Thursday, January 15, 2026

Music - my fave Kevin MacLeod compositions

 From a discussion on reddit:

The question was about finding "copyright free" music for a short film.

My response:

Copyright free gives you restricted options and it may be hard to find. Consider copyrighted music with filmmaker-friendly licensing. incompetech.com is Kevin MacLeod's library with Creative Commons Attribution. Use his music for free on condition of giving the appropriate credit which would work for a short film. For some of my indie projects I pay Kevin USD 30 per song for an even more flexible license. Kevin explains this very well at:

https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/faq.html

Recent example (August 2025) of my 48 Hours Competition short film with free use by attribution:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkSVFcNHuqY 
Attribution credit at 2min 02sec

My Kevin MacLeod faves - from this search form:
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Intrepid (Eerie, Mysterious, Somber, Dark)

Grim Idol (Action, Dark, Grooving)

Misuse (Dark, Driving, Mysterious)

Professor Umlaut (Driving, Humorous, Suspenseful)

Black Vortex (Action, Aggressive, Dark, Driving, Epic, Intense, Suspenseful)

The Snow Queen (Mysterious, Mystical)

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