Discover the Best Background Music for Videos: Download 10 Free BGM Song Previews for Your Projects
Zach Watson
Sep 10, 2024
Looking for high-quality music to put in the background of a video? Well, you’ve come to the right place. We have thousands of background (BGM) songs that are ready for any of your video needs. (Don’t believe us—check out our subscription plans and start using the songs today.)
Well, we have you covered for that as well. The art of adding good background music to videos seems simple enough, but we know that it can become complicated quickly.
So, to help you find and add the best music (and sound effects) to the background of your various YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and other social media and marketing videos, let’s dive into some of our top track selections, playlists, and editing tips to help you videos stand out from all the rest.
Best royalty free background music for videos
To get us started, let’s give you some hand-selected downloadable royalty free background music (BGM) song previews for you to consider adding to your videos. These free bgm music downloads have been selected to provide you with different types of songs to serve as the perfect background fodder to really help your videos pop and feel more energized, engaging, and watchable.
Description: A medium energy, score song that is best described as fun and happy. Strings and percussion are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 101
Key: D Major
Description: A very low-energy, electronic song that is best described as chill and romantic. Bass and synth bass are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 76
Key: E Major
Description: A very low-energy, ambient song best described as calm and reflective. Synth and ambient tones are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 90
Key: C Major
Description: A very low-energy, ambient song best described as calm and reflective. Synth and ambient tones are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 100
Key: A Major
Description: A medium-energy, hip-hop song that is best described as chill and angry. Bass and synth bass are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 95
Key: A Minor
Description: A low-energy, funk song that is best described as chill and fun. Bass and bass guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 96
Key: Ab/G# Minor
Description: A medium-energy pop song that is best described as reflective and romantic. Piano and synth are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 140
Key: C Major
Description: A low-energy, hip-hop song that is best described as chill and happy. Piano and bass are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 78
Key: B Minor
Description: A medium-energy, electronic song that is best described as fun and happy. Synth and ambient tones are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 110
Key: F Major
Description: A medium-energy rock song that is best described as fun and happy. The guitar and electric guitar are the primary instruments on this track.
BPM: 180
Key: A Major
Keep in mind, though, that these are just ten royalty free background music tracks out of thousands available in our full library. If you’d like to review many more options, check out our full catalog on the Soundstripe app here.
What is royalty free music?
Now, before we go any further into more recommendations for the best background songs for videos, let’s quickly go over some of the terms we’ve been throwing around in this article. If you aren’t familiar with the term “royalty free music,” you might have some misconceptions about it.
In short, royalty free music is just a shorthand way of saying that the music we offer here at Soundstripe has had its copyrights and licenses taken care of and is free for you to use. It’s important, though, to understand that all music does have copyrights associated with it. These copyrights extend both to the composers of the music and to the performers.
To help with this process, companies like Soundstripe offer music that is fully licensed and cleared for subscribers to use in their videos and content. The artists have been compensated, and as a Soundstripe subscriber, you can use any song or sound effect in our libraries in your videos without paying additional royalties or fees—hence the “royalty free” term.
If you’re still looking for more information, discover what royalty free music means and how to use it for your commercial projects with our guide to “what is royalty free music”.
Our top playlists for royalty free background music for videos
With those basic definitions covered, let’s move along and give you some more royalty free music to use in the background of your videos. Keep in mind that the best BGM for videos is not meant to distract your viewers but rather simply help engage them.
With that in mind, these playlists are a bit more subdued and focused on giving your videos more thematic “oomph” rather than serving as music that is meant to be front and center. Check out these playlists below to see if there are any other royalty free music tracks worth adding to the background of your videos.
Description: Kick your feet up. It's time to chill way out
Description: Compilation of lyric-driven tracks that inspire and uplift.
Description: Zen out to these low-energy soundscapes.
Description: Moderate tempo tracks that bump.
Description: Vibey, understated Pop songs
Description: Vlog underscore for your next lifestyle content drop.
Description: Upbeat tunes trending among our vloggers and social media content creators.
As always, please remember that these are just a few recommended short film playlists. We have plenty more playlists and tracks featuring the best music for background video to share with you on our app, which you can check out here.
Tips for using royalty free background music in your videos
When you find the right royalty free background music for your videos, the rest is up to you. There are no hard-set rules about how or when to use background music in your video content. But we can promise you that background music can be one of the best—and perhaps easiest—ways to give your videos a bit more energy and character.
Here are some additional tips and tricks for adding background music to your videos.
- Look for music without singing or lyrics, as those can be distracting if subjects in your videos are talking over the music in the background.
- Consider using more than one music track in the background of your videos. Feel free to switch things up to speed up the pace of your content.
- Explore different genres and tempos to see how they can change the energy of your videos.
- Experiment with different levels, with the goal of finding the right balance between making your background music audible but not overpowering any audio in your videos.
- Consider adding sound effects to the background of your videos to help provide even more thematic elements.
From there, just feel free to always keep experimenting with your edits as you try to find the right soundtrack and balance for your videos' backgrounds.