Ambient sounds are commonly used in video editing, sound design, and even audiobook publishing to add realism and to creating immersive environments that supports storytelling.

What is “ambient sound”?

Ambient sound, also known as background ambience noise, refers to the natural or artificial sounds that are present in a specific environment.

These sounds create a sense of place and atmosphere, and can include elements like nature sounds, street traffic, room noises, or the hum of machinery.

You will find plenty of audio examples here, jump straight to the playlist

Hi, I’m Mik, one of TunePocket sound designers. I went though our growing catalog of royalty free sounds effects and picked best ambient sounds that will work great to add a sense of realism to videos, podcasts, audio books, plays, and visual novels.

Best background ambient sound effects

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  Airport Ambience With Announcements
  Airport ambience with passengers crowd noise and airline announcements royalty free sound effect for video, game background, realistic film backdrop, sound design, audio book, and commercial business use. Loops seamlessly.

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  Beach Ambience Background Loop
  Beach ambience background noises with subtle people chatter, distant waves, and seagulls royalty free sound effect loop for nature video, calm ambiance, film backdrop, audio book, ASMR, commercial business use. Loops seamlessly. Download unlimited royalty free sound effects.

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  War Ambience Background
  Modern warfare infantry fight war ambience royalty free sound effect background with shots fired, grenades exploding, and soldier screams for fighting video, battle game, action film backdrop, history documentary, commercial business use.

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  Calm Waiting Room Ambiance
  Calm doctor office / hospital waiting room ambiance with various background noises royalty free sound effect for medical video, film, sound design, and commercial business use. Download unlimited royalty free sound effects (SFX).

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  City Night Quiet Room Ambiance Loop
  Quiet city room / hotel room tone ambiance white noise royalty free sound effect loop for peaceful relaxation or sleep video background, ASMR, meditation, film backdrop, and commercial business use. High quality 24 Bit / 48 kHz recording. Loops seamlessly.

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  Dark Cave Ambience With Drops Sounds
  Dark cave ambience with water drops royalty free sound effect for eerie video background, adventure film, game sound design, vlog, podcast, audio book, commercial business use.

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  Ambient Horror Background Trailer Drone
  Eerie ambient royalty free background music soundbed for dark scary video, spooky game background, horror film trailer, suspense sound design, and commercial business use.

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  Hospital Triage Ambiance Loop
  Indoor ambiance of a hospital triage with various sounds including people murmur chatter, crying babies, some mechanical medical sounds for video editing, film, sound design, and commercial business use. Loops seamlessly.

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  Office Background Ambience Loop
  Calm workday office background noise ambience royalty free sound effect with chatter, steps, phone calls noises for video background, film, audio book, podcast, sound design, and commercial business use. Download unlimited royalty free sound effects (SFX).

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  Deep Space Abyss Ambience
  Mysterious space ambience royalty free sound effect with eerie dark feel for sci-fi video background, horror film, game ambiance sound design, vlog, podcast, mystery audio book, commercial business use.

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  Gym Ambience (Weight Lifting) Loop
  Gym background noise ambience royalty free sound effect with weigh being lifted, gym equipment noise, and people chatter sounds for sport video, film backdrop, audio book or game sound design, and commercial business use. Loops seamlessly. Download unlimited royalty free sound effects (SFX).

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  Dark Eerie Sci-Fi Drone Ambience
  Dark eerie royalty free background music drone soundscape / sound effect with sci-fi horror feel for suspenseful video background, spooky game ambiance, Halloween film atmosphere, haunted house, haunting suspense sound design, and commercial business use.

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  Large Medieval Sword Battle
  Large scale medieval sword infantry fight royalty free sound effect with weapon hits, metallic clangs, and soldier screams for fighting video, battle game, action film, history documentary, commercial business use.

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  Nature Night Crickets Near Ocean (Peaceful Ambience)
  Relaxing peaceful night time ambience with crickets and distant ocean surf waves royalty free nature sound effect for relaxing video background, meditation vlog, realistic film backdrop, commercial business use. High quality professional 24Bit/48kHz recording. Alternatively you can also download a smaller mp3 version. Download unlimited royalty free sounds.

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  Summer Night Crickets With Light Breeze
  Serene summer night ambience with crickets and light wind breeze royalty free sound effect for relaxing nature video background, meditation vlog or podcast, realistic film backdrop, commercial business use. High quality professional 18 min recording (not a repetitive loop!) 320 Kbps MP3. Download unlimited high quality royalty free nature sounds.

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  Peaceful Lake Ambience With Geese And Gulls Birds
  Peaceful lake waterfront ambience royalty free sound effect with distant geese and gulls birds sounds for relaxation video, calm game or app ambiance, meditation vlog or podcast, realistic film backdrop, commercial business use.

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  Village Summer Night With Crickets And Birds (40 Min)
  Peaceful village night with crickets and birds royalty free nature sound effect for relaxing video background, meditation vlog or podcast, realistic film backdrop, commercial business use. High quality professional 40 min recording (not a repetitive loop!). Due to the file size, the download is only available in mp3 format (320Kbsp, the best possible quality for mp3 files). Download unlimited high quality royalty free nature sounds.