The Best Royalty Free Music for Vimeo Videos: Our top 10 Songs to Bring Your Vimeo Sequences to Life
Jourdan Aldredge
Oct 10, 2024
In the world of film and video, there are a lot of choices a creator will have to make on their journey. Depending on your type of project, you might have to make different decisions about what camera you shoot on and which video editing software you use.
In addition to all the production and post-production elements, you’ll always need to make some hard decisions about what type of music you use and, perhaps most importantly of all, where you’ll decide to upload your project once it's done.
Now, if you’re not shooting a short or feature film that you’re looking to play in theaters or at film festivals, you’re most likely going to be deciding between the video hosting platforms YouTube and Vimeo to host your video or film. And while the debate between YouTube or Vimeo is its own topic, if you do decide to do Vimeo (or at least both), then we’re here to help you out with royalty free music selections.
So, to help take one thing off your plate, let’s give you some of the best royalty free music for Vimeo videos you can listen to and consider for your content.
10 top royalty free songs for Vimeo videos
Ideally, the decision to upload your videos to Vimeo would be one you make well before you begin shooting your content. However, regardless of where you are in the journey of your video content, it’s never too late to consider the music providing the bedrock of your video or film.
Vimeo’s platform and community lean more professional and artistically inclined, so much is a big part of the equation. If you are looking for that pitch-perfect audio track (or tracks) to add to your Vimeo videos, we have you covered with some hand-picked song recommendations below.
Description: It is a very low-energy electronic song that is best described as chill and reflective. Synths and drums are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 82
Key: D Major
Description: A medium-energy, classical song that is best described as quirky. Strings and violin are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 166
Key: D Minor
Description: A low-energy, hip-hop song that is best described as chill and suspenseful. Bass and synth bass are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 124
Key: C Minor
Description: A medium-energy R&B song best described as fun and happy. Horns and piano are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 122
Key: C Minor
Description: A low-energy, funk song that is best described as fun and happy. Bass and bass guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 101
Key: A Minor
Description: A medium-energy, electronic song that is best described as fun and happy. Synth and bass are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 110
Key: B Major
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 low-energy, electronic song that is best described as hopeful and inspiring. Piano and ambient tones are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 117
Key: C Major
Description: It is a very low-energy hip-hop song that is best described as chill and reflective. Rhodes and synth are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 76
Key: D Major
Description: A low-energy rock song best described as fun and happy. Synth and guitar are the primary instruments in this track.
BPM: 128
Key: D Major
Of course, this isn’t all of the music we offer. If you’d like to explore all of our royalty free music tracks in our Soundstripe library, you should definitely check out our Soundstripe app.
What is royalty free music?
Now, before we dive deeper into more royalty free music options and some helpful tips for working with music for Vimeo videos in particular, let’s take a quick step back here. What do you know about the term “royalty free” and what it means for music licensing? If you’re like many beginner content creators, checking out this primer on what royalty free music means might be helpful.
To understand how music royalties work, you need to understand that all music has basic copyrights associated with it. These copyrights extend to both the composer of the music as well as the musicians who recorded the music. And if you want to use any music in any short films or other projects, you’ll need to obtain permission from the copyright owners.
Royalty free music can be a great option for your feature films simply because it’s easy to find and use. Soundstripe’s music is composed and recorded by Grammy-winning artists who know (and truly care) about making great music for all types of films and video content.
Our top playlists for royalty free music for Vimeo videos
With that boring stuff about music licensing terms behind us, let’s get back to what you’re really here for—checking out awesome, royalty free music that would be perfect for your Vimeo videos. And while there’s no exact right or wrong music track for your videos, some styles and genres of music might be ideal for Vimeo in particular.
To give you an understanding of what we’re talking about and some options to browse, here are some curated playlists for you to review.
Description: Personal favorites chosen by the smiling staffers at Soundstripe.
Description: Personal favorite indie tracks chosen by the smiling staffers at Soundstripe.
Description: Inspiring soundtracks that highlight a positive life change.
Description: Vibey, understated Pop songs
Cinematic Staff Picks Playlist
Description: The smiling staffers at Soundstripe chose their personal favorite cinematic tracks.
There is always going to be more music to listen to, though, so if you’d like to keep the good vibes rolling, check out these additional playlists here.
Tips for using royalty free music with your Vimeo videos
Now that we’ve given you some helpful definitions and plenty of high quality royalty free music to consider for your Vimeo videos, let’s leave with you some simple—but effective—tips to keep in mind when working with royalty free music in your Vimeo videos.
- Vimeo’s audience is more filmmaking-focused, so consider looking for more cinematic and moody music selections.
- Consider using multiple music tracks in your videos; don’t rely on one song from start to finish.
- Try experimenting with different lengths for your music with Soundstripe AI Song Editor to perfectly fit your track to your slow motion clip.
- Consider adding royalty free sound effects to your videos to make them more impactful and cinematic.
- Watch lots of Vimeo Staff Picks and try to shoot for a selection yourself.
For that last tip in particular, if you aren’t familiar with Vimeo Staff Picks, it’s truly a great film director resource for any aspiring filmmakers or content creators. If you’d like to get inspiration and ideas for your own projects, check out some Vimeo staff picks submissions before you start uploading your own videos.