional sound effects library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Harris Heller's copyright-safe music library built specifically for streamers. _Available on major streaming platforms; designed to be DMCA-safe._ · Free (custom StreamBeats license) · — · Allowed · —

an experiment in making a language built on javascript for live coding patterns using web technologies.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Ambience loops for tabletop RPG sessions, streams and podcasts. _NonCommercial only: fine for personal and non-monetized use._ · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Required · Not allowed · —

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

Free songs for creators in exchange for a simple credit link. _Each track used needs its credit link in your description._ · Thematic License · Required · Allowed · Yes

a database of songs with their chord functions.

a language built on Haskell for live coding patterns.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

a web based live coding environment (WebAudio / MIDI)

a next-gen DAW that helps you generate melody, beats, or a whole song, while still being able to edit them.

copyright: Exclusive royalty free music for YouTube videos without copyright claims.

Proprietary software for creating music score with words.

copyright: Download Royalty Free Music for YouTube Videos, Podcasts and Apps. No Copyright CC0 Music inspired by Unsplash.

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.

100,000+ free sound effects; free tier works with attribution. _Gold membership removes attribution and raises quality limits._ · ZapSplat Free License · Required · Conditional · Yes

A directory-listed source of free music and sound effects — visit the site to explore its library.