Tips For Choosing Music For Audiobooks

Music plays an important role in audio books. It sets the mood and creates the emotional connection with the story, hence adds to the listener’s experience.

When choosing background music for an audiobook, first and foremost, make sure that the music you choose fits with the book’s genre.

Hi, I’m Mik, one of TunePocket music composers. I went though our catalog of royalty free music and picked 15 music tracks that will work great in various audio books, depending on the book genre. Read some tips below or jump straight to the playlist.

Clearly, you must align the background music with the book genre or the content of specific part.

If you’re producing an audiobook version of a romance novel, choose music that sets a romantic mood. If you’re working on a mystery audiobook choose music that creates a sense of suspense or drama.

In addition to genre, consider the book’s overall tone. Is it a light entertainment book or a more serious one? An upbeat book or a more introspective one? The music you choose should complement the tone of the audiobook and add to the listener’s experience.

Important: Make sure that the music doesn’t distract from the narrator’s performance. The music must be subtle and not overly intrusive.

Here are some tips for choosing background music for audio books:

1. If you’re not sure what kind of music to choose, start by listening to the playlist below. We’ve picked some of the best music tracks that work well with narration.

2. Once you’ve found a few songs that you think would fit your book, try listening to them along with the book’s narration audio track. See how they work together and see if they help create the overall tone and mood that you’re looking for. If nothing fits, consider adding subtle sound effects of ambiences, like the sounds of a rain or a forest or a city noises if the story unfolds in urban settings. We have plenty of sounds to choose from, including screams, sci-fi, dark backgrounds, fighting, and much more!

3. Don’t try to cram too much music into your audio book. A few well-chosen music tracks will work much better than a large random playlist of songs.

4. Pay attention to licensing, especially if you plan to distribute your audiobook commercially. Remember, you must properly license the music you use.

Hope you can find what you’re looking for! If you don’t see anything you need in the playlist below, check out our main catalog of royalty free music. We have over 12,000 royalty free music tracks and sounds to choose from! You can use our music in audiobooks, podcasts, and as background music for stories, including commercial.

Download Music For Audiobooks

• 1.

  Act Of Valor (Epic Underscore)
  Epic cinematic orchestra royalty free music underscore (no lead melody) with grand inspirational feel for motivational corporate video, dramatic super hero film, emotional storytelling documentary, heroic audiobook, podcast, and commercial business use. Download unlimited royalty free epic cinematic music.

  Download full version with the epic lead melody: Act Of Valor

• 2.

  Scary Background Sounds
  Scary background (think graveyard at night or spooky woods) eerie royalty free sound effect with creepy horror feel for suspense video background, ambience, chilling Halloween atmosphere, haunted house sound design, spooky audiobook, and commercial business use.

• 3.

  Romantic Comedy Background (Underscore)
  Funny royalty free cinematic music background underscore (no lead melody) with whimsical quirky romantic comedy feel for mischievous video, sentimental vlog, film, documentary, and commercial business use. Download the original full version with the lead melody here: Romantic Comedy Background

• 4.

  Haunting Music Box Background (Long)
  Haunting ghostly royalty free music box suspense underscore (long version) with eerie somber feel for spooky video, horror film or audiobook background, creepy Halloween vlog, ghostly story podcast, and commercial business use.

• 5.

  Ironic Spy Mission
  Sneaky royalty free spy comedy royalty free background music with mysterious mischievous feel for funny video, tongue-in-a-cheek comic skit, prank vlog, sneaking around film scene, playful whimsical film or audiobook, and commercial business use.

• 6.

  Fiordo
  Calm ambient techno royalty free abstract electronic music underscore with quirky, mysterious feel for reflective video, mystery film, science or investigative documentary, technology vlog, and commercial business use.

• 7.

  Gravitation
  Uplifting royalty free cinematic background music with inspiring emotional feel for motivational video, storytelling vlog, hopeful film, reflective epic documentary, and commercial business use.

• 8.

  Gigantic Panoramic View (Underscore)
  Reflective cinematic electronica hybrid royalty free music underscore with pensive sad feel for inspirational story video, uplifting vlog, aerial drone footage, film, documentary, and commercial business use.

• 9.

  Storytelling Irony
  Dreamy, soft, and magical instrumental score with characteristic cinematic sound for storytelling video, film, documentary, magic story audiobook, and commercial business use.

• 10.

  Spooky Ghostly Background Ambience
  Eerie ghostly background sound ambience with spooky supernatural feel royalty free sound effect for haunted house video, horror or sci-fi film sound design, mysterious game, commercial business use.

• 11.

  Leaving Port
  Uplifting royalty free cinematic orchestra music with grand solemn feel for hopeful storytelling video, inspirational vlog, film, documentary, and commercial business use.

• 12.

  Wild West Storytelling Background Harmonica
  Reflective royalty free harmonica music solo with somber vintage Western classic storytelling feel for video, travel vlog, sad cowboy film or audiobook background, America Wild West documentary, and commercial business use.

• 13.

  Native American Flute Storytime Background 1
  Mysterious Native American flute solo royalty free music with peaceful burning camp fire backdrop for storytelling video, magical vlog, history documentary, and commercial business use. Download unlimited royalty free music for videos.

• 14.

  Paris Romantic French Accordion Waltz
  Romantic French accordion solo waltz royalty free music with sentimental gentle feel for travel video, cooking vlog, Paris romance film, documentary, and commercial business use. This is a genuine accordion recording performed by professional musician, not an imitation.

• 15.

  Gaia's Ascension
  Ambient royalty free cinematic music underscore with reflective dreamy feel and magical ethereal female vocalizing for pensive video, relaxing film, and commercial business use. Download unlimited royalty free music for videos.