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You can download these royalty-free and copyright-free music tracks and use them in your multimedia projects (even commercial), such as games, YouTube videos, apps, etc. You just have to add a link to this website patrickdearteaga.com in the credits of your project or wherever you use my music. If you prefer not to credit, visit the licensing section for more info.
All downloadable files of this free non-copyrighted music are in Ogg Vorbis format and are completely ready to loop! This is to make easy its playback in video game engines. You can edit them and convert them to any audio format. If you want the original WAV file, you can get it with a Pro License.
NAME DESCRIPTION LISTEN
Child’s Nightmare
DOWNLOADPlayful and powerful, this tune goes well with platform games.
The Biggest Discovery
DOWNLOADMystery music to enhance your most enigmatic scenes.
No Place For Straw Cowboys
DOWNLOADBased on the well-known style of Western movies. Draw!
Battleship
DOWNLOADCreated for your battles and tense scenes. Runaway or let’s fight against danger.
Not Giving Up
DOWNLOADAn epic song in crescendo. It’s not medieval but it is orchestral with some electronic additions.
Intergalactic Odyssey
DOWNLOADAnother futuristic track with a rock style, suitable for battles or arcade games.
Spring Village
DOWNLOADA Celtic style song, perfect to add life to the Iron Age or medieval times.
Chase At Rush Hour
DOWNLOADThis cinematic style track is ideal for action scenes or playable moments of high adrenaline.
Chiptronical
DOWNLOADChiptune and electronic music were mixed to make this rhythmic tune.
Lyonesse
DOWNLOADRelaxed and cheerful, inspired by a mythological place called Lyonesse.
Solve The Puzzle
DOWNLOADCalm and gently rhythmic. Made for those moments to think of solving riddles.
Luchando En El Peligro 2.0
DOWNLOADAfter a mixture of folk and modern, this theme emerged 10 years ago. Now remixed.
Friends
DOWNLOADHappy and light royalty free corporate music. Good feeling for your videos.
Game Over
DOWNLOADThis retro music style is what a 8-bit video game needs. Ideal for hopeless moments.
Interstellar Odyssey
DOWNLOADPerfect for arcade and futuristic games. Electronic music always works with Sci-Fi genre.
I Miss You
DOWNLOADIf you need something emotional, sad or bittersweet, don’t look any further.
Electronic Fantasy
DOWNLOADVery rhythmical arcade theme. Nice for platform and adventure games.
Shinrin-Yoku
DOWNLOADWith totally traditional instruments, this Japanese song is ideal for your oriental projects.
Mall
DOWNLOADA cheerful and rhythmic song to add to a happy town. Flutes and saxs sounding for a feteday.
Karibu Watu Wangu
DOWNLOADMusic was born with percussion, and in Africa, they master it with excellence.
Goliath’s Foe
DOWNLOADOne of my most epic themes. This orchestral piece is useful for fantastic and medieval games.
Kiss And Goodbye
DOWNLOADA piano solo song, emotional and charming. Suitable for bittersweet moments.
Interplanetary Odyssey
DOWNLOADJust imagine sailing through the outer space and fighting with angry UFOs and aliens.
Resilience
DOWNLOADHopeful and inspirational song with nice cello and violins. I think it’s epic.
1st Sonata – Snowy Stars
DOWNLOADThe result of a classical piano attempt when I was younger. Don’t you think it sounds interesting?
2nd Sonata – Malign Chords
DOWNLOADSpooky notes played on an old piano. Perfect to express a paranormal situation.
Abuse In The Orphanage
DOWNLOADInspired by terrifying stories. A music box can sound very creepy.
Acción (Merodeador Nocturno)
DOWNLOADUseful theme for intense battles, with strong percussion and some hopeful chords.
Anguish
DOWNLOADBest stories usually have sad moments caused by tragedies. Violins and cellos are perfect for this.
Arex’s Beat
DOWNLOADHip-Hop beat, a modern style with electric guitars, rhythmic and maybe funny.
Assassin
DOWNLOADTell horror stories about mad characters. Instill fear and darkness among your viewers.
Batalla por la Libertad
DOWNLOADRock style with brass and violins. Add emotion and heroism to your tense clashes.
Beware The Monster
DOWNLOADWith a BPM in crescendo, this song helps to increase the suspense.
Biological Weapon
DOWNLOADA strong and rhythmic battle theme focused on horror. This can be useful for playing a monster.
Blues
DOWNLOADIdeal for romantic and cheerful moments, relaxed video games with simple mechanics.
Boss Fight
DOWNLOADEvery game has a difficult challenge. This track is perfect for it.
