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Araby

Composer/Artist: Lisa Cerbone
Pensive introspective and sweet. Music with lyrics by Lisa Cerbone. (based on the James Joyce short story)
The lights have come down upon the great halls. The tired count their money and close the stalls. My eyes burn with the broken promise made to that girl who made my days pass so slowly. The clock says it's time to go. I'm not ready yet. Could you find that deserted train that leads me back to Araby? Lead me back to Araby. The white curve of her fair neck. Her hair halloed in all the light. She talked through the railing only to me and for this I promised her anything and everything. The clock says it's time to go. I'm not ready yet. Could you find that deserted train that leads us back to Araby? Lead me back to Araby. I stand in the center of the bazaar of the bazaar. And I find my heart has grown heavy in the dark in the dark. The clock says it's time to go. I'm not ready yet. Could you find that deserted train that leads us back to Araby? Lead me back to Araby.
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Midnight Dance

Bright confident menacing edgy aggressive driving Punk Rock instrumental. Perfect for summer vibes achieving goals movement action or chase scenes.
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Outlaw Rock No Melody

Composer: Ethereal Motion
Rocking instrumental guitar driven indie rock song with groovy guitar melodies and a country outlaw influence. Real drums and instruments. Melodic and rowdy.
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A Whacky Sunrise_30

Composer: Ethereal Motion
A fun upbeat jazzy instrumental tune with electric guitar melody. Fun and outgoing. Real sax and trumpet horn section. Good song for any kind of upbeat commercial or corporate event.
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Ringside Champ

Building edgy high energy sports track. A fighter in the final round toe to toe in the ring punch by punch till the bell rings.
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Lefty

Composer: Andrew Ingkavet
Cool snappy theme for a fashion show.
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Deep

Composer: Doug Sparling
The vast expanses of open fields. This is God's Country under a deep blue sky and nothing between you and the higher power. Like classic Joshua Tree U2. Composer: Doug Sparling

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Wagga Soaring LOOP 3

Composer: Robert Charles Mann
A world groove from four continents berimbau didgeridoo tabla sitar and guitar make a sound that could be from any country. Package includes 12 LOOPS! plus 0:30 and extended 2:55 versions. A deal !!!
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Schubert Piano Sonata in A-flat  D.557 Movt. 3

Slovak Chamber Players. Romantic Playful Warm Charming Elegant
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Electro-Groove (drums mix)

Composer/Producer: Julian Scott
Repetitive bass pattern with building looped grooves contemporary feel minimalist
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Sunrise And You

Composer: Sebastien Morawietz

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Paragon

Composer: Andrew Ingkavet
Serious but delicate. Upbeat and anthemic yet minimalist.
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Gobstopper

Composer: Tom Curiano

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Slow Slidin'

Composer: Mike Stidolph
Warmth exudes. Tender loving kind and compassionate. Acoustic and slide electric guitar.
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Soda

Artist/Composer: Fatima Mhedden
Easy going, organic and hopeful mood with watery sounds and cool acoustic strumming and guitar melodies.

KEYWORDS:quiet, reflective, introspective, positive, happy, positive, joyfull, instrumental, underscore, full, pop, rock, easy listening, fun, groovy, happy, heartwarming, hopeful, inspiring, laid back, light-hearted, peaceful, positive, upbeat, free flowing

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Hippity Bippity Hop

Artist/Composer: Geoffrey Wilson
A fun, funky, hip hop instrumental with a lot of attitude and influences from the streets of South Central Los Angeles. Would work well in urban, street, gangsta, youth, nightlife, party, dance, comedy and many other scenes needing laid back yet grooving energy.

KEYWORDS:fun, funky, hip hop, attitude, youth, urban, street, gangsta, party, nightlife, dance, scratches, cool, west coast, funk, chill, cruising, rolling, ghetto, wild, laid back, groovy, whimsical, outgoing, downtown, city, rebellious, thug, hood, pimp, block, dangerous, quirky, bouncy, energetic, homeboy, provocative, confident, mysterious, positive, driving, upbeat, tough, rhythmic, sipping, adventurous, animated, carefree, determined, proud, smooth, purposeful, casual, easy, lively, abstract

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Newest Music

Troublemaker by Robert Wayne Johnson
Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
Ultra cool garage rock track with a big catchy guitar riff and a rockin' retro drum beat. Perfect music for adding an edgy and hip vibe to your production. Buddy movie, rom-com, TV commercial, movie trailer, film opening, neo-60s, nostalgic.
Keywords: Lo-Fi hipster alternative rock Pulp Fiction garage rock groovy powerful fiery hard-driving sports news chases frat parties fast cars smokey bars gritty bluesy The Black Keys T-Rex
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Stereovision by Robert Wayne Johnson

Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
Indie rock track with a hip and edgy sound. Steady, cool, hypnotic and uplifting. Perfect underscore to add an edgy excitement to your production. Great for radio and TV commercials, documentaries and reality TV shows.
Keywords: Indie Pop The Strokes Bloc Party Foster The People Los Campesinos Peter Bjorn and John Scenester Hipster alternative rock The Brooklyn Sound
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Quiet Determination by Robert Wayne Johnson

Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
A gentle and emotional piano and strings piece.
Keywords: Heartwarming Reflective Emotional Sweet Positive Uplifting
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Microgravity by Robert Wayne Johnson

Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
Ultra cool and quirky indie rock track with a catchy melody and a spacy, retro-modern sound. Perfect music for adding an upbeat and hip vibe to your production. Buddy movie, rom-com, TV commercial, movie trailer, film opening, reality show, neo-60s, nostalgic.
Keywords: Indie Pop Foster The People Peter Bjorn and John Lo-Fi Hipster alternative rock neo-psychedelia garage rock
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Fuzz Monster by Robert Wayne Johnson

Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
A hip and gritty garage rock track with a face-melting bass riff and big shuffling beat. Sounds a bit like The Black Keys, Muse and Gary Glitter. A perfect track for adding an ultra cool vibe to your production! Buddy movie, rom-com, urban angst, film opening, nostalgic.
Keywords: Blues Rock Punk Rock 1960's Garage Rock Raw Lo-Fi Hipster Booker T. & The M. G. S the Sonics the Lyres the Fuzztones Jet the Yardbirds Led Zeppelin
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Free Styler by Robert Wayne Johnson

Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
Bass and drums lay down a big fat groove in this cool hiphop reggae hybrid. Perfect music for adding a hip and chilled out vibe to your production!
Keywords: Laid-back chill downtempo funky phat fly free and easy
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Dub 75 by Robert Wayne Johnson

Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
The bass drops a fat riff in this cool hip hop reggae hybrid. Perfect music for adding a hip and chilled out vibe to your production!
Keywords: Laid-back chill downtempo funky phat fly free and easy
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Carnabetian Army by Robert Wayne Johnson

Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
Groovy 60's rock featuring horns and the Vox organ. Sounds like music from the swinging sixties. Perfect underscore for a cool, swinging London in the 1960s vibe. Very Shagadelic baby! Super fun retro, kitschy, campy, swaggering with lots of attitude & street smarts!
Keywords: Carnaby Street Kings Road Twiggy Mods Austin Powers swingers the sexual revolution psychedelic mini skirts pop art hippies fashion cultural revolution freedom
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Dear fellow creative professional,

My name is Andrew Ingkavet and I created this site as a resource for my fellow creatives.

Way back when I was an Art Director at Digitas and later Creative Director at FCB (now DRAFT/FCB), I was always looking for great music for my work. I was shocked to find few online resources for quality production music.  Being a trained composer/producer, I started creating music for myself, then my teams and soon agency-wide.

An idea formed and since 2004, we’ve been serving the world great visual music that’s royalty free!

How we choose our royalty free music

Our music is all handpicked for quality in composition, structure and production

so you can get on with your work.  

This will save you time instead of weeding out dozens of terrible tracks, you’ll browse stuff that already feels pretty close.

And, most important, it needs to conjure a picture or feeling in your mind.

Our production music is pure emotion that heightens and amplifies your work.

Our music is designed to captivate and build to climax without overpowering your work. It delivers an emotional subtext to your work.

Stock Music?

I’ve never quite liked the term stock music as it gives off the feeling of subpar or something is not quite as good. Our music is used in film productions, web videos, television commercials, Powerpoint and Keynote presentations, animations, student films, project films, video games, websites and more.

It is meant for creative professionals.

Our Clients Big and Small Trust Us

We’ve had the great fortune to work with several Fortune 500 and even Fortune 100 global brands including American Express, MetLife, HP, Compaq, JPMorganChase, Nike, Adobe, MTV, Clairol, Timberland and many many more.

We’ve also been part of the work of many indie filmmakers, authors, start-up entrepreneurs, DIY-ers, bloggers, podcasters, web designers,  animators, corporate videos, trade shows, and YouTube videos.

We hope to have you join us.

Music makes it louder!

Andrew Ingkavet

The Head Monk/Founder, 300 Monks

Hand-picked

Selected by humans, no algorithms here.

Music That Tells Stories

Emotion-soaked music that tells stories.

Instant Downloads

Licensing from $37

Easy Licensing

4 options – based on how you use our music.

What Our Customers Are Saying

Comments from real life customers over the last 10 years!

“The advantage of working with 300 Monks is that you have a wide range of composers with different specialities to choose from which makes for great speed and efficiency for your project.”
John Young

Draft-FCB NY

“Your Services Kick Ass”

Your site is great (fair prices and easy to use) I will go nowhere but your site for all of my music clip needs (period) (I hope you crush your competition) KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK VERY, VERY SATISFIED CUSTOMER

M.P. Zorn

I would like to thank you for all your help in getting “my” music. I was a bit nervous after purchasing the music and not being able to download it , yet your quick respond to my problem was very much appreciated. Once again, THANK YOU !

– Dana R – Ontario, Canada

Dana R.

