Music for Youtube Videos
Epidemic Sound gives you access to more than 50,000 songs to use in your YouTube videos. Stop worrying about copyright claims and find the plan that suit your needs.
Here’s how it works
Step 1
Sign up
Start exploring Epidemic Sound with a free trial. Discover our expansive catalog of world-class music, sound effects, and exclusive soundtracking tools.
Step 2
Find your sound
Find the perfect track faster than ever with our powerful search features, or browse by genre, theme, mood, and tempo. You can even use our stems and creative tools to customize your tracks.
Step 3
Soundtrack your story, worry-free
Bring your story to life with the perfect soundtrack. Our direct music license covers you across all markets and platforms. So you can publish your content worry-free, worldwide.
Looking for the best music to use in your YouTube videos?
Need inspiration? Check out our catalog’s most popular tracks. This one-hour playlist includes everything from pop, orchestra, and soul to electronic music and acoustic tracks.
Is Epidemic Sound’s music copyright-free?
‘Copyright-free music for YouTube’ is a popular search term, but does copyright-free music even exist? More or less all music is protected by copyright — if you come across a ‘copyright-free’ track, it’s probably either very old and considered public domain, or not truly copyright-free.
An Epidemic Sound subscription offers more than copyright-free music and goes beyond royalty-free music. We own all of the rights to the tracks in our catalog, directly licensing them to our subscribers. This removes the headache of licensing and lets you focus on your storytelling.
How do I avoid copyright claims on YouTube?
If you want to monetize content safely, you need to either own the rights, or have a license, to use the music you’ve chosen. With an Epidemic Sound subscription, you’ll steer clear of copyright complexities. Even if your subscription ends, your content will stay cleared forever.
Want to learn more about navigating copyright? Check out this blog article.
How do I use Epidemic Sound's music on YouTube?
With an active Epidemic Sound subscription, you can access, edit, and download over 50,000 high-quality tracks. Need more than one track? No problem — you can use as many as you need. To download a track, click the Download icon and choose to use the full mix, or specific stems.
Once you’ve downloaded your music, follow these steps to upload it to YouTube. After that, just connect your YouTube channel/s to your Epidemic Sound subscription to keep your content safe.
What happens to potential copyright claims if I end my subscription?
The videos you upload to YouTube during an active Epidemic Sound subscription will stay cleared forever, even if you cancel your subscription.
Is royalty-free music free to use on YouTube?
With an Epidemic Sound subscription, you’re free to use any of the music from our catalog on YouTube. Music is very rarely free to use, but you can use royalty-free music in your content without paying royalties to artists or rights holders every time it’s played. Epidemic Sound goes beyond royalty-free, removing the headache of licensing and freeing you up to do what you do best.
We exclusively own the rights to each of the 50,000+ tracks in our catalog, including public performance rights. Every song is composed by our signed artists, in collaboration with our in-house production team. This means our license includes all necessary rights to use the music from our catalog in your content. You can publish it anywhere online, including on YouTube.
Where do I find the best background music for my YouTube videos?
Browse our music page or check out our curated playlist for background music for videos — we’re sure you’ll find just the right sound for your content.
How do I find free music for YouTube?
Finding music that’s free to use in commercial content is rare, and if it is free, it’s usually not high quality. Or, if you choose ‘free’ music from YouTube’s built-in catalog, it comes with a compromise. Using popular music on monetized YouTube Shorts videos eats into your earnings, for example.
Epidemic Sound’s music only has one rights holder: us. As long as you’ve subscribed to the right plan and safelisted your YouTube channel, you can safely soundtrack your monetized content on the platform. Stop worrying about copyright claims and find the perfect soundtrack today.
Frequently asked questions
Is Epidemic Sound's music for YouTube copyright-free?
So many people search for ‘copyright-free music for YouTube,’ but copyright-free music is pretty much a myth. Almost every song out there is protected by copyright, so if you do stumble upon copyright-free music, it’s either:
- Really old, and considered public domain
- Not very good (sorry!) and not worth copyrighting
- Not copyright-free at all!
The difference between Epidemic Sound and other music providers is that we don’t let copyright get in the way of great storytelling. All our music and sound effects are royalty-free, protected by copyright, and all rights are included. Forget synchronization rights, performance rights, mechanical rights – you’re cleared to use our catalog on all platforms, and you needn’t worry about all the legal stuff. We've got you covered.
How do I avoid copyright claim on YouTube?
All the music you use in your videos while being an Epidemic Sound subscriber will grant you immunity from any copyright claim.
If you want to know more about how to avoid copyright claims on YouTube, check out our article.
How do I use Epidemic Sound's music on YouTube?
Every Epidemic Sound user can technically download our music by going to a specific track and clicking the download icon on the right part of the screen.
Remember, however, that the music can be used on YouTube only if you have an Epidemic Sound subscription.
Once you've downloaded your music, follow these steps to upload it on YouTube.
What happens to the copyright claims if I stop my Epidemic Sound subscription?
All the videos you've uploaded on YouTube while being an Epidemic Sound subscriber won't be subject to any copyright claims, even if you cancel your Epidemic Sound's subscription.
Is royalty-free music free to use on YouTube?
Yes! Epidemic Sound’s music can be defined as royalty-free, meaning that we allow our subscribers to use both our music and sound effects without any additional fees. If you have a subscription, you can use our tracks on not only YouTube, but all platforms linked to your Epidemic Sound account. Forget copyright claims and start soundtracking your content!
Where do I find the best background music for my YouTube videos?
Check out our music page or our curated playlist for background music for videos!