
Have I mentioned I’m a prodigious list-maker?
I am….my shrink has yet to explain the significance.
With Google around, it may seem a moot point, but then again, Google only provides search results, and the list I have here today is sifted, winnowed, filtered and somewhat vetted.
Voice-Actors are always looking for royalty-free, stock music, music beds, sound effects, looped tracks, and public domain music (must be 1922 or older, BTW).
HERE‘s a great site that explains public domain, copywriting, and music copying principles. Reading below, you’ll see a list that I’ve compiled from — first — my trusted friends at the VO-BB (Voice Over Bulletin Board), and secondly from a Google search using the terms “royalty-free”, “music-beds”, “public domain”, and “stock music”.
I can tell you that I visited each site, and found them all to be exactly what they claim to be. Not all sites are made the same, but you’ll see a lot of similarities among them: free download samples, graduated pricing structures, an occasional calendar special, packaged specials, and a spectrum of music genres.
Digging into some of the sites will yield sections that offer looped tracks, special effects, stingers, and sound effects. I’d recommend checking out the first ten-or-so on the list before going deeper…but they’re all genuine.
CourVO
http://www.stock20.com/commerce/index.php
http://www.radio-mall.com/stxold.htm
http://www.tracksnow.com/shopping/catalog/
http://www.shockwave-sound.com/
http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/free-music.html
http://incompetech.com/static/music/
http://www.publicdomain4u.com/
http://www.publicdomain4u.com/
http://derekaudette.ottawaarts.com/music.php
http://www.stockmusicstore.com
http://www.primaryelements.com/
http://www.productiontrax.com/
http://www.stockmusicsite.com/
http://www.allmusiclibrary.com/
http://www.buyoutmusictracks.com/
http://www.stonewashed.net/buyoutmusic.html
(Author’s note: the following two added 5-20-10 from suggestions of the ones I missed – also see next blog article)
http://www.doschdesign.com/products/audio/Dosch_Trailer_Music_Sounds.html
(another added 6-13-10)
(another added 6-25-10)
http://www.musicrevolution.com
(another added 12-14-10)
http://www.directcomposer.com/
(another added 3-15-11)
(another added 6-11-11)
(this one added 8-17-11)
added (6-25-12)
added (8-28-12)
added (1-24-13)
http://www.dl-sounds.com/
added (6-10-13)
http://www.soundtaxi.net/en/
(added 7-27-13)
(added 1-26-14)
UniqueTracks Production Music Library http://www.uniquetracks.com
(added 12-27-15)
(added 3-27-18)
(added 12-3-2020)
https://www.joystock.org