Intro and Outro Music: Short Tracks for Videos and Podcasts
Most tracks here run about a minute and are made for openings and endings: use the start as an intro, or cut back from the end for an outro. Download the full MP3 and line it up in your editor.
Intro and outro music
Each track shows its length. The one-minute cues work as they are; themes that run two minutes or longer are good for taking just the opening or the ending.
12 tracksMP3 192 kbps
Episode Starts Now
A short intro with an opening hit, one catchy motif and a clean final chord.
Bright Bell Jingle
Acoustic strums, claps and bright bells in a short cue that works as intro or outro.
Brass Curtain Call
Punchy drums, funky bass and brass stabs, ending on a drum fill and a final brass hit.
Headline Opener
Driving drums, bold brass and rising synth swells for a show opener that means business.
Cheeky Final Bow
Pizzicato, bassoon and xylophone in a silly ending that closes on a cheeky staccato note.
Case File Opens
A low piano ostinato, ticking percussion and a dark string swell for true crime openers.
Sunny Ukulele Start
Ukulele, hand claps and glockenspiel for a bright, cheerful vlog opener.
Unopened Letter
Plucked cello, dark piano and a soft pulse for a suspenseful, mysterious intro.
On Air Welcome
A confident, welcoming podcast theme on electric piano and punchy drums, hook up front.
Front Porch Hello
Bright acoustic strums, upright bass and hand claps for a friendly, upbeat show theme.
Smart Talk Theme
Electric piano melody, warm synth bass and tight drums for a smart, modern show.
Stream Is Live
Energetic chiptune with a square wave lead and catchy melody, made for opening a stream.
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Podcast
Intro & Outro
Gaming
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Vlog & YouTube
Funny
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Pink NoiseHow to cut an intro or outro
- Keep intros to 5 to 10 seconds
- Viewers decide in the first few seconds whether to keep watching. Use 5 to 10 seconds of music and let it finish as your logo or title appears.
- Backtime your outro
- Line up the last note of the track with the last frame of your video, then work backward to find where the music comes in. The ending stays whole instead of being cut off mid-phrase.
- Cut on a strong beat
- When you shorten a track, put the cut on a downbeat and add a 0.1 to 0.3 second fade. The edit becomes almost impossible to hear.
- Match your end screen
- YouTube end screens can run for the last 5 to 20 seconds of a video. An outro of about the same length keeps music playing while viewers pick what to watch next.
- Stream openers
- Play a stream opener under your countdown screen so it ends right as you switch to the camera.
- Use the same pair every time
- A fixed intro and outro work like a logo for your channel. After a few videos, people know it's you within two seconds.
What's on this page
Most tracks here are cues of about a minute, shorter than regular background music, so they drop straight into the start or end of a video. There are a few styles: bright acoustic guitar and ukulele openers for vlogs, punchy drums and brass for shows and business videos, and short suspense and comedy cues for ending a mystery or a funny clip.
There are also a few podcast themes and an 8-bit stream opener. They run two minutes or more, so take the theme at the start for an intro, or the ending for an outro.
Intro and outro questions
How long should intro music be?
Five to 10 seconds is common for a video intro, and 10 to 20 seconds for a podcast. If a track is too long, backtime it from the end so the ending stays intact.
Can I use it in monetized YouTube videos?
Yes, monetized videos are fine. We haven't registered these tracks in Content ID, YouTube's copyright matching system, and our license doesn't let anyone else register them. So an intro or outro made with them normally won't get your video a copyright claim, and your ad revenue stays yours. If a claim does show up, follow the steps on the copyright claims page.
Can I use just a few seconds of a track?
Yes. The license lets you cut, change the speed and remix, so using only a short sting as an opener is fine.