Royalty Free Music for Game Developers

If you found this page, you probably wondered at some point, "Why is it called Royalty Free Music when none of it is FREE?!" and maybe you already learned the definition of Royalty Free does not necessarily mean the content itself is free but rather refers to the "right to use copyrighted material without the need to pay license fees or usage fees."

To put it simply, Royalty Free just means you don't have to pay to use the content. So why do so many people charge for it, and isn't that exactly the opposite of what Royalty Free means? Obviously artists and content makers who spend a lot of effort making something should be rewarded for their time, but in my opinion, they should not use the term "Royalty Free" to refer to their paid content.

That is why I developed a FREE Royalty Free Music for YouTube Library for anyone and everyone who is looking for free professional music to use in their films, television shows, youtube promos, video games, you get the picture.

How to Download

To begin, simply choose a category of music from the list on the website linked above:

Once you have selected your desired category of music, hover your mouse or finger over it and click the red button that appears to open up a small window with a media player in it that will look something like this:

Click a song to listen to it, and click the down arrow to download the song, it's that easy!

Licensing & Copyright Information

If you like the song and you want to use it in a non-commercial project (something that does not earn you money) you can do that for free simply by attributing me in your credits somewhere! Just put "Music by Jordan Winslow on https://jordanwinslow.me/royaltyfreemusic" or simply "Music Downloaded from https://jordanwinslow.me/royaltyfreemusic"

If you would like to use the music in a commercial project (something that earns you money) there is still no charge, but one more step: simply fill out the Royalty Free Music Commercial License Request Form.

Downloading Free Royalty Free Music for your YouTube creations has never been so easy!

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Hi Jordan,

First off, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY IN SHARING YOUR MUSICAL CREATIONS!! You have some really nice sounds (I still need to explore them more though). I also appreciate your short, but very clear, explanations in your opening paragraphs. Again thank you.

Glad to be of service, devbyskc! It's worth it just for the pure fact that you are listening to them ?

On 8/20/2018 at 5:50 PM, mroberti said:

Jordan, OMFG your work is amazing and I have no problem fronting you some $$ for your trouble. Paypal addy? Lemme know! I'd love to support your work. Bandcamp or Soundcloud account too? I could buy some of your stuff there too if you'd like.

Thanks again for your work and talent! Super generous of you.

That "OMFG" comment is all the payment I need to make it worth it my friend :-)

I know that the best way to start off a new friendship and meet people is by helping them out so that's why I made this resource. 

Not going to act like I'm too well-off to accept donations though haha. I added a Donate button to the website under the music categories icon since a few people suggested it. 

My Soundcloud is more of the same, nothing for sale there but here is the link https://soundcloud.com/jordanwinslow

Let me know if you are ever looking for a particular type of song for one of your projects that you don't find on my website, and if I have the time I will design it for free and upload it to my website.

Wow looks awesome.  Bookmarked it for when our project reaches the point we can use music, listened to a few tracks and you do really nice work!  Thanks for all your hard work.