Finding Creative Commons-Friendly Music

Trying to find the perfect song for a movie project is one of the most fun post-production tasks. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the most difficult because finding free, downloadable CC-friendly music online can be a bit overwhelming. To make things easier for you during your time in Video Production, here are some of my favorite CC-friendly song websites for you to check out during post-production.

Vimeo Music Store

Great resource for finding hundreds of songs for your film. The Vimeo Music Store has a nice feature where you can specify your search for music, which I always put on FREE. Make sure to hit the button that says Advanced Filters in order to get the search in the picture.

YouTube Audio Library

Not many people know that YouTube has an audio library with music and sound effects to download for free for your video projects. Like Vimeo, it has a great search bar where you can specify exactly what kind of music you are searching for. You can get here by either clicking the link above or going to the Creator Studio on your own YouTube account.

MusOpen

One of my favorite sites for finding music for my movie projects, MusOpen offers thousands of classical songs for free use in your projects. It also has sheet music for any music buffs out there.

Free Music Archive

Also know as FMA, Free Music Archive has a great selection of free CC-friendly songs for download. Hint: if you search by Most Interesting, it will sort your songs by most downloaded. 

I hope these websites can help you out during your music search for your movie project. Of course, there is a way to always get the perfect song for your film: Create it yourself! Garageband is easier than ever to use, and it's a blast finding your musical groove. If you want more websites, check out the Google Doc below. It lists websites with free, CC-friendly songs, loops and sound effects for all your audio needs.