Here is a list to get good quality Royalty Free Music for little to no price.

Places to Get Music Free:

Musopen ~The users of this site aggregate sheet music and recordings of classical pieces in the public domain. This is probably the best site out there for public domain classical music recordings.

Incompetech ~The King of royalty free music, Kevin MacLeod. His stuff is under the Creative Commons like most of the stuff here. While his stuff is overused, there is a reason for this. It's good. much of his older work is free.

Tim Beek ~In a similar vein to Kevin Macleod, Tim is also a composer who specialized in making royalty free music.

PacDv ~This seems pretty legit. The music sounds good and he does sound effects too, all he asks is for you to credit him.

Audionautix.com ~This stuff isn't too bad, and all you need to do is credit him. I don't know how large his selection is though.

YouTube ~It appears YouTube has a royalty free music library for creators to use.

ccMixer ~A small library of music; the overall quality of the music is pretty good, just try to look past the ugly CSS.

ccTrax ~A library of mostly house, new age, and general electronic music. The licensing varies from album to album, but much of it is under the creative commons license, and free to download.

SoundCloud ~I cannot stress enough that not everything on SoundCloud is Royalty Free, most of it isn't. But there are artists on SoundCloud who do create and share royalty-free music on the platform.

MixKit ~Created by the people at Envato Elements, this is a great source for royalty free music, sounds, stock footage, and more.

Pixabay ~Similar to MixKit, this is also a great source for sounds, royalty free music, stock footage, and more.

FreePD ~A nice selection of royalty free music all licensed under the Creative Commons License. How do you feel about Emojis?

Fesliyan Studios ~A modest selection of royalty free music all licensed under the Creative Commons License. They have sound effects as well.

Liborio Conti ~A small selection of royalty free music created by composer Liborio Conti. I find his EMDR ethereal compositions particularly interesting.

Sound Image ~A small selection of royalty free music created by Eric Matyas. He has sound effects available as well.

Internet Archive ~This is a great tool all around. This is a website that aggregates free materials from across the web. While not everything is royalty-free or public domain, it isn't hard to search for material that is royalty free. You can find anything from music to audio dramas and old radio broadcasts.

Places to Get Music For a Fee:

Music Loops ~ From what I've seen, not a bad site. A lot of the music is cheap in price, and the quality is higher than many of the other sites on the list.

Royalty Free Music ~ These are fairly high in quality, and tend to have longer running times. Super expensive though, I would only recommend this if you have money you don't mind burning.

MachinimaSound ~ While having a history based in video game media, they've opened their gates a bit more. The music tends to be cheap in price, and they have multiple options for licencing. They have a smaller selection though.

Incompetech ~ Kevin MacLeod again. Much of his newer work is available for a small price and is no longer free entirely, if you find the price acceptable, you can grab it, its still royalty free.

Free Music Archive ~The site is a bit difficult to navigate, and the prices of music vary from piece to piece, but the quality is pretty strong.

Jamendo ~High quality music with fairly affordable pricing options. They offer a monthly subscription option if you want to pay $50 a month for brickfilm music?

Icons8 ~High quality music with fairly affordable pricing options. They also offer a monthly subscription option that's a lot more forgiving.

BeatPick ~High quality music, several pricing options based on what you need.

WorldHipHop Beats ~A collection of hip hop pieces under the creative commons license. They're pretty affordable too.

Here is a list of places to get good quality Sound for little to no price.

Places to Get Sounds Free:

The Freesound Project ~ This site has a pretty large library and a lot of good content. The quality varies as there numerous contributors, but its fairly dependable, and well used by the Brickfilmer community. An account is necessary to download.

Brickfilms.com Resources ~ Lovely collection here, small, yes. But they are good quality.

Bargus ~Fairly sure these are free, but they sound good, and they are under the creative commons.

GDC Audio Bundle(s) ~ This is a little different. Soniss is a royalty-free-for-a-fee site that has recently started doing an annual dump of royalty-free sound effects to celebrate GDC. They are high quality and come in a large collection, so feel free to grab it and sift around, or dig around online for the batch from the previous year.

SoundBible ~A small high quality library here.

SoundJay ~A surprisingly robust high quality library.

99Sounds ~A series of sound effect bundles, you can get them for free but you're encouraged to donate. They also supply free plugins for FL Studio and other tools.

BBC Sound Effects ~A sound library free for non-commercial use courtesy of the BBC.

Zapsplat ~An incredibly wide variety of free high quality sounds. Licensing may vary on these, so be sure to check that the sound you want is under the creative commons license before you download. You download both individual sounds and sound packs here. You are required to make an account.

GameSounds ~An aggregation of sound effects that are royalty free and in one place. Some of the other sources from this list make an appearance here.

