Royalty Free Music Blog

Background music for training videos is important. New and prospective employees should feel enthusiastic about their training, and the right score in the background is vital to drawing out the right emotions. Whether talking about the dangers of improper lifting or the joy of using the right actuarial chart, training video producers need the right tool for the job. Luckily, SmartSound’s Royalty-Free Music library includes hundreds of appropriate tracks. Just a few off the top include:

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We’ve written a lot about different styles available from SmartSound’s thousands of royalty-free music tracks, but one category that is hard to find is Background Comical Music. Yet there are a lot of videographers making witty, funny videos who might like a broad selection of background music that will keep and enhance the comic feel of their work. The wrong track can easily spoil what might otherwise be a comic masterpiece, if only the audience could connect with it the way the producers intended. Using SmartSound’s Free Music Search, however, it’s easy to find and select just the right track for any comedy.

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Heroes require motivation and what better incentive than epic orchestral music that challenges them, pushes their boundaries and strings their heroic action sequences together seamlessly? Heroic action music is big, bold, epic, powerful, intense and necessary to drive action, create drama, suspense and intrigue.

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Environmental Sound Effects
Sound effects, or ambient sounds, are in many of the scenes you watch. Sound effects create mood, tone, emotion and feeling, or give sound to an action. Music can only take a scene so far; add sound effects and create a legit beach scene with crashing waves or a subway scene with the jarring, screeching sounds of the sub’s brakes. Albums with a diverse collection of sound effects, ambient sounds and environmental sounds are always used for scenes at events, in retail stores and crowded areas, at parties, in fight scenes and battles; there are even sound effects for a kiss, a slap and a laugh, though no one’s bottled the sounds of silence yet.

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Here’s a promise. The following background music will either make you laugh, drum on the table, tap your toes, or take you on a walk down memory lane. Funny background music is ideal for scoring scenes that are whimsical, goofy or simply captivating. Flash your scenes in front of some funny background music and watch what happens.

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Wistful Thinking

Pensive Background Music is dreamy, wistful, thoughtful and revealing and you’ll find Auburn Sky from the Indie Film 01 album a fine choice for a production in need of pensive music. Auburn Sky is an ethereal, soft ballad with a gentle orchestra, guitar and strings. Pensive music is often sparse and minimalistic in its delivery so your visuals remain at the forefront of the drama. The Indie Film 01 album also sports Interpretation; a poignant musical backdrop for a documentary, indie film, spoken narration or memorial with its earthy, gentle and reflective refrain. Spin all ten tracks of this worthy album for memorable, pensive background music.

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I love Suspenseful Background Music that leaves me perched on the edge of my seat with a scream lodged in my throat as I wait for the black-hearted, dynamic villain to appear and grip me with fear and intrigue. Yes, Suspenseful Background Music is a must for dramas, biographies, tributes, documentaries, indie films and even commercials. Thrilling music sets the backdrop for many memorable scenes; think Jack Bauer in the hit TV series 24; Jason Statham in Transporter and today’s current TV favorites—Marvel comic remakes—all ripe with Suspenseful Background Music that sets the heart on fire with its fast-moving, energetic and fear-filled pace.

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Background Jazz Music adds class and style to scenes yearning for a bluesy, grooving rhythm. SmartSound’s royalty-free music adds another layer of sophistication to background jazz tunes that run the gamut from jazz ballads and gypsy jazz to smooth, cool, classic and mellow jazz. Of course, everyone loves the rich strains of trumpet jazz a la Louis Armstrong and SmartSound offers luxurious strains as well. Whatever your preference, SmartSound’s unique jazz music collection features exciting options.

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Background Classical Music SmartSound delivers the highest-quality, award-winning and yes, royalty-free Background Classical Music ever! Scenes and projects benefit greatly from the tender emotions classical music evokes and as it plays gently in the background, it creates a thoughtful, meditative mood for viewers and listeners. Ever wish you could find the ideal Background Classical Music without wasting precious time searching? Well, look no further than the ballad packed album, Artistic Impressions with its quiet blend of piano and simple chamber music arrangements that are ideally suited to meditative, narrator or spoken word projects.

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Background Rock Music is one more way SmartSound excels with exciting options for award-winning, royalty-free music. Whether in need of an indie-rock ballad or a driving, upbeat tune, Background Rock Music rocks! Listen to a few of these tracks and you’re sure to find one ideal for your project. SmartSound has the Background Rock Music theme you need.

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SmartSound is your one-stop shop for award-winning royalty-free music for all of your projects; whether in need of a pulsing news beat or an unfolding story line for a morning show, entertainment news or world news, SmartSound has the broadcast news theme you need.

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Royalty Free Music backgrounds run the gamut from sound effects, such as People and Animals—(Wild Bird wings, Jacuzzi bubbles, parakeets, Animal Band) to beats that underscore the action, the tension, and the excitement.

Album Edge 05:Drums/Rhythm/Pulse brings out the rhythm of your footage with pulse-pounding percussive landscapes, ethnic-flavored beats, and subtle, soothing drum patterns.

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Music is essential for conveying exciting Events onscreen, because music is almost always part of an event in real-life, too. Whether stirring, touching, or nostalgic, music puts the crowd in the mood instantly. Smartsound’s Royalty Free Holiday & Events Music has what it takes to keep the background lively and upbeat for your Event sequence, or to take a leading role. Let the fun begin!

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Did you know Smartsound offers a small selection of free Royalty Free music for YouTube. Specifically available for non-commercial YouTube videos, when you are not using the You-tube video to make money, you are welcome to download customized tracks from these songs.

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