5 Places to get FREE Music for your Game

Note: Please read my other article: "How to get FREE Music for your Game" if you haven't already. It explains everything you need to know about the different types of licensing that these audio sites use.

The audio in your game is very important. It sets the tone for the entire game. Unless you are part of a major development studio, acquiring quality audio assets without breaking the bank can be a real challenge. Here I am giving you a short list of 5 places to get free music for your game.

1. Free Music Archive
Free Music Archive is a great place to find creative commons licensed music. They have a huge selection of audio, spanning every genre you could possibly imagine. If you can't find good tracks on FMA then you must be a damn caveman. Another bonus to this site is their licensing cheat sheet that shows you exactly what is important to you for every license type.

2. Jamendo

Although Jamendo is set up like more of an end-user service, you can still find tons of great assets on this site. Like FMA, there are tons of genres, and artists to coose from. It may take a little digging, but you are guaranteed to find something suited to your project here.

3. Magnatune

Magnatune is one that I personally use, from time to time, when I'm not writing about video game design. The selection isn't quite as extensive as some of the others, but they do have great content. I've used several tracks from here for various Youtube projects with great success.

4. Audiofarm

Audiofarm pulls artists and tracks that are offered under creative commons licenses right from Soundcloud and presents them in a clean and common sense way. I've never used Audiofarm personally, but after researching them for this article, I think I will be using them for some upcoming projects.

5. Opsound

Of all the sites listed, Opsound is one of the easier to navigate. It has a nice, clean,  minimalist design that allows you to browse their content quite efficiently. The same can be said about this site, as all the others. Great artists, great audio, and overall great selection.

I hope this was helpful to all of you reading it. If you use any of these 5 places to get free music for your game, please let me know in the comments.