Add our high quality background music to your website easily and quickly.
>>UPDATE: February 16, 2012 – Given that many users are now on iPhones and iPads, HTML5 is a new option. Â See below.
For beginning web designers, it’s often difficult to figure out how to add background music to a website. The way to do it is to use a music player created in Adobe Flash. The player can be something you create yourself or you can find one already made for you, many of them free.
There are so many free flash music players available these days that will allow you to quickly and easily put music and audio on your site.
Here’s a quick list of recommended FREE flash music players with links to how to use them/install them on your website.
1) HTML5 Audio tag – NEW – Any modern web browser that uses a technology set called Webkit should be able to use this (Safari, Chrome). Â Here’s a quick and easy tutorial on how to add audio and music to your website without having any use of the Flash plug-in. Â It’s all built into the browser.
2) 1 Pixel Out – For those of you running a WordPress site, this is hands down the easiest to install and use. And pretty elegant looking with the ability to choose color options now.
3) JW FLV Player – This player actually does video as well. Named after the coder Jeroen “JW” Wijering – it’s fully skinnable/customizable. We’re now using the JW player throughout our site. Here’s an example:
Composer: Andrew Ingkavet
A sweeping broad theme that evokes a wintery day Christmas Eve and the joy of the season.
4) WinAmp – This one’s been around since the early days of the web. Lots of options.
There are so many more options out there, and we may release our own player soon just to give you another choice.
If you also know how to use Adobe’s Flash, you can just add a bit of code on the first frame of your Flash movie that will load your music for you. Check out this free actionscript for background music.
Now that you know how to get the music to live on your site, it’s time for you to choose the great track – legally.
Why use 300 Monks’ Royalty Free Music on your site.
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High Quality – Hand-picked Music
There are so many sites offering background music for websites these days with no controls for quality. But if you’re looking to project a quality brand image, the last thing you want to do is put some cheesy music behind your website or flash intro. We don’t believe in adding any old track to our library. We handpick every single track. We write a descriptive, provocative track description so you have a better idea of what the music is and even what it sounds like. And we love our music, and hope you will too.
Here’s some other reasons why you should consider adding our background music to your website.
- You can captivate, dazzle and keep your customers longer with our excellent selection of quality cinematic background music for websites.
- Win awards. If you’re the designer, you’re client will love you and think you a genius.  Did we mention, win awards?
- Sell more. Most websites featuring music are for a high end product which needs a high-end image.
Here’s the latest tracks that have been added to the collection.
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
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
Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
A gentle and emotional piano and strings piece.
Keywords: Heartwarming Reflective Emotional Sweet Positive Uplifting
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
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
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
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
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
Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
Coming to you straight from the exotic jungles of Africa. This track has a tribal, mellow and mysterious vibe
Keywords: Instrumental Bed Africa, jungle, rainforest, Amazon, Brazil, Guinea, Congo, mysterious, mystery, sinister, mellow, soft, exotic,
Artist/Composer:Robert Wayne Johnson
Driving rock track with an uplifting and anthemic sound. Great underscore for a positive or inspiring message. Modern, cool and moving music with a pulsating groove. Sounds like Interpol, Oasis, Coldplay, Travis, U2. Great music for TV and radio commercials, reality TV shows, movie trailers, etc.
Keywords: epic,motivating,energetic,intense,inspirational, dynamic,hip,dramatic,powerful
Artist/Composer:SynthDef
Deep house with a Bach style lead and pumping bassline.
Keywords: EDM, 110 bpm, deep house, spooky, lead, mysterious, glitch hop, spacey, underwater, got addicted, dance, pop,dubstep, 8 bit lead, exotic scales, eastern, classic, video game, Bollywood, world, India, Pakistan, exotic, groovy, fun, modern, enchanting, alluring, ethnic, beautiful, catchy, positive, hi-tech, motivational, optimistic, confident, elegant, tabla, sitar, spirited, celebratory, inspiring, determined, energetic, free, outgoing, dance, corporate, advertising, fashion, health, fitness, travel, adventure, technology, hip, young, trendy, youthful, rhythmic, groovy, energetic, underground, futuristic, club, party, nightlife, nightclub, cool, sophisticated, movie, film, action, future, futuristic, cinematic, wedding, love, dating, relationship, short, long, old, new, inspirational, lyrics, instrumental, melodic, catchy, pop, singer, songwriter, prince, david bowie, lady gaga, david guetta, tiesto, bounce, skrillex, deadmau5, talor swift, country, rap, hip hop, beat, bass, melody, guitar, piano, orchestral, ambient, atmosphere, vibe, dark, light, open, nature, sky, space, plot, dramatic, rock, r&b, blues, alt, alternative, experimental, avantgarde, religion, spirituality, cinema, hollywood, edgy, hook, drum, tv, television, modern
Artist/Composer:SynthDef
A contemplative and beautiful piece for solo guitar. Evokes a journey.
Keywords: guitar quartet, light, melodic, ethereal, spanish guitar, melodic, dark, video game, house, uplifting, unusual, spacey, underwater feel, got addicted, dance, pop,dubstep, exotic scales, eastern, classic, Bollywood, world, India, Pakistan, exotic, groovy, fun, modern, enchanting, alluring, ethnic, beautiful, catchy, positive, hi-tech, motivational, optimistic, confident, elegant, tabla, sitar, spirited, celebratory, inspiring, determined, energetic, free, outgoing, dance, corporate, advertising, fashion, health, fitness, travel, adventure, technology, hip, young, trendy, youthful, rhythmic, groovy, energetic, underground, futuristic, club, party, nightlife, nightclub, cool, sophisticated, movie, film, action, future, futuristic, cinematic, wedding, love, dating, relationship, short, long, old, new, inspirational, lyrics, instrumental, melodic, catchy, pop, singer, songwriter, prince, david bowie, lady gaga, david guetta, tiesto, bounce, skrillex, deadmau5, talor swift, country, rap, hip hop, beat, bass, melody, guitar, piano, orchestral, ambient, atmosphere, vibe, dark, light, open, nature, sky, space, plot, dramatic, rock, r&b, blues, alt, alternative, experimental, avantgarde, religion, spirituality, cinema, hollywood, edgy, hook, drum, tv, television, modern