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Score Royalty-Free Background Music for Any Video, for Free

Give a video real production polish with a custom soundtrack instead of a stock loop everyone recognizes. Generate an original, royalty-free track that matches the video's mood, then mix and export the finished cut, entirely on free-tier tools.

Time Required

45–60 min

Expected Result

A finished, exported video with an original background track mixed at the right level, with zero licensing risk and zero spend.

Recommended Tools

1

Describe the mood you need

In Mubert, describe the scene: energetic and upbeat for a product demo, calm and ambient for a tutorial, tense for a trailer cut. Generate 2-3 options and pick the one that fits the pacing of your footage.

Mubert
2

Download the track

Download the generated track as MP3 on Mubert's free tier. Note that free-tier tracks are personal, non-commercial use only, if this is for a client or monetized channel, budget for the Creator plan.

Mubert
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3

Import and edit your video

Bring your raw footage into Clipchamp. Trim, cut, and arrange your clips on the timeline first, so you know exactly how long your soundtrack needs to be.

Clipchamp
4

Mix in the soundtrack

Add the Mubert track to a new audio layer under your video. Duck the music volume during any dialogue or voiceover sections, and fade it in/out at the start and end.

Clipchamp
5

Export and publish

Export at 1080p with no watermark on Clipchamp's free plan. Your finished video now has an original score instead of a stock track viewers have heard a hundred times.

Clipchamp
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