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Question by Dryden Richardson · Apr 28, 2011 at 08:18 PM · licensemusiclegalcopyright

Music in your games?

Hi, I'm pretty sure you can't do this for free but, can you use music in your games? Like music from an artist like Kanye West or Jay-Z?

Or would you have to speak to the record company and they'll give you the go ahead, but you have to pay?

The reason i asked this question is because it could be seen as advertising.

Thanks for reading

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Answer by Kona · Apr 28, 2011 at 08:23 PM

In cases where nothing else has been stated I'ld recommend speaking to the record company or the composer/artist. As for well known artists like Kanye West, Jay-Z, Mtley Cre etc. you'll most likely have to pay them money to get a license for their music.

There are websites where you can download music with free licenses that are free to use for non-commercial and in some cases commercial work aswell, can't recall exactly what their adresses were but I do think there's a thread here at unity-answers if I'm not mistaken, try searching.:)

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Ok thank you :)

avatar image Joshua · Apr 29, 2011 at 12:50 AM 0
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There is even a HUGE page on this very site with free music portals. Just use search..

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Answer by Codenabashi · Apr 29, 2011 at 01:38 AM

Hi Everyone, I am new to Unity answers and I would want to greet everyone hello!

Well, if you are going to make a commercial game, I advice you to either ask the record company/composer/artist (like what Kona just mentioned above, go to websites with free-to-use music downloads or you could just compose your own music!

It doesn't hurt to make up your own awesome music! :)

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I've got composing it my self in mind, Reason is spectacular and I'm going to use it for my game :)

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Answer by SoughtafterSounds · Sep 15, 2011 at 01:56 AM

Hi all,

This is my post from the collaboration section, hopefully it will be of help to you.

SoughtafterSounds.com provides professional music & sound design to independent game developers. This includes film makers, advertising teams and organisations looking to include an originally composed audio architecture to their projects.

We provide originally composed pieces for commercial & non-commercial use.

Categories available: Sinister, Epic/Fight, Oriental - Chinese/Japanese, Chase Scene, Ambient, Sad/Emotional, Classical, Short Jingles & More.

You are free to use commercially licensed tracks for Adverts, Videos, Films, Video Games, Websites & more.

New Epic/Fight Category Available.

Introducing the Epic/Fight category as part of our library. There are at present 2 new and originally composed tracks with more due to be added very soon. You are free to use these tracks in commercial applications with no fee's, upfront or otherwise to pay.

Just agree to license & notify via the notification form.

One of the new tracks available.

Battle Of The Strings.

Listen Here.

Regards.

Soughtaftersounds.com

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Thanks and cool but I think I'm going to produce my music.

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