Q&A

Tim Beek's royalty free music library for games, film, and video. You can listen in the library, download some tracks for free with credit, buy a track or a pack, subscribe for ongoing library access, or buy the Complete Library as it stands today. For custom music check Custom Music.

A free download is only on tracks offered under Creative Commons, and it requires credit. Buying a track or a pack is a permanent purchase of that track or that collection. The €5/month subscription lets you download tracks and packs while you stay subscribed. The Complete Library is a separate one-time purchase of the catalogue at the moment you buy it. Custom Music is none of these. It is music written for your project.

Some songs offer different versions of that same song. The main song is often non-loopable and ends with a final note or fade out. There are also other types of versions like a light version or "no melody". When you buy a song you will get all versions included.

For those interested here is a rant:

I know it might be confusing but there is somewhat of a history behind it. I started this website out as a creative commons / royalty free music website. All my music was CC in the past. But at some point I switched to focusing more on video game music. CC music is great for YouTube. Why? Because YouTubers can just put your link in the description. But that does not work well for video games. This is why I switched over to music packs. So then why still use royalty free music? Because I dont want to change the URL. Also, royalty free music is technically true depending on how you look at it. It just means the music is free of having to pay royalties to me. So the word itself is correctly used. However I know a lot of people associate Royalty Free music with Creative commons music.

Only tracks marked Creative Commons (CC Free). You don't have to log in to download them. Go to the Royalty Free Music page and use the filter CC (Free).
They offer only the mp3 version. Each creative commons song offers an optional premium license. If you buy a premium license you will get the .wav download of that song and you don't have to credit me anymore.

Credit is required. Use the line on the track page: "Song name" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com). The track is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

You do not have to credit me. It is a lifetime, non-exclusive, worldwide license for commercial and non-commercial use. You receive the music as WAV or OGG, and a Premium License document. I am not a member of a collecting society, and the music is not registered with one.

Yes, when you buy a Premium track, a pack, or the Complete Library you will get a PDF file as a license.

Yes. You can use it in your own commercial or non-commercial projects, and in media you make for a client, in physical and digital products.

Yes. You can cut it, fade it, change the volume, stretch it, make transitions, or combine it with other work for your end product. You may not sing over it or remix it and then sell or distribute that as your own music.

No. You may not sell or redistribute the music as a track, on its own or in a compilation, including on Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, or iTunes. That includes giving away an unaltered or only lightly edited copy. You also may not claim ownership of the music.

No. You may not claim it through content identification on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, or similar platforms, whether you use the original or an edited version.

No. You may not redistribute it as stock, in a tool or template, or with source files. You also may not put it in an on-demand or build-it-yourself app where an end user customizes a product, unless each of those customers has their own Premium Licence.

While it is active, you can download every published track in Royalty-Free Music and every published pack. It does not include the Complete Library, Complete Library bonus content, or Custom Music. Buying a track or pack outright is still a separate permanent purchase. Downloads stay in your account. Nothing is emailed as the delivery.

You can cancel at any time. Billing is monthly. After you cancel, you cannot download new music through the subscription. Music you already downloaded stays on your computer and stays usable under its licence. Cancelling does not remove a track, pack, or Complete Library you bought.

A Patreon pledge of $5 or more per month gives the same library access as the €5/month site subscription, for as long as that pledge is active. A $1 pledge is support only and does not unlock downloads. Patreon is billed in US dollars on Patreon. The site subscription is billed in euros. The access matches. The price and currency do not have to.

Sign in, open your account dashboard, and choose Connect Patreon. You can also use Log in with Patreon. If that Patreon email already belongs to a Tim Beek account, log in to that account first, then connect. One Patreon account cannot be linked to two Tim Beek accounts.

Yes. A track package and a music pack stay yours. They are not subscriptions, and cancelling a subscription or Patreon does not remove them. A pack is a themed set of tracks, priced lower than buying those tracks one by one. You review the price at checkout before you pay.

It is one purchase of every eligible track in the catalogue at the time you buy, across the published versions and downloadable formats offered then. It is not a subscription. Tracks added after your purchase are not included. You download it from My Music.

When you buy music: Sign in and open My Music. Individual tracks, packs, the Complete Library, and Custom Music each have their own place there. Checkout itself requires an account. You sign in or register before you pay.

When you are a Patreon supporter or subscriber: You are able to download your songs by clicking on the song title and expanding it on the Royalty Free Music.page.

Sign in, or create an account, with the same email, then open the confirmation link from the email. That page attaches those past purchases to the account you are signed into. The link only works with its confirmation token.

Yes. Custom Music is written for your project rather than picked from the library. You can start the chat on the Custom Music page with no account. If you are already signed in, the conversation is in your account inbox. Replies are usually within a few hours. You will get an offer in the conversation before you pay.

All three are for music written for you, and the offer states the price before you pay.

• Premium is included in the offer price. You get a non-exclusive commercial licence. Tim Beek keeps the copyright and may license that music to other people.
• Exclusive adds $20. You get exclusive use. Tim Beek keeps the copyright and will not license that music to someone else in conflict with your exclusive rights.
• Copyright adds $40. The copyright in that composition is transferred to you.

Use the contact form. It is the right place for a licensing question, a custom project, or anything the pages above do not cover.

Yes. You can check out these websites:

• Kevin MacLeod – A lot of creative commons songs!