License music for video, advertising, and content projects
For media projects such as videos, advertising, social media, podcasts and corporate content. Choose the right entry point depending on whether music source, licensing path, subscription model or direct music discovery comes first.
If you arrive via the terms license-free music or royalty-free music ? These landing pages help translate that search intent into the right product and licensing path.
- For videos, image films, explainers, advertising and social media
- If music source, licensing path or subscription model still need clarification
- If you want to search music directly or choose the right starting point first
Need to clarify fundamentals first?
If you first want to understand the logic of this area, use the FAQ for video, advertising & content to find the key foundational questions about music source, licensing, subscriptions and search.
How to start best in this area
Music source / PRO question still unclear?
Start with the PRO Navigator if you first need to clarify which music source and rights frame make sense for your project.
Music source clear, license form still open?
Start with the License navigator if your music source is broadly understood, but the right project license is still missing.
Recurring need instead of a single project?
Start with the Subscription navigator if you need new music continuously for content, campaigns or media projects.
Ready to search directly?
Start with search if you already want to listen to and discover suitable tracks.
Still unsure which entry point fits you? Go to the FAQ for video, advertising & content
The most important entry points in this area
Each navigator answers a different core question. Together they help classify music source, licensing model and recurring needs cleanly.
PRO Navigator
Quickly clarify whether royalty-free or PRO-licensed music is the better fit for your project.
License Navigator
Find the right license model for your specific media project.
Subscription Navigator
Check whether one-off licensing or a music subscription fits your production better.
Contact support
Or go directly to search if you already want to listen to suitable music.
The two main paths in this area
Project licenses
For single projects, campaigns or clearly scoped media uses.
View project licensesUse license navigator
Music subscription
For teams, agencies and creators with recurring needs.
View music subscription overviewUse subscription navigator
View subscription pricing
View the workspace for the subscription
This area fits if ...
- you want to use music for videos, advertising, social media or corporate content.
- you need to classify project licenses by channel, reach, usage and reuse.
- you want to distinguish clearly between PRO questions, single licenses and subscriptions.
- you are looking for music for media use, not for events or ongoing background music.
Typical business use cases
- Corporate films, brand and company videos
- Advertising and performance marketing
- Social media content for companies and brands
- Product videos, explainers and demos
- E-learning, training, HR and recruiting
- Recurring content formats for teams or agencies
Related use cases
Direct entry points for content formats
For concrete formats such as podcasts, corporate films, commercial videos, social media, or explainers, these use cases lead directly to the matching target pages.
Real composers. Traceable rights.
At Audiocrowd, every track comes from identified human composers and producers. The required usage rights are granted by contract and documented in your license.
With AI-generated music, it may remain unclear which protected works were used to train a model and whether a generated track affects existing rights. Our guide explains what companies and agencies should consider in commercial projects.
- Identified authors and producers
- Contractually documented usage rights
- Individual license documentation as a PDF
- Documented GEMA and P.R.O. status
Which starting point is the right one?
2) Music source clear, license form still open?
Start with the license navigator.
Need to clarify more fundamentals? Go to the FAQ for video, advertising & content
Not the right area?
Events
For corporate parties, conferences, trade shows, and other live events with on-site use, packages, and an event license flow.
Go to event areaInstore
For business spaces, branches, and ongoing background music via music packages or instore radio.
Go to instore areaChoose the right starting point for your project now
Start with the right path in this area depending on whether you want to clarify the music source, licensing model, subscription question or directly suitable tracks.
Notice
The information provided is for general guidance only and does not constitute legal advice. The rights required in any individual case depend on the exact usage and the applicable license terms.
