Genre

Acoustic Ambient Blues Children Cinematic Classical Corporate Country Electronic Fantasy Folk Funk Hip Hop Holiday Indie Jazz Latin Lofi & Chill Beats Lounge Metal Pop Reggae Retro Rock Singer-Songwriter Soul & RnB World

Mood

Angry Carefree Dark Dramatic Epic Exciting Funny Groovy Happy Hopeful Love Mysterious Peaceful Playful Powerful Sad Scary Serious Tense Uplifting

Documentary

Business Commercial Documentary Education Fashion Food Gaming Horror Intros & Logos Kids Landscape Lifestyle Nature Party Podcast Road Trip Science Sport & Fitness Technology Trailer Travel Urban Vlog Weddings

Instrument

Acoustic Guitar Bass Bells Brass Choir Drums & Percussion Electric Guitar Guitar Harp Organ Piano Strings Synth Ukulele Vocals Woodwinds

Length

Under 1 min 1–3 min 3–5 min Over 5 min

Library

Documentary ✕Clear all

Documentary music

9,850 tracks

9,850 free documentary tracks from 18 libraries. 9,147 are cleared for monetized videos, and 8,291 need no credit line.

Riser #42 - Medieval / Witcher
Tri-Tachyon · OpenGameArt.org · epic · fantasy
CC BY 4.0· commercial ok · credit
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Historic Renaissance music from 1597: If my complaints could passions move by John Dowland
Of Far Different Nature · OpenGameArt.org · medieval
CC0 1.0· commercial ok · no credit
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History Of Innovation
Media M · TunePocket · corporate · inspirational
PaidTunePocket membership · no credit
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Throne Room
Of Far Different Nature · OpenGameArt.org · epic · orchestral
CC BY 4.0· commercial ok · credit
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News Jingle Weather Report
BM_XT · OpenGameArt.org
CC BY 4.0· commercial ok · credit
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Making History
Pro Sensory · OpenGameArt.org · jazz
CC0 1.0· commercial ok · no credit
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Tense Situations
JSKNYC · OpenGameArt.org
CC BY 3.0· commercial ok · credit
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War Victory Newsreel
Tunepocket Exclusive · TunePocket · film score · orchestra
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''Overworld - History 1''
Spring Spring · OpenGameArt.org
CC BY 3.0· commercial ok · credit
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Historyremix
Tozan · OpenGameArt.org
CC0 1.0· commercial ok · no credit
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History (midi song)
megupets · OpenGameArt.org · rock
CC0 1.0· commercial ok · no credit
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News Reel (With Retro Cinema Effect)
Tunepocket Exclusive · TunePocket · film score · orchestra
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Epic Journay Through History
Rookie1175 · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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Panzax - Northern History
robinpanzax123 · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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Coffee Addict (NewSchooled)
NewSchool · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA, version not stated by Audiotool)· non-commercial · credit
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Forever Loved (NewSchooled)
NewSchool · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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Old Times Newsreel Music
Tunepocket Exclusive · TunePocket · film score · orchestra
PaidTunePocket membership · no credit
2:19Get
EVERYDAY ANYONE (NewSchooled)
NewSchool · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
3:25Get
IUPTV NEWS Drums
mgkupris · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
0:39Get
Retro Newsroom Ambience
Tunepocket Sfx · TunePocket
PaidTunePocket membership · no credit
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Prolong
dtmm (old: hellomynameis) · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
4:19Get
you (NewSchooled)
NewSchool · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
3:58Get
Busy Newsroom Ambience
Tunepocket Sfx · TunePocket
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history
Антон Бреич · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
5:44Get
hiphop newstyle
hiphop83 · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
2:56Get
newsong4beatintro290713
bugs · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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Soup
Mazerati · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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Historic Gun Battle War Ambience Loop
Tunepocket Exclusive · TunePocket
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NewSkype
remota · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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good news
x-the-monsta · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
5:21Get
I Made It
ThuhRealZay · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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I Have a Dream
AdrianPasten · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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Historic Town Square Ambience Background
Tunepocket Exclusive · TunePocket
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The Documentary
Lino_Elroy · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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Dust in History (INZANATE Remix)
Nicolas Shinn · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
2:24Get
Bad News
L3G3ND4IR · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA, version not stated by Audiotool)· non-commercial · credit
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Historic Town Square Ambience Background 2
Tunepocket Exclusive · TunePocket
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Better Sounds (NES Version)
Snabisch · OpenGameArt.org
CC BY 3.0· commercial ok · credit
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Breaking News
Q19 · Audiotool · other
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)· commercial ok · credit
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Where documentary music is used

Documentaries, history channels, video essays and news features.

Good fit for: Documentary makers and essayists who need music that supports narration.

Licenses in this category

Public Domain83%
CC BY 4.07%
CC BY-NC 2.54%
CC BY-NC-ND 4.01%
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY, version not stated by Audiotool)1%

Green: commercial use allowed. Amber: non-commercial only.

Where these tracks come from

UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive8,511 tracks · 8,161 OK for monetized videos
ENDE.APP (formerly Filmmusic.io)578 tracks · 578 OK for monetized videos
Wikimedia Commons158 tracks · 158 OK for monetized videos
Tabletop Audio137 tracks · 0 OK for monetized videos

How to credit a documentary track

Every track has its own credit line, ready to copy. Press Get on a track and it’s at the top of the page, with a Copy button.

Example only · News Theme, Incompetech

"News Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Documentary music

Where documentary music is used

Licenses in this category

Where these tracks come from

How to credit a documentary track

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