Creator
$19/month
Billed monthly
For solo creators posting every week
500 credits every month
- Up to 250 original scores, or
- Up to 50 Studio exports, plus the first export of each project
- Up to 1.5 hours of AI voiceover
- Roll over up to 1,000 credits
Add music to video.
Hear what the score changes.
Put a song you own or an original score under your video in Studio, set its volume and fades, and export an MP4.
See the free steps for your phone
Add music in Studio- iPhone
- In iMovie, Apple's free app: tap Add Media, then Audio. Pick a song and tap Add Audio.
- Android
- In Google Photos: open the video, tap Audio, Add music, On device. Pick a song, tap Done, then Save.
Studio runs in a desktop browser, on plans from $19 a month. Each project's first export is included.
Three shots and no sound. Pick a score.
The Upbeat prompt · instrumental, 15 seconds
Upbeat instrumental for a 15-second coastal travel video: a cyclist on a cliff road at sunrise, a surfer running into the sea, a surfer inside a breaking wave. Bright acoustic guitar, ukulele, handclaps and a kick drum, 118 BPM, sunny and carefree. Full groove from the first second, a lift halfway through, and one big final strum on the last beat. No silence at the end.
Free, with no upload, in an app on your device:
- iPhone
- In iMovie, Apple's free app: tap Add Media, then Audio. Pick a song and tap Add Audio.
- Android
- In Google Photos: open the video, tap Audio, Add music, On device. Pick a song, tap Done, then Save.
- Mac
- In iMovie: drag a song to the background music well.
- Windows
- In Clipchamp, built into Windows 11: import both files, drag them onto the timeline, then Export.
Every free way, step by step.On your phone or your computer.
iPhone, with iMovie
Free from Apple. Its soundtracks stretch to fit the length of your movie.
- 1Tap Start New Project, then Movie. Tap your video, then Create Movie.
- 2Tap the Add Media button, then tap Audio.
- 3Tap Soundtracks, My Music for songs synced from your computer, or iCloud Drive for a file.
- 4Tap the track, then tap the Add Audio button.
- 5Tap Done, tap the Share button, then tap Save Video.
Android, with Google Photos
First allow Google Photos music and audio access in Settings.
- 1Open the video in Google Photos.
- 2Tap Audio, then Add music, then On device, and pick a song.
- 3Touch and hold, then drag to choose the part of the song. Tap Done.
- 4Tap Music, then Volume to balance Video audio and Soundtrack.
- 5Tap Save at the top. It saves a copy.
Mac, with iMovie
Background music sits below the timeline and ignores edits to your clips.
- 1Open your movie in the timeline and select Audio & Video above the browser.
- 2In the sidebar, select Music or Sound Effects.
- 3Drag the song to the background music well below the timeline.
- 4Select the movie in the browser and choose File > Share > File.
- 5Click Next, name it in Save As, and click Save.
Windows, with Clipchamp
Built into Windows 11. Its free plan exports up to 1080p.
- 1Click My media, then Import media, and add the video and the song.
- 2Drag both onto the timeline.
- 3Click the song, open the audio tab on the property panel, and drag the volume slider.
- 4For a fade, open the fade tab and drag the fade-out slider.
- 5Click Export and pick a resolution.
Any computer, with FFmpeg
FFmpeg is a free command-line tool. Name your files video.mp4 and song.mp3, then run one line.
Replace the sound with a song
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i song.mp3 -map 0:v -map 1:a -c:v copy -shortest with-music.mp4Stops at whichever is shorter. The picture is copied, not re-encoded.
Keep the sound, put the song under it
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i song.mp3 -filter_complex "[1:a]volume=-16dB[m];[0:a][m]amix=inputs=2:duration=first:normalize=0[a]" -map 0:v -map "[a]" -c:v copy with-music.mp4The song plays 16 dB below the original sound, for the length of the video.
How to add music to a video.Four steps in Studio.
Bring a song you have, or make one for the video in the same project. Timing and levels are yours to set.
Open Studio- 1
Put both files in a project
Open Studio and upload your video and your song to the project's media. Select them and press Add to timeline.
