The Best Royalty Free Classical Music for Videos - 10 Timeless Compositions to Elevate Your Content
Jourdan Aldredge
Aug 21, 2024
When looking for the best genre of music for your videos, there’s a lot to consider. There are so many different types of songs to choose from these days. And, as is the case with Soundstripe, you also have more flexibility with your tracks than ever before, with different stems and versions to explore.
Perhaps the best way to find the right music for your videos is not to overthink it. Keep things simple, memorable, and classic. One of the most popular genres of music, which spans all types of content creation, is classical music.
If you’re looking for classical music to provide the bedrock of your videos, whether as an intro or outro song, background music to play throughout, or a way to add impact to a short segment, then you came to the right place.
Let’s explore some of our top royalty free classical music recommendations for your videos. We’ll provide some specific track selections and curated playlists and further explore how royalty free music from Soundstripe, in particular, can elevate your videos with a classic approach.
10 top royalty free classical music songs for videos
Alright, let’s explore some of the best royalty free classical music for videos. Keep in mind that there are going to be a lot of different options in this genre. Classical music is sort of a catch-all term that covers a lot of sub-genres and styles.
However, if you're looking for music that will evoke that feeling of “classical” music and the regal, romantic, and eternal qualities of classical music, here are some of our top selections, which range in orchestral instruments like violins, cellos, pianos, and more.
- Description: A low-energy, classical song best described as quirky and romantic. Woodwinds and percussion are the primary instruments in this track.
- BPM: 134
- Key: A Major
- Description: A medium-energy, classical song best described as happy and hopeful. Strings and violin are the primary instruments in this track.
- BPM: 120
- Key: A Major
- Description: A very low-energy, classical song best described as calm and reflective. The piano is the primary instrument in this track.
- BPM: 60
- Key: Ab/G# Major
- Description: A medium-energy, classical song best described as reflective and hopeful. Piano and horns are the primary instruments in this track.
- BPM: 100
- Key: C Minor
- Description: A medium-energy, classical song best described as suspenseful and reflective. Strings and violin are the primary instruments in this track.
- BPM: 108
- Key: F Minor
- Description: A low-energy, classical song best described as calm and reflective. The piano is the primary instrument in this track.
- BPM: 112
- Key: Eb/D# Major
- Description: A medium-energy, classical song best described as romantic and reflective. Strings and violin are the primary instruments in this track.
- BPM: 45
- Key: Ab/G# Major
- Description: A low-energy, classical song best described as calm and sad. Strings and violin are the primary instruments in this track.
- BPM: 68
- Key: Gb/F# Minor
- Description: A low-energy, classical song best described as hopeful and calm. The piano is the primary instrument in this track.
- BPM: 106
- Key: Ab/G# Major
- Description: A low-energy, classical song best described as happy and inspiring. The piano is the primary instrument in this track.
- BPM: 116
- Key: Eb/D# Major
Those are just some of our top selections, though. If you want to explore more royalty free classical music downloads, check out our music on the Soundstripe app.
What is royalty free music?
Since we’ve mentioned it a few times, let’s quickly go over what “royalty free” music means if you aren’t familiar with the term. First, it’s important to understand that music—as all art—has copyrights associated with it.
All songs have copyrights that extend both to the composing artists and to the recording artists. And if you’d like to use any music in any content or videos, you’ll need to legally license the use of the music for your projects and fairly compensate the artists themselves.
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, here’s a full guide to what royalty free music is and how it works, as well as some other helpful resources for understanding the nuances of copyrighted music and how to license music for video.
Our top playlists of royalty free classical music for video
Now that we’ve covered some basics about what royalty free music means and how copyrights work, let’s get back to the music. If you’re still looking for royalty free classical music to use in your videos, we have some more curated playlist recommendations which should give you even more timeless classical music options to explore.
Description: Piano ONLY. maybe pads.
Description: Modern Orchestral Score tracks trending among our members who create video content for Documentaries.
Description: Fall in love with these cinematic tracks
Description: Score inspired by the Harry Potter film franchise
Description: More understated score to support scenes with dialogue.
These playlists above feature different instrument arrangements and styles of classical music, but they should all be great options for your various video and content needs. However, if you still feel like you need to search for more classical music tracks, you can explore royalty free music playlists here, too.
Tips for adding royalty free classical music to your videos
Once you’ve found the right classical music for your video, adding classical music to your videos is actually quite easy. That’s simply because classical music—by its nature—is always a great choice for any type of video or audio content.
Now, there are a lot of reasons for this, but here are some of the main reasons why royalty free classical music is always a great option for your videos:
- Classical music is (usually) easy to find and license
- Classical music is timeless and evergreen
- Classical music can set a location or scene
- Classical music can help develop a theme
- Classical music has built-in pathos
These bullet points actually come from a more in-depth article which we’d recommend where we explore creative ways to orchestrate the impact of your content with classical music. At the end of the day though, there are no right or wrong answers about which tracks to choose and how to use them.