Center Of The Earth
DOWNLOADIntriguing dungeons and caves, mystery places with soundscapes and maybe scary atmospheres.
Central City
DOWNLOADThe best thing about chiptune songs is that you can use them in almost any genre.
Common Fight
DOWNLOADAction royalty free chiptune music. Ideal for clashes and battles.
Dancing Pumpkins
DOWNLOADI was influenced by typical Halloween waltz when I made it, creepy parties with witches and ghosts.
Dangerous Dungeon
DOWNLOADThis track can set a dark and heroic atmosphere, ideal for dungeons.
Death At My Heels
DOWNLOADShuddering chase and intense persecutions with an orchestral style.
Dreaming
DOWNLOADI think this one could be useful for staging strange dreams, memories, or fantasy places.
El Infausto Ladrón de Joyas A
DOWNLOADTime ago I was inspired by a story in which a jewel thief never managed to steal anything.
El Infausto Ladrón de Joyas B
DOWNLOADAnd that unlucky jewel thief had his sad moments, like this simple piano solo theme.
El Postre
DOWNLOADEmotional song with a guitar and a violin as main instruments. Ideal for sad or tender scenes.
Estimable
DOWNLOADA small track that works perfectly in pleasant moments.
Fear
DOWNLOADHere are no harmonic chords, this is pure dissonance for your horror stories.
Flutes for Misha
DOWNLOADAn example of what you can do with various wind instruments each with its own melody.
Forgotten Spaceship
DOWNLOADMystery notes, old orchestral strings and ghostly choirs. All this to get a dark atmosphere.
Great Little Challenge
DOWNLOADRhythmic song in an electronic music style with a dark tinge.
Guerrero Colosal
DOWNLOADNot a realistic orchestra but something similar with some epic chords.
Happy Ending
DOWNLOADIt starts with a simple but emotional piano solo melody, and it finishes with a violin and a cello.
Hasta Mi Planeta
DOWNLOADThis is similar to the previous one but with a fantastic feel.
Helplessness in Kowasni
DOWNLOADSlow but emotional. Combined with strings and piano.
Heroic Intrusion
DOWNLOADI was inspired by something epic and futuristic. I think it is ideal for fights and adventure games.
Homicida Paradójico
DOWNLOADJust think about a friendly and mad assassin. Think about it.
Horror Stories
DOWNLOADThe name says it all. Use it in your creepy video games.
Humble Match
DOWNLOADA rhythmic theme, perhaps for a disco, perhaps for a fight.
Infested City
DOWNLOADIn my mind, a city was infested by zombies. Then, I composed this dark song.
Interpretación de una Fantasía
DOWNLOADWith a harpsichord and a strange measure, this dismal track was born.
Intrusión
DOWNLOADA daring man entered the dictator’s house to steal something important, for example.
It’s Time To Run
DOWNLOADThe monster is chasing you! Terror theme for spooky stories, maybe? It’s up to you!
La Llamada de Ile
DOWNLOADA sad man who fell in love with a sweet woman. Then she calls him to say ‘I love you too’?
La Verdad
DOWNLOADSuspense little track, ideal for decisive moments or villain scenes.
Las Dos Fronteras
DOWNLOADA nylon guitar and an accordion for a peaceful theme. Use it to add life to your quiet villages.
Let’s Play With The Demon
DOWNLOADSome people have said that this is the loudest song they’ve heard. I’ll take it as a compliment.
Looking for a new beginning
DOWNLOADUnusual instruments on an unusual scale. The result is something like post-apocalypthic?
Lord Mavras
DOWNLOADUnusual rhythm and two pianos. This can only mean one thing: something evil is coming.
Major Loss
DOWNLOADSad and emotional theme, special for retro and vintage games, 8-bit style.
Markalo goes to the disco
DOWNLOADA simple modern theme made to set parties or even futuristic battles.
Meitpower
DOWNLOADHappy and soft royalty-free music to use in cheerful scenes.
Mimos Menguados
DOWNLOADIt can be happy, and it can be sad. This is one of those bittersweet songs, very helpful.
My Memory Lane
DOWNLOADPerfect for memories. This song was intended to add an emotive lyric.
Never Surrender
DOWNLOADPerfect for hopeful moments and revealing scenes. This song can be very emotive.
New Hope
DOWNLOADI imagine this song playing on a title screen of a fantasy game. Can be?
Ouija A
DOWNLOADTerror theme with a harpsichord and an oboe. Good combination for paranormal plots.
Ouija B
DOWNLOADThis is like a soundscape, can be used to set nocturnal ambients.
Ouija C
DOWNLOADThis is a slower version of ‘Ouija A’. Ideal for terror games, too.