- 2
No song yet? Make one
Open Audio, pick Music and describe the track: genre, instruments, tempo and mood. Pick 15 seconds to 3 minutes. It lands in the project's media.
- 3
Fit it to the picture
Drag the music to where it should start. Move the playhead to the last frame, press S to split the music, and delete the piece that runs past the end.
- 4
Set the level, then export
Select the music and set Volume, Fade in and Fade out. Open Export and press Export video for an MP4 or WebM file.
Two settings make it sound finished.The level under a voice, and the end.
Same edit, played back at the settings below. Each one is the Volume or Fade out on the music in Studio.
Under a voice
When the video ends
Press a setting to hear it.
Voiceover
Day three on the coast. We left before sunrise, rode the cliff road down to the beach, and were in the water by six.
Which music can you use?Make it, own it, or license it.
Where a song comes from decides where you can post it.
- An original score you make in Studio
- Yes
- Describe it in Audio, Music. Every paid plan includes commercial use.
- A song you wrote, recorded or licensed
- Yes
- Upload the file to the project, and keep the license with it.
- A track from YouTube's Audio Library
- On YouTube
- YouTube says these tracks won't be claimed through Content ID. Credit the artist when the license is Creative Commons.
- A song you bought on iTunes
- With a license
- Apple's iMovie guide says you need the copyright or the holder's permission to publish it.
- A song you stream on Spotify
- No
- Spotify's terms allow personal, non-commercial use only. On YouTube, a claimed song can get your video muted or blocked.
Simple pricing that scales with you.
Pick the plan for how much you post. Every model on every plan. Unused credits roll over. Cancel anytime.
Pro
Most popular$49/month
Billed monthly
For creators posting daily across channels
1,300 credits every month
- Up to 650 original scores, or
- Up to 130 Studio exports, plus the first export of each project
- Up to 4 hours of AI voiceover
- Roll over up to 2,600 credits
Studio
$99/month
Billed monthly
For brands and production teams
2,700 credits every month
- Up to 1,350 original scores, or
- Up to 270 Studio exports, plus the first export of each project
- Up to 9 hours of AI voiceover
- Roll over up to 5,400 credits
Scale
$199/month
Billed monthly
For agencies running always-on content
5,500 credits every month
- Up to 2,750 original scores, or
- Up to 550 Studio exports, plus the first export of each project
- Up to 18 hours of AI voiceover
- Roll over up to 11,000 credits
Every plan includesEvery model, 90+ and countingReusable AI personasSceneform Studio editorCommercial usage rights
Want checkout, comparison tables, or a custom volume? See the full pricing page
Adding music to a video
Open Studio, upload the video and the song to the project, select both and press Add to timeline. Drag the music to where it should start, set its Volume and Fade out, then open Export and press Export video. If you don't have a song, make one under Audio, Music.
Under a voice, keep the music well below it. In the example on this page the voice sits at +6 dB and the music at −16 dB, and every word stays clear. With no one talking, the music can play at full level.
Yes. Drag the music to start where you want it. Move the playhead to where it should stop, press S to split it, and delete the rest. A short Fade out on the last piece keeps the end from sounding sudden. You can stack more than one track the same way.
Upload an audio file such as MP3 or WAV alongside your video. Studio exports MP4 (H.264) or WebM (VP8) at 720p, 1080p or 4K, at 24, 30 or 60 frames per second.
Yes, if a site only accepts video. The free audio to video converter puts your song in an MP4 with a black picture and adds nothing else. To put the song under real footage, use one of the ways above.
iMovie, Google Photos, Clipchamp's free plan, FFmpeg and the audio to video converter on this page are free. Studio comes with every Sceneform plan, from $19 a month.
Adding a song you already have costs nothing extra. The first export of each project is included, and each export after it costs 10 credits. An original score costs 2 credits for 15 seconds or 4 for 30 seconds. The $19 Creator plan has 500 credits a month.
Same picture.Pick the feeling.
Add music in Studio
Plans from $19 a month. Commercial use and no watermark included.