Cinematic music made with conviction.

Premium instrumental scores for your most important projects.

Thematic Albums

Cinematic soundtracks that span a full story arc.

Background Music

Minimalist underscores made for editors.

Light & Ethereal Casual Beats Moody Underscores Easy Listening Simply Piano

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Star
Playing... Skyborn
Next Gen
New
+11
0:00 04:58
Db Maj
Iconic Inspiring Soulful
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Star
Playing... Sojourners
Decades
+10
0:00 03:56
A Maj
Inspiring Modern Beautiful
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Star
Playing... Max Q
Factor One
+9
0:00 03:03
C min
Dark Deep Bright
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Star
Playing... Kaleidoscope
Form & Function
+9
0:00 01:47
C min
Inspiring Bright Modern
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Star
Playing... Confident Design
Antifragile
+9
0:00 02:11
D min
Dark Modern Iconic
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Star
Playing... Zero Sum
Factor One
+9
0:00 02:37
C min
Iconic Modern Dark
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Star
Playing... Ancient Streets
The Last City
+8
0:00 04:07
C min
Iconic Dark Rhythmic
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Star
Playing... The Humble Creative
The Humble Creative
+11
0:00 02:21
B Maj
Iconic Inspiring Beautiful
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Star
Playing... Pathless
In the Silence
+7
0:00 03:39
B min
Beautiful Warm Soulful
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Star
Playing... The Spark
Gravity
+7
0:00 01:19
C min
Iconic Slow Dark
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Star
Playing... Sandstorm
Modern Explorers III
+8
0:00 02:02
D Maj
Iconic Dramatic Modern
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Star
Playing... Materials
Form & Function
+9
0:00 02:15
C min
Modern Iconic Soulful
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Star
Playing... Take It Back
EXC
+14
0:00 01:30
D min
Textural Modern Tense
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Star
Playing... Sleeping Giants
Decades
+10
0:00 04:48
F# min
Soulful Warm Beautiful
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Playing... One of One
Next Gen
+9
0:00 03:42
F min
Iconic Modern Building
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Star
Playing... Heart of the City
The Last City
+10
0:00 04:50
C min
Deep Modern Subtle
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Star
Playing... All of Life
All of Life
+14
0:00 05:39
C Maj
Iconic Inspiring Soulful
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Star
Playing... Set Theory
Paradox
+2
0:00 01:16
Eb Maj
Textural Modern Beautiful
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Star
Playing... In the Silence
In the Silence
+11
0:00 02:12
F min
Iconic Beautiful Inspiring
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Star
Playing... Mastery
Velos
+4
0:00 04:14
D min
Inspiring Modern Rhythmic
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Star
Playing... Sound of Thunder
Born in Brooklyn
+4
0:00 02:43
D min
Iconic Inspiring Modern
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Star
Playing... Formation
Shift
+2
0:00 03:32
D min
Iconic Modern Deep
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Star
Playing... A New Chapter
Evergreen
+4
0:00 03:00
C Maj
Building Warm Rhythmic
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Star
Playing... Meteor Shower
Night Lights
+3
0:00 02:40
A Maj
Inspiring Warm Modern
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Star
Playing... Heed the Call
Gravity
+8
0:00 01:06
F min
Deep Subtle Delicate
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Star
Playing... Focus Up
Origins
+9
0:00 02:52
A min
Building Dark Iconic
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Star
Playing... Wolves
Tonal Stories
+8
0:00 02:53
D min
Iconic Beautiful Rhythmic
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Star
Playing... Lateral Moves
Velos
+2
0:00 03:04
D min
Rhythmic Upbeat Deep
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Star
Playing... Speculation
Paradox
+3
0:00 01:33
Ab min
Dark Iconic Modern
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Playing... Inner Steel
Go Forth
+1
0:00 01:38
D min
Deep Dark Modern
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Star
Playing... Morning Light
Wander
+3
0:00 02:38
G Maj
Ethereal Warm Beautiful
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Star
Playing... Analog Dreams
Analog Dreams
+3
0:00 02:55
Db min
Iconic Rhythmic Bright
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Star
Playing... Peaks and Valleys
Leavenworth
+1
0:00 03:57
Ab Maj
Soulful Warm Beautiful
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Star
Playing... Powerless
Gravity
+9
0:00 01:16
A min
Soulful Modern Inspiring
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Playing... Subtext
Prototype
+2
0:00 02:38
D Maj
Modern Bright Rhythmic
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Star
Playing... Go Forth
Go Forth
+2
0:00 02:00
F Maj
Modern Bright Inspiring
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Star
Playing... This Is Our Mission
Mission
+3
0:00 02:14
F Maj
Building Inspiring Iconic
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Star
Playing... The View
In The Clouds
+2
0:00 01:00
F# Maj
Ethereal Slow Beautiful
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Cinematic Music FAQ

