Welcome to our copyright free music and audio section. Below you can find a list of sites that offer creative commons, public domain, and other nonrestrictive copyright licensed music and audio. These sites are ranked mostly according to how expansive their collections are.
This is a custom Google search that only searches the music and audio sites listed below. While a great way to find a file quick make sure you check the licensing as a lot of these sites have paid sections.
| Internet Audio Archive Rank:  (5/5)
Lots of copyright free music and audio and pubic domain music and audio from the Internet Archives. |
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| Wikimedia Commons Audio Rank:  (4/5)
Large amount of copyright free music and audio made available by Wikimedia. Few categories with a nice selection. |
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| SoundJay Rank: (4/5)
Nice selection of copyright free audio sounds effects. Has multiple categories with a large amount in each. |
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| Partners in Rhyme Rank: (4/5)
Huge collection of free music, audio, and sounds. Royalty free costs money to access but there are free resources. |
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| FlashKit Free Music Loops Rank: (4/5)
Lots of copyright free music loops for all different kinds of music. |
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| SoundDogs Rank: (4/5)
Large collection of various free sounds like music loops, samples, vocals, etc. |
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| Wikimedia Sounds List Rank:  (3/5)
Decent amount of copyright free audio sounds from Wikimedia. |
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| iBiblio Free Sheet Music Rank: (3/5)
Copyright free sheet music that covers mostly classical music like Mozart and Bach. |
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| Free Music Podcasts Rank: (3/5)
Creative commons licensed free music podcasts feature a variety of different music. |
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| SoundSnap Rank: (3/5)
Large collection of free audio and music. However, limited to 5 downloads per month unless you subscribe. |
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| SoundTransit Rank: (3/5)
Lots of free sounds from around the world categorized by location. |
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| EquinoxSounds Rank: (3/5)
Various free music loops and other free sounds. |
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| Free Samples n’ Loops Rank: (3/5)
Variety of free sound loops and samples in a few different categories. |
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| ccMixer Rank: (3/5)
Creative commons licensed free music remixes, samples, etc. Large selection. |
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| ClassicCat Rank: (3/5)
Huge collection of copyright free music by classical composers. |
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| National Anthems Rank: (3/5)
Copyright free music in the form of national anthems of a large amount of countries. |
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| SoundCentral Rank: (3/5)
Keyboard generated free music samples and loops. Decent size available. |
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| LooperMan Rank: (3/5)
Copyright free music loops and audio samples. Community site to upload/download and share. |
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| Laura’s MIDI Heaven Rank: (3/5)
Lots of MIDI files covering a large variety of categories with a decent selection in each. |
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| The Daily Wav Rank: (3/5)
New copyright free sound effects every day from the daily wav. Very large archive of sounds. |
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| Internet Archive Netlabels Rank: (3/5)
Net labels offers creative commons licensed labels that publish free music. |
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| Copyright Free Ringtones Rank: (3/5)
All different kinds of copyright free ringtones. |
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| FreePlayMusic Rank: (3/5)
Free music of various types. Decent selection available in multiple categories. |
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| FreeSoundProject Rank: (3/5)
Various free music samples available to download. |
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| Soul Music Rank: (3/5)
Decent selection of copyright free music focused on the soul genre. |
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| NSF Free Audio Rank: (3/5)
National Science Foundation copyright free sound library. Decent selection of audio from various science sources. |
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| SonoBuzz (pay site) Rank:  (2/5)
Royalty free music and audio and copyright free music and audio. However, you have to pay to download collection. |
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| Free Sound Effects Rank: (2/5)
Small selection of copyright free sound effects for use in all kinds of multimedia. |
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| Sound Effects & Loops Rank: (2/5)
Small amount of free sound effects and loops. Few categories with a small offering in each. |
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| Music Tracks Library (pay site) Rank: (2/5)
Royalty free music tracks. You must pay to subscribe to be able to use free music for any purpose. |
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| Free Children’s Music Rank: (2/5)
Small selection of classic children’s songs available as free audio downloads. |
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| Public Domain Songs Rank: (2/5)
List of public domain songs, sheet music, etc. |
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| Animal Sounds Rank: (2/5)
Very small selection of animal sounds representing languages. |
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| WavList Free Sounds Rank: (2/5)
Small selection of copyright free sounds in the form of wavs. |