“This music is awesome. If I have to hear one more (Competitor’s Name withheld) track, I think I’m going to throw up!”
Neely Catignani

Red Pepper

“First, I want to say THANKS for a great website. I’m a director-producer and I’m always looking for great tracks for projects that I’m doing. Your music is fantastic”
Ann-Marie McHugh

Director/Producer, Quincy Films and Media

“Andrew’s expansive knowledge on film, television, multimedia, and advertising blows you away, and thus makes his compositions extremely relevant and evocative. I will definitely be working with Andrew again in the future.”
David Huston

Sound Engineer, MTV Networks

I uploaded a few videos on you tube with your great music. Just to let you know because you told me that you could link them in your web. Thanks a lot and congratulations for your site. For me, a writer for young-adult poetry and novels is awasome find the right music!!
The only think is that there are not in english… I wish you like them!!

Thanks again for all,
Núria
Nuria Alberti

“Working with Andrew was a pleasure. Our creative team had a very specific theme in mind and the music and sound design he produced was thematically consistent and very close to our needs, right off the bat. Subsequent tweaks were turned around quickly and intelligently.”
Eoin McGrath

Producer, Digitas

“Andrew worked with us to find the right score for our animation by giving us a variety of options from talented composers. His turn around time was also impressive.” – Veena Rao, DraftFCB NY
Veena Rao

Producer, Draft-FCB

Frequently Asked Questions

Who uses 300 Monks?
We are an online music library used by Creative Professionals such as

Advertisers

Filmmakers

Video Producers

Web Video Producers

Wedding Photographers/Videographers

Marketing Managers

Animators

Student Filmmakers

Powerpoint Presentation Creators

and many more.

 

 

What is Royalty Free Music?
You are paying for permission to use our music in your project.

 

Extra Details For Those Who Need To Know Everything:

We can sometimes earn extra money paid by broadcast networks if our music gets placed on television or radio in the USA and additionally in theatrical release in most other territories.

This is not something that you will have to pay extra for as a producer, director, web designer, advertiser, etc. It’s handled by organizations called Performing Rights Societies and inlude ASCAP, BMI and SESAC in the USA. In most other countries there is only one society. For example in Germany it’s GEMA. In the UK it’s PRS.

What makes your music different?
All of our music has been hand-selected for dramatic possibilities. Not every piece of music is appropriate to accompany visual storytelling.

How long can I use the music I purchase here?
After payment, your license entitles you to use the music in perpetuity.  In other words, forever.

You may NOT redistribute or sell or lend or loan the music to anyone else including clients, employers or colleagues, nor can you use it alone apart from a visual medium.

You do not own the music, it is licensed to you. Please review the complete licensing agreement. If you need a multi-user license, or a multi-project license,  please contact us.

 

How do I pay for the music?
Add your track to the cart and you will guided to the Checkout Page.

You can then pay with a credit card, or PayPal.

Then, click on your download link and receive your music in a zipped file.

 

What if I need an invoice for payment by my client?
Contact us for invoiced payment instead.
Do I have to credit 300 Monks in my project?
For most uses, it is not required but would be wonderful.  You may also want to link to us and may want to say something like “Music by 300 Monks.”  We love to give your work publicity too and may even feature it on our site.

For Broadcast, you will need to include “Music by 300 Monks.”

 

 

 

Where does the name 300 Monks come from?
Well, we are NOT a religious organization, and NO we are NOT really monks.

What we are is:

A brotherhood (and sisterhood) of talented Composers, Producers, and Artists living all over the world coming together to make music for moving images.

We just love the idea of a mystical temple somewhere in the forest where 300 people are making music for films, videos, etc.  If we had George Lucas on our side, maybe we could do that one day…

Can I use these sounds and music to create new music to sell?
No. Absolutely not. The license agreement specifically prohibits the use of this music apart from a visual production. This is music for picture.
Why can't I hear the music?

Why can’t I hear the preview music or sound effects?

This is usually one of the following:

  • Did you turn the volume of your computer on?
  • External speakers plugged in and on?
  • Did you plug in your headphones?
  • Do have an old browser that will not accept HTML5?
    (This is not common.  If your machine is bought in the last 7 years or so, you should have it already.)

 

Where are you located?
We’re based in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.

How long has 300 Monks been in business?
The company as it now stands was started in 2004. Before that it was a single composer’s website.

 

What About Refunds?
 

There are NO REFUNDS for any purchases.  Please use the preview files to confirm selection before you purchase.  For full terms and conditions, see our licensing overview page.

What Is The Best Way To Reach Customer Service?
 

The best way to contact us is via the contact page.

However, you can also call us by telephone.  Note, we are based in New York City, (Eastern Time Zone -5 GMT) and are available by phone (001-347- 788-1175) between the hours of 10am and 5pm Monday through Friday.  If you do not reach us, please leave us a brief message and we will call you back.

Can I submit some music to sell here?
Please see our submission page.

 

Got A Question?

If we didn’t answer all of your questions, feel free to drop us a line anytime.
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