Our latest update to PremiumBeat’s royalty free music library will save you precious time once spent scrolling through song after song for your edit. With the release of our latest new features, you no longer have to blindly listen to tracks before downloading comps and making a purcha

We’ve curated a royalty-free music playlist to match one of this year’s rising creative trends — rococo. Stay on top of the trend with these rich classical tracks. Each year, Shutterstock takes an in-depth look at what’s happening in the creative world to forecast top emerging trends. One

Worried about getting a copyright strike on your YouTube channel? Make sure you’re using the right copyright-free music and following these rules. Music is an integral part of any video. It’s important for engaging your viewers, conveying emotion, and driving momentum.  But just becaus

Electrify your footage with our music team’s favorite new royalty free tracks. This is as fresh as it gets. Feast your ears on the latest and greatest additions to PremiumBeat’s ever-growing library of best-in-class royalty-free music. With new tunes from established contributors and

Hear how your video can benefit from great intro music, then take a listen to our curated list of royalty-free intro music tracks. The obvious benefits of thoughtfully selected intro music are, well, obvious. Intro music helps your work register as more professional. It catches your viewer

Give your edit more depth and polish by using royalty-free transition music over your cuts. Flicker cuts, time ramps, whip pans — there are seemingly infinite effective visual transitions available to videographers grinding away in the editing suite. All of these techniques are pretty slic

For every visual design trend, there’s a royalty-free music trend to match. We combed our tracks to find the rising sounds that are shaping 2019’s creative landscape. We’re halfway through 2019, which means it’s the perfect time to revisit the popular Creative Trend

Use experimental ambient royalty-free tracks to put your project in the same category as today’s most talked-about films in 2019. Superheroes will always rise and fall to the sounds of bombastic brass sections, and we will always cheer. The historical figures of high-brow Oscar-bait

Energize your video projects with our favorite new royalty-free tracks. Pop in your earbuds and explore a brand-new batch of bouncing beats, blistering rockers, and breezy ambient tracks. Don’t think of this as a simple invitation to hear the latest additions to our royalty-free musi

Activate audience empathy and make your moments matter more with sad royalty-free music. Sad music is one of the most dependable tools available to film and video creators. Songs rich with mournful minor keys and deliberate downtempo stillness (like those found in the curated playlist at t

Create intimate ambiance, stir things up, or slow things down in your next project with these sensual royalty-free tracks. Whether you’re picking a soundtrack for a photo slideshow, heating up your sizzle reel, shooting the fifty-first shade of gray, or even working on a wedding vide

Use the free-form tones of atmospheric royalty-free music to spotlight emotion in your scenes. In 1978, legendary iconoclast Brian Eno released Ambient 1: Music for Airports. With four lengthy tracks of layered tape loops, it’s an experience of sound on sound on sound. Music for Airp

These evocative, scene-setting royalty-free tracks will effortlessly add impact to your establishing shots. Establishing shots are vital components of most video and film projects. They help to orient the audience by providing a wealth of information about the scene to come. For example, t

Find the perfect tense or eerie synth soundtrack for your epic sci-fi film with these royalty free songs. When shooting sci-fi films, there are a few key things you should take into account. You want to make sure you establish the right look. We have previously discussed five ways you can

Want to make your next unboxing vid stand out from the crowd? These stylish tunes will do the trick. Cover image via Shutterstock. Image via Shutterstock. Just one look on YouTube, and it’s plain to see: unboxing videos are a big deal. For every highly anticipated product that gets release

See what goes into crafting a great podcast soundtrack, then take a listen to our hand-picked list of royalty free podcast music tracks. Cover image via Shutterstock. Image via Shutterstock. Whether it’s Pop Culture Happy Hour’s comforting guitar-strumming intro or the low-key drumbeat of

After a complete redesign and rebuild, the new PremiumBeat website now brings you the best curated, royalty-free music faster than ever. To say we have launched a new PremiumBeat website is an understatement. From responsive design to new color scheme, we completely rebuilt the site with our

In their Creative Trends 2018 report, Shutterstock reveals the most-searched keywords for royalty-free footage and music. All images via Shutterstock. Whether you sell them stock footage or simply license royalty-free video clips and music, the global marketplace Shutterstock has released th

Royalty-free music to calm the soul. This playlist is perfect for meditation videos and more. Cover image via Shutterstock. It’s an interesting paradox that ambient soundtracks — with music that’s often designed to subtly establish mood and texture — end up having a big impact on vie

Listen to this collection of curated royalty-free synthwave tracks. Find the perfect score for your ’80s flashbacks, horror, sci-fi, and fantasy videos. All images via Shutterstock. Based on our own data, in tandem with Shutterstock’s Creative Trends 2018 report, synthwave is r