Point of Clash
DOWNLOADI played a famous game. Its electronic soundtrack inspired me to make this futuristic piece.
Prórroga de Tiempo A
DOWNLOADThis kind of cinematic music is suitable for tension or danger moments.
Prórroga de Tiempo B
DOWNLOADWith slow orchestral chords, this track may keep the suspense in a tense scene.
Prórroga de Tiempo C
DOWNLOADStrings, flutes and a bass with a soft percussion. This song sounds hopeful.
Rey de Picas
DOWNLOADSuitable for hard fights, this boss theme emerged from the darkest corners of my imagination.
Ruined Planet
DOWNLOADLike a post-apocalyptic dungeon, this track can serve as an atmosphere for ghostly places.
Ship
DOWNLOADHappy and bouncy music, ideal for mini-games or retro style projects.
Stranger
DOWNLOADSimple but rare. I composed this when I was a child and I think I can’t make anything alike now.
Su Turno
DOWNLOADFunny and happy royalty free music, ideal for comical situations.
The Ninth Crewman
DOWNLOADInspired by a famous sci-fi movie, this terror track can be used as a terrifying soundscape.
The Three Princesses of Lilac Meadow
DOWNLOADDon’t ask me about the name, someone was watching a fairy tale on TV when I baptized it.
The True Story of Beelzebub
DOWNLOADAn epic orchestrated small song, perfect for fantastic and medieval games.
They Are Already Here
DOWNLOADIf you are abducted by aliens, you will listen to music inside their UFO, and it’ll sound like this.
TS – Beat Y
DOWNLOADA mix of mystery and the Hip-Hop genre. It can be used for dark scenes.
Typical Lullaby
DOWNLOADAs every horror story, your horror game must have a song for the memories of some character.
Vals de su jardín A
DOWNLOADCheerful fantasy theme to the rhythm of a waltz. Ideal for good mood games.
Vals de su jardín B
DOWNLOADThis version can be more nostalgic with its music box. Perfect bittersweet theme.
Vals de su jardín C
DOWNLOADA slower and longer version played by a piano solo. Emotional, hopeful and cheerful.
Voices From Heaven
DOWNLOADThis kind of chill out music with celestial choirs can be helpful for godlike moments.
Voices From Earth
DOWNLOADIf your game is about fantasy in a medieval world, this can help you. Ideal for sad moments.
Yellow Forest
DOWNLOADMystical, soft and bouncy song. Where can you use it? You know better than me.
Creative Commons Music
These musical works are published under a Creative Commons license that allows their distribution and modification, even commercially (as long as they are part of another audiovisual project), provided that you grant the appropriate credit by sharing a link to this website or mentioning the name of the author: Patrick de Arteaga.
The term “non-copyrighted music” used on this website refers to the fact that the musical works displayed here do not retain all rights reserved. However, works with Creative Commons licenses are, in effect, protected by national laws and international copyright agreements.
What does non-copyrighted music mean?
The fact that certain music is not copyrighted means that the author gives up all or part of the exploitation rights.
In this case, the music that you find in this section is registered under a Creative Commons license, which implies that rights of commercial exploitation, transformation, and redistribution are transferred to the user (as long as it is used as part of other audiovisual projects), but not of attribution, that is, the original authorship have to be cited in any case.
So, you are free to download the non-copyrighted music from this website and use it freely in your audiovisual projects as long as you give proper credit.
Is royalty-free music the same?
People often confuse the term of non copyrighted music with the term of royalty free music, then when i.e. they need free music for a video and look for royalty free music for YouTube, they will find that it is usually paid music.
But in the case of the audio material in this section, you don’t have to worry, since my music tracks here are both terms (royalty-free and copyright-free). You are free to download all this royalty-free music.
Creative Commons music is the most common way to encourage this. Visit the licensing section if you have any doubts.
Why is this instrumental background music royalty-free?
The non-copyrighted music tracks that you see in this section have involved effort, time and some economic investment to pay for the tools that enable its creation. There are more free background music on the Internet but each stock music library may have restriction conditions.
And you may think: why do you offer these music tracks for free? The fact that this instrumental music is included in video games, YouTube videos or anywhere on the Internet, besides being a personal satisfaction, is also a way for me to become recognized.
Therefore, using this free royalty-free music you will be supporting me. So, feel free to choose any of these tracks to add life to your projects musically. This is high quality stock music, take advantage! If you want to know the music production software that I use to compose, it is currently Reason Studios.
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This is the place you are looking for, a website with a wide list of royalty-free music to use for free on your YouTube videos. All my music above is Creative Commons and you only have to give credit when using it in your videos, no matter if they are commercial.
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