Good background music for a video is instrumental, tasteful, and versatile.

Lens Distortions specializes in premium background music for video, from underscore tracks that work well behind people talking to cinematic scores that build a deep emotional connection, and even Sound Design Tracks™ made entirely from sound effects.

The best background music draws inspiration from the soundtracks of high-end films, shows, and commercials, and is designed to complement your films, commercials, YouTube videos, wedding films, vlogs, etc.

You can use our instrumental background music in virtually any video project or podcast!

All memberships cover:

  • Personal, professional, and client work
  • All social media networks
  • All forms of advertising
  • YouTube monetization
  • Podcasts

Assets must be incorporated or “synchronized” into a project with other footage, photographs, etc.

TV programming, VOD (Netflix, etc), and theatrical releases require an Elite Membership.

Examples of things you cannot do include:

  • Share files or accounts with friends
  • Edit with assets after your membership lapses
  • Incorporate our assets into any sort of product or app
  • Upload music to Spotify, Apple Music, etc
  • Upload songs by themselves to Youtube, Facebook, etc
  • Use our music or sound effects as part of your own music or record vocals on our tracks
  • Claim ownership of any of our assets with Youtube’s Content ID

Please review the full license agreement for more details.

Cinematic music generally refers to the type of instrumental tracks you’d hear in a Hollywood movie, dramatic TV series, or high-end commercial.

Cinematic music tracks are emotionally potent and designed to make the viewer feel a certain way.

The problem with the majority of cinematic music you’ll find on the internet is that it’s a little too over-the-top for the projects most people work on everyday.

Lens Distortions creates tasteful cinematic scores ideal for the type of projects most indie filmmakers, freelance video producers, and high-end creators work on.

Cinematic music consists of the type of tracks you’d generally hear in a movie, dramatic TV series, or conceptual commercial.

We provide members with two easy methods to pre-clear your or your clients’ videos for YouTube:

1) Register a YouTube channel to automatically pre-clear copyright claims on any video containing Lens Distortions tracks. You can register one YouTube channel per account.

2) Generate License Codes for a specific project. Just include the codes in your video’s description when uploading to YouTube. This is a great solution for client projects or if you manage multiple YouTube channels.

Rest assured, videos cleared while your membership is active remain cleared forever.

Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, etc are already cleared and do not require you to register your account or use License Codes.

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Yes! We offer cutdown versions of some of our most popular tracks here: background music free download, simply register a free account.

You can use these free instrumental music tracks in personal and professional projects. You can even use the free tracks as background music for YouTube videos but you will need to start a paid membership in order to monetize on YouTube.

Your free account also allows you to download watermarked previews of any track in our catalog to test out in your projects before subscribing.

Yes, you can switch plans or cancel at any time. Keep in mind you must have an active membership to use our assets in new edits.

If you ever feel like your current plan isn’t the best fit anymore, it’s easy to switch your plan to something more flexible and enjoy uninterrupted access to the assets you need. Learn more about switching.

If you choose to cancel, your membership will remain active until the end of your current subscription period and will not renew. Membership fees are not refundable.

Your membership will automatically renew unless canceled. 

Any projects you publish while your membership is active are covered forever and will not retroactively receive copyright claims.

However, you must have an active membership to continue using any assets you’ve downloaded in new edits and to publish projects.

If your membership lapses, you will no longer have a license to use any assets in new edits and must delete all downloaded files from your computer.