The Music

A catalogue of 20K high quality tracks at the tip of your fingers. In addition, all our music comes in split stems so that instruments can be individually edited. Go ahead and create!

One-Stop Shop

Forget Master Rights, Synch Rights, Mechanical Rights, Public Performance Rights. We keep it simple and include E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. Worldwide and multi platform use forever.

How It Works

Total cost control. A fixed monthly fee gives you limitless use of our music. No hidden catch, no strings attached. So please be our guest and eat all you want.

THE MUSIC

FACTS FOR THE MIND

We are the largest, and fastest growing, ”non-collected” production music library in the world.

Our ever expanding catalogue consists of 20 000 tracks and grows with 300-500 newly composed tracks each month.

All tracks are made with the purpose of use in audiovisual productions.

All music is available online for instant listening and downloading.

We work with selected non-PRO composers, musicians and producers. They produce tracks upon our request and creative brief. We pay them up front. Always. Regardless if the song is ever used or not.

All tracks are available in split stems (aka mix-downs) which gives you the creative opportunity to individually edit bass, drums, melody and instruments as you please.

All tracks are pre-cleared for all present- and future existing platforms.

FACTS FOR THE HEART

Music is our passion, our livelihood, our raison d’être! Mesmerizing magic is made when music and moving images blend together.

Music is essential. Money is too.

If you are a practicing songwriter and producer you are probably familiar with the difficulty of combining these two. We want to change that. Epidemic Sound is founded with the sole purpose of creating possibilities and benefits around music in all stages – both for the ones who compose it and the ones who use it. We’ve achieved that by collecting music in an ever-growing catalogue accessible – unlimited – by a fixed fee monthly subscription.

We buy every song individually from selected composers and producers, and pay them up front. Instead of the traditional way earning a small amount for every second a song is used on air, they always earn money as we pay them regardless if the song is ever used or not.

ONE-STOP SHOP

THE HARD WAY

OUR WAY

LEGAL

All rights included and pre-cleared!
TECHNICAL

All music is in the cloud. All access, all the time!
REPORTING

No reporting required. Ever!
EDITING

All music in separate stems!
PRICING

A fixed fee subscription equals limitless use!

HOW IT WORKS

Epidemic Sound is founded with the sole purpose of creating possibilities and benefits around music in all stages – both for the ones who compose it and the ones who use it. We’ve achieved that by collecting music in an ever-growing catalogue accessible – unlimited – by a fixed fee monthly subscription.

THE JOURNEY OF A GREAT TUNE

COME WORK FOR US

Do you want to make a living producing music? Do you want to mature as a producer and as a musician?
Do you want to hear your music played on TV all over the world? We are constantly looking for new talent.
Here is how it works:

WE OFFER

Money

We pay upfront for all the music we buy.
Regardless if anyone ever uses it. Read more.

Flexibility

Some producers make several tracks per day,
others make one track per month. No limits.

Guidance

All producers are provided with a dedicated
listener with extensive international experience.

Continuity

The majority of our producers have worked with
us for several years.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Variety

We need all kinds of music! Don’t be shy!
We have over 150 different genres that
constantly need to evolve.

Talent

Some of our producers are professional
producers, others are “bedroom producers”,
but they are all equally talented!

Versatility

You need to be able to both compose, record
and produce your music yourself
(i.e. be a one-stop-shop).

THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION

We stand and fall with our music. We love our creators, our producers, our musicians. They are the backbone of Epidemic Sound and this is what we offer them

A fixed fee: We buy every song individually from our producers and always pay them a fixed fee. The fee varies depending on ability to incorporate references, level of complexity in composition, instruments used, deadlines, originality, prior experience, time frame needed to complete track or a mix of all of the above. Our standard renumeration always starts at 150 USD but can range up to 1,000 USD per track.

A-rating: In addition to the fixed fee we have an ”A-rating” system where we increase the renumeration by 50% if the track gives us goose bumps.

Profit sharing: We have a profit sharing scheme with our producers.

Vignettes: All the music in our library is non exclusive and consequently not suitable for exclusive program vignettes. When we produce exclusive vignettes, something we do regularly, our producers are compensated accordingly. Some exclusive vignettes in effect today earn more than 40,000 USD per year.

Exposure: As an added bonus all producers are show-cased with their names in our player, we want to build their careers and encourage them to strike individual deals should the opportunity come along.

OUR DNA

THE FOUNDERS

PEER ÅSTRÖm

Music producer

Peer is a prominent producer, currently holding the world record in most chart entries on the US Billboard/Itunes with productions for Madonna, Kelly Clarkson and Enrique Iglesias. He currently produces all the music for the FOX hit show Glee.

JAN ZACHRISSON

Broadcasting executive / Production company founder

Jan has a history in music but is more known as the co-founder of TV4, the largest commercial broadcaster in Sweden. He is also the co-founder of Zodiak Television, one of the world’s largest TV-production companies.

HJALMAR WINBLADH

Online visionary

Hjalmar is a serial entrepreneur within the Internet industry who is frequently commissioned as a key speaker for the most prestigious IT summits world wide. He is also the founder of Rebtel and Sendit AB.

DAVID STENMARCK

Music producer

David has launched and owns one of the most successful shows in Swedish entertainment history and has produced many hit singles for international superstars such as Celine Dion and Westlife.

OSCAR HÖGLUND

Management professional

Oscar is the CEO of Epidemic Sound. He has a background with the Stockholm School of Economics and the Boston Consulting Group prior to joining Zodiak Television in 2004. At Zodiak Television he was a member of the management team.