Open Source Soundtracks
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[hide]Attribution Reminder
Remember, be sure to attribute any libre soundtracks you use to the original author either in credits within the video or the text released with the video (ie: youtube description field).
Commercial Use
Here we link to a few cherry-picked songs/albums that are libre for commercial use.
- Welcome in the intox by Bluemillenium
- Sphere by Creo
- Saturdays Basement by Analog By Nature
- Amigos by Platinum Butterfly
- Guitar Quartet w/ Stems by Aussens@iter
- Falling (Suddenly) by Siobhan Dakay
- Dirty Soul by Orbique
- The Lift by Seventh Gear
- various pieces by Advent Chamber Orchestra
- The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) performed by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber
Non-Commercial Use
And here's a few cherry-picked songs/albums that are libre but non-commercial.
The Internet Archive
We can search the entire IA for items licensed by CC-BY or CC-BY-SA (excluding any NC or ND items) using the following query
licenseurl:http*by* OR licenseurl:http*by-sa* AND NOT licenseurl:http*by-nc*
We can further refine the query by limiting to audio-only items by adding AND mediatype:(audio) to the query:
licenseurl:http*by* OR licenseurl:http*by-sa* AND NOT licenseurl:http*by-nc* AND mediatype:(audio)
For better results, we can limit it to the collection produced by the free music archive by adding AND collection:freemusicarchive:
licenseurl:http*by* OR licenseurl:http*by-sa* AND NOT licenseurl:http*by-nc* AND mediatype:(audio) AND collection:freemusicarchive
For more information about the cryptic syntax for searching IA by license, see this Internet Archive search guide
CCMixter
- Ccmixter.org hosts music freely shared by artists. The uploaded soundtracks are licensed under Creative Commons licenses, and most are Non Commercial.
You can search for non-NC tracks on ccmixer using the following URL:
* http://beta.ccmixter.org/stems?lic=open
Newgrounds
Newgrounds is a website where users publish their media content, including music. Not all uploads are FLOSS, but every song has a page that shows the license in the bottom-left. Many are CC-BY.
I don't know how to search for songs with a filter showing only non-NC FLOSS-licenseed tracks, but you can view all audio tracks sorted by "score" here:
* https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/featured?type=1&interval=all&sort=score&genre=0
YouTube
Youtube uploaders can license their work under Creative Commons licenses, but I don't know how to search by them.
Here's a list of YouTube channels that upload FLOSS non-NC licensed soundtracks
Others
- Jamendo - [1] - royalty-free access
- Type in Free Techno on Google - http://www.entropymusic.com/ and others
- RoyaltyFreeMusic.com - [2]
- MyMusicStream.com - [3]
- FreeLoops.com - [4]
- Guitar Improv from Lucas. Better than Madonna's Human Nature.
- DJBLUE - Mind Field -
- Awesome soundtrack - what is it? - [5]
