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    Background Music Licenses and Credits

    The license, artist and source of every track in the ScreenKite background music library, and the credit line to use when you publish.

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    Every track in the ScreenKite background music library is Creative Commons music from Wikimedia Commons. You can use the tracks in personal and commercial videos, including monetized videos. Most licenses are CC BY. CC BY requires a credit line where you publish the video.

    How to credit a track

    Put one line in the video description, the end credits, or the post text:

    Music: "Placid Ambient" by MusicLFiles, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), via Wikimedia Commons
    
    • Use the artist and license from the table below.
    • Link the license. The license links are in the Licenses section.
    • Tracks marked CC0 do not need a credit.
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    Some platforms ask for track details when you upload. Give the track name, the artist, the license and the source link from the table.

    Track list

    CategoryTrackArtistLicenseSource
    Lo-FiLofi Hip Hop UpbeatraspberrymusicCC BY 4.0Commons
    Lo-FiPerspectiveSappheirosCC BY 3.0Commons
    Lo-FiLofi DaydreamCaden CurrieCC BY 3.0Commons
    AmbientPlacid AmbientMusicLFilesCC BY 4.0Commons
    AmbientThe Long DarkScott BuckleyCC BY 3.0Commons
    AmbientDrifting AmbientBrenticusCC BY 3.0Commons
    AmbientMemoryOleg Mazur (Free Music)CC BY 3.0Commons
    InstrumentalSoft CorporateMusicLFilesCC BY 4.0Commons
    InstrumentalCattailsKevin MacLeodCC BY 3.0Commons
    InstrumentalChildhoodSascha EndeCC BY 4.0Commons
    InstrumentalClean SoulKevin MacLeodCC BY 3.0Commons
    ElectronicSpiritual AmbientMusicLFilesCC BY 4.0Commons
    ElectronicRetrowaveraspberrymusicCC BY 4.0Commons
    ElectronicTechnologyraspberrymusicCC BY 3.0Commons
    ElectronicSpace EnergyWinnieTheMoogCC BY 4.0Commons
    CinematicEpic TrailerRafael KruxCC BY 4.0Commons
    CinematicDramatic TrailerRafael KruxCC BY 4.0Commons
    CinematicBlockbuster TrailerSascha EndeCC BY 4.0Commons
    CinematicInspiring EpicraspberrymusicCC BY 3.0Commons
    CorporateInspiring AdvertisingRafael KruxCC BY 4.0Commons
    CorporateAmbient CorporateWinnieTheMoogCC BY 4.0Commons
    CorporateInspire ActionYuri MegisCC BY 4.0Commons
    CorporateInspiring TeaserRafael KruxCC BY 4.0Commons
    PianoStudy and RelaxKevin MacLeodCC BY 4.0Commons
    PianoSnow DropKevin MacLeodCC BY 3.0Commons
    PianoSoporificKevin MacLeodCC BY 3.0Commons
    PianoQuiet KeysClavier MusicCC0Commons
    JazzJazz BluesSerolilloCC BY 2.5Commons
    JazzRadio MartiniKevin MacLeodCC BY 3.0Commons
    JazzJazz in the ParkManwithmetalpigCC0Commons
    JazzParisianKevin MacLeodCC BY 3.0Commons
    UpbeatHappy AlleyKevin MacLeodCC BY 3.0Commons
    UpbeatCarefreeKevin MacLeodCC BY 3.0Commons
    UpbeatMonkeys Spinning MonkeysKevin MacLeodCC BY 3.0Commons
    UpbeatHappy and SunnySascha EndeCC BY 4.0Commons

    Quiet Keys: Commons marks this track CC0. The original upload is on Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License. No credit is required.

    Licenses

    • CC BY 4.0
    • CC BY 3.0
    • CC BY 2.5
    • CC0

    Copyright claims

    ScreenKite has not registered these tracks in any Content ID system. If a platform flags a video that uses a library track, dispute the claim and give the source link and the license from this page.

    Related Guides

    • Background Music
    • Export Settings β€” format and quality options for your final video
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