Free Background Music
Royalty-free instrumental tracks for videos, podcasts, games and streams. No account, no subscription, just a credit — and if the track you need doesn't exist yet, search will offer to generate it with AI — free.
780+ free tracks — growing every day
Free for commercial use
Every track here is AI-generated and quality-checked. Use them under videos, podcasts, games and client work — no royalties, just a credit to BudgetPixel AI. Read the license.
Made to sit under a voice
These are instrumental beds — steady tempo, clean mixes, no vocals — generated at the exact lengths editors ask for, then judged before they're listed.
Scoring a video?
Upload the clip and the audio workshop composes a soundtrack that follows its pacing and mood and matches its length — or writes any track to order, up to 6 minutes. A free account comes with 300 credits a month. Score a video or write a custom track.
Generating from an agent or your own code?
The same music models are available through the MCP connector — connect Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT to your account and call generate_music in a conversation, no API key needed. Prefer code? The developer API exposes them as REST endpoints, metered in the credits your plan already includes. Working in ComfyUI, WordPress or Cursor? The same models ship as plugins. Read the docs
Want full songs?
BudgetPixel also generates complete songs with vocals and lyrics. Explore community music or make your own.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I find free background music for videos and YouTube?
Right here — this library holds hundreds of free instrumental tracks you can search, preview and download without an account: corporate and upbeat beds for explainers, lofi and chillhop for study or vlogs, cinematic and trailer cues for drama, short intro and outro stingers for the top and tail of a video, plus meditation, gaming, phonk, jazz, piano and seasonal music. Every track is royalty-free for commercial work with a simple credit, and if the exact mood or length is missing you can generate it on the spot.
What is royalty-free music, and where can I get it?
Royalty-free means you pay nothing per play, per view or per year — one download covers the track forever, in as many projects as you like, including monetised and client work. It is not the same as public domain: the terms here are CC BY 4.0, which allow commercial use and edits as long as you credit BudgetPixel AI. Everything on this page is free to download, with no subscription.
Can I download background music without a subscription or sign-up?
Yes. Every track downloads immediately as lossless WAV or MP3 with no account, no email, no credit card and no watermark — there is no free trial to start or cancel. A free account is optional: it adds 300 credits a month for making your own — tracks at any length up to 6 minutes, a soundtrack composed for your video, and private results.
Is this music really free for commercial use?
Yes. Every track is royalty-free and cleared for commercial and personal projects — YouTube videos, podcasts, games, streams and client work — with a credit to BudgetPixel AI, the one condition of its CC BY 4.0 license.
Can I embed a track on my website?
Yes. Each track page has an Embed button that copies a small player for any site, and editors that support oEmbed — self-hosted WordPress, Ghost, Notion, Slack — embed the player when you paste the track's link. The audio streams from BudgetPixel and links back to the track.
Will I get copyright claims on YouTube?
BudgetPixel never registers library tracks with Content ID, and because every track is licensed to everyone non-exclusively under CC BY 4.0, no one can hold the exclusive rights Content ID requires. If a claim ever appears, dispute it and cite the track page and its license.
Can I get a track at an exact length?
Yes — that is the specialty here. Describe the track and the length you need (up to 30 seconds free) and AI generates it at exactly that duration. In the audio workshop the same model goes up to 6 minutes, or composes to the length of a video you upload; a free account comes with 300 credits a month.
What format is the music?
Every track downloads as lossless WAV or high-quality MP3 — pick the format on the download button. All tracks are instrumental, mixed to sit well under a voice.
All tracks
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