Free Music and Audio Resources

Need to add music or sound elements to a project? Here are some resources for you.

100 spectacular sound effects

3 disk set of audio CDs filled with different sound effects.

CDX
TK
7881.4
O54
1994

101 digital sound effects: sounds of nature

1 CD filled with royalty-free audio snippets.

CDX
One

ccMixter

"ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want." Free.

ccMixter.org

Open Source Audio

The Internet Archive lets users upload their music with CC licenses. Free.

Archive.org

Film Music by Moby

The artist Moby has made his music available for "independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short." Free, but registration required.

Mobygratis.com

Jamendo

Free music sharing site based in Europe. Artists upload their music with Creative Commons licenses, so some may be available for use in your projects. Free, but registration required.

Jamendo.com

Incompetech Royalty-Free Music

Music and recordings by Kevin McLeod published with an CC Atribution 3.0 license. Free.

Incompetech.com

Contemplator

Great resources for folk and historical music. Downloadable midi files can be easily remixed in Garage Band.

contemplator.com/

Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project

UC Santa Barbara has been digitzing music cyclinders published between 1894-early 1920s. The music is in the public domain and files are published with a CC Attribution 2.5 license. Free.

Cylinders.library.ucsb.edu

Internet Audio Archive

Audio and MP3 library containing over 200,000 free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download.

Archive.org/details/audio