background music for animations

[carlotristan3d]

Where do you guys usually go for your animation background music?

[Scott Schroeder]

I usually get royalty free music as much as I can.

 

http://freesolopiano.com/artists-a-b/

 

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html?genre=Classical

 

Sometimes, if there is a song that I like and it's a less known or smaller local band, I'll ask them directly for rights. I've seen some animations from companies that have used major bands like U2 and I don't think they asked them for the rights, so I don't know about violating digital rights and how that fits into this area. I'm sure it's not all too legal to use copyright music without artist consent.

[Sketchrender]

as far as I know you can use an music once it is under 30 seconds.

 

 

I usually get royalty free music as much as I can.

 

http://freesolopiano.com/artists-a-b/

 

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html?genre=Classical

 

Sometimes, if there is a song that I like and it's a less known or smaller local band, I'll ask them directly for rights. I've seen some animations from companies that have used major bands like U2 and I don't think they asked them for the rights, so I don't know about violating digital rights and how that fits into this area. I'm sure it's not all too legal to use copyright music without artist consent.

[carlotristan3d]

Thanks Scott, those are some cool sounds. Thanks for that info phillip, but i'd rather err on the side of caution. I'm very careful in what i put in my work these days, you never know when you're infringing on someone else's IP.