FreeSFX ~An wide variety of free high quality sound effects. You are required to make an account.

SoundGator ~A small but varied library of free high quality sounds. You are required to have an account.

American University Audio Library ~A collection of sound effect bundles, courtesy of the school.

PlayOnLoop ~A small collection of sound effects, both in bundle and in individual download form.

SoundEffects+ ~A small collection of sound effects. Quality seems good. A bit disorganized.

The Adobe Sound Library ~An audio library of free sounds provided by Adobe for users of Adobe Audition and other Adobe products.

The Facebook Sound Library ~An audio library of free sounds commissioned by Facebook in order to foster creativity.

MixKit ~Created by the people at Envato Elements, this is a great source for sounds, royalty free music, stock footage, and more.

Pixabay ~Similar to MixKit, this is also a great source for sounds, royalty free music, stock footage, and more.

Fesliyan Studios ~A fair selection of sound effects all licensed under the Creative Commons License. They have music as well.

Places to Get Sounds for a Fee:

SoundSnap ~These are incredibly good, but pricey. They seem to be shifting from a pay-per-sound model to a monthly subscription. 

SoundDogs ~They are priced per sound, but they are never the less, good.

Audio Jungle ~Formerly Soungle, high quality sound effects library, with pretty forgiving prices.

FreeSoundEffects ~A moderate-sized library of generally good quality sounds, at varying prices.

SoundsCrate ~A collection of sound effects, payment is done through a subscription service.

Although this is the place to get royalty free music in a hurry, finding a composer has proven to be hard as well.
(Please note that custom musical compositions take time, do not contact a composer for music you need in a hurry. Please also note that site members come and go as they like, and there is no non-invasive way to ensure that all members listed here are still active. If you reach out and don't hear back in a few weeks, it may be best to assume that member is not active on the forum at this time.)
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Tom Gudde T.G-Tom
A respected member and an experienced composer, Tom is a well appreciated member who has made a return to BricksinMotion recently. Tom composes for a variety of people but composes only if your work is decent, so don't just throw anything his way.
Thread ~ SampleA ~ SampleB ~Profile

Spencer Olson OlsonStudios
Also a well known member, Spencer composes for most brickfilmers provided the work is quality.
SampleA ~ SampleB ~Profile

Dylan Johnson Dyland
A fairly old member, Dyland composes orchestral, electronic, piano, and psychedelic rock soundtracks. He will compose regardless of the content of the film under the condition that he see it before composing.
SampleA ~ SampleB ~ SampleC ~Profile

Gabriel Ness megagill74
Gabriel is a newer member, and mainly composes orchestral and classical music. He composes for brickfilmers provided the work is quality. He will not compose for work containing explicit content.
SampleA ~ SampleB ~Profile

Jonathan Ormandy Cooked Cat
A fairly regular member, Jonathan and a friend of his have been composing for a while now. Jon is willing to try many genres but prefers fast paced work. He will compose for you under the condition that he can see the work first.
SampleA ~ SampleB ~Profile

Guy Commanderson If I Were A Minifig
Guy is an active member of BiM. While preferring orchestral music, he is flexible and willing to try other genres and types. Except for rap music.
SampleA ~ SampleB ~Profile

Kristóf Fekete-Kovács Arginnon
Arginnon is a fairly active member and has been around for a while. He composes electronic music.
SampleA ~ SampleB ~Profile
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If you are a musician and want to get noticed for what you do. Feel free to drop me a PM or post in here. Make sure to include:

• Your Username or the name you go by.

• What type of music do you mainly compose or like to compose (orchestral, electronic, piano)

• Some examples of your work

• Exceptions or requirements before you compose (Ex. I only compose for certain members, I want to see your work first...)

Important

• FreeplayMusic, while advertised as a source of free music for struggling filmmakers and artists, has been accused in multiple court cases as recently as 2019 of being a "copyright troll". They have engaged for a long time in a bait and switch scheme where they advertise their music as free to use, and then slam the artist with outrageous licensing fees upon use in what amounts to an extortion racket. In 2017, they modified their terms of service, claiming now that use of their music on YouTube for personal and non-commercial projects is now allowed for free. Use at your own discretion. Despite their adjusted and more forgiving terms, they were an extortion racket, and seeing that their music is still not technically royalty free I see no reason to invest my trust in them. If their music is truly that good to you, go ahead, but I would tread lightly and carefully.

• Findsounds is a search engine, not a library. They themselves note that they do not know the licensing information around the sounds that appear on their site. You can use the "view page" function on their site per sound to see licensing information yourself, but I would recommend looking elsewhere for sounds. At any rate, the other options are faster than license hunting for one sound at a time.

If you have anything to add, please list it in the comments.

Last edited by RealBrick (July 31, 2022 (12:11pm))