Epidemic Sound

aid: epidemic-sound
name: Epidemic Sound
description: >-
  Epidemic Sound is a Stockholm-based royalty-free music and sound effects licensing platform for video creators,
  businesses, and platforms. The catalog includes 55,000+ tracks across 390 genres, 250,000+ sound effects, stems and
  instrumental versions, all under an all-inclusive license that covers mechanical, sync, and public performance rights
  globally. The Partner Content API ("Epidemic Sound Connect") exposes the full catalog and Epidemic Sound's AI-powered
  soundtracking tools — Soundmatch (video-to-music recommendation), semantic search, similar-track and similar-section
  lookup, image-based matching, beat detection, HLS streaming previews, AI voiceover generation, and the new
  track-versions endpoint that adapts a recording to a target duration while preserving musical structure. An official
  Model Context Protocol (MCP) server (beta) makes the same catalog and tools available to AI agents at
  https://www.epidemicsound.com/a/mcp-service/mcp. Access to the Partner API is gated behind a partnership agreement;
  once signed, partner engineers receive credentials via the Developer Portal and authenticate using API Key, Partner
  Token, or Epidemic Sound Connect (OAuth 2.0).
type: Index
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Music
  - Sound Effects
  - Royalty-Free Music
  - Audio
  - Audio Licensing
  - Soundtracking
  - Sync Licensing
  - Creators
  - Video
  - AI Voiceover
  - Semantic Search
  - MCP
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/epidemic-sound/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
  - aid: epidemic-sound:epidemic-sound-partner-content-api
    name: Epidemic Sound Partner Content API
    description: >-
      Single REST API exposing the entire Epidemic Sound catalog — tracks, collections, moods, genres, sound effects,
      stems, beats, HLS previews, similar-track/section search, image-based and video-based matching, track-versions
      generation (beta), AI voiceovers (via the MCP tools), partner audio/image uploads, usage reporting, and
      safelisting licenses for end-user channels. Authenticates with ApiKey (`x-api-key`), Partner Token (bearer), or
      Epidemic Sound Connect OAuth (user-scoped). Versioned with `/v0/` path prefix. Hosted in Europe; audio delivered
      via Fastly's global CDN. No local caching of metadata or collections is permitted by the partner terms.
    humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
    baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
    tags:
      - Music
      - Sound Effects
      - Tracks
      - Search
      - Soundtracking
      - Voiceover
      - Licensing
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/api-reference/
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/guides
      - type: SwaggerUI
        url: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com/swagger
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/epidemic-sound-partner-content-api-openapi.yml
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/business/developers/
    name: Music API for Developers & Platforms
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/
    name: Epidemic Sound Connect Developer Portal
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/api-reference/
    name: Partner Content API Reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/guides
    name: Guides
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/get-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/authentication
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com/swagger
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com/docs/spec.json
  - type: MCP
    url: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/mcp/
    name: Epidemic Sound MCP Server (Beta)
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/epidemic-sound-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/epidemic-sound-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/epidemic-sound-finops.yml
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/blog/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/blog/epidemic-sound-api/
    name: Learn how the Epidemic Sound API works
  - type: Careers
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/careers/
  - type: About
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/about/
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/contact/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/terms/
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/privacy-notice/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/epidemicsound
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/epidemicsound/partner-content-api-demo-ios
    name: Partner Content API Demo (iOS, Swift)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/epidemicsound/homebrew-epidemicsound
    name: Homebrew tap (internal tooling)
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epidemic-sound
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/epidemicsound
  - type: YouTube
    url: https://www.youtube.com/@EpidemicSound
  - type: Instagram
    url: https://www.instagram.com/epidemicsound/
  - type: Facebook
    url: https://www.facebook.com/epidemicsound
  - type: TikTok
    url: https://www.tiktok.com/@epidemicsound
  - type: Apps
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/apps/
    name: Desktop and mobile apps
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/integrations/
  - type: Partners
    url: https://www.epidemicsound.com/business/partners/
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 55,000+ royalty-free music tracks across 390 genres
      - 250,000+ sound effects across categorized collections
      - Stems and instrumental versions included with every track
      - All-inclusive licensing covering mechanical, sync, and public performance rights worldwide
      - Semantic search by natural-language description
      - Soundmatch — video-frame analysis returning mood-matched track recommendations
      - Similar-track and similar-section discovery for seamless audio replacement
      - Image-based track matching (`/v0/tracks/matching-image/{imageId}`)
      - Beat detection for video-sync workflows (`/v0/tracks/{trackId}/beats`)
      - HLS streaming previews with cookie-authenticated playback
      - Track-versions generation (beta) — adapt a track to a target duration while preserving structure
      - AI voiceover generation via the MCP server (browse artists, generate, status, download)
      - Partner audio and image uploads for similarity / matching workflows
      - Safelisting licenses for end-user YouTube/social channels
      - Usage and analytics reporting endpoints for partner billing reconciliation
      - Three authentication modes — ApiKey, Partner Token, Epidemic Sound Connect (OAuth 2.0)
      - Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server (Beta) at https://www.epidemicsound.com/a/mcp-service/mcp
      - Audio delivered via Fastly's global CDN; API hosted in Europe
      - Versioned API surface with `/v0/` path prefix
      - 30-day-rotation API keys for programmatic MCP access
      - Partnership-gated access; credentials provisioned via the Developer Portal
    sources:
      - https://www.epidemicsound.com/business/developers/
      - https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
      - https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/mcp/
      - https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com/docs/spec.json
      - https://www.epidemicsound.com/blog/epidemic-sound-api/
    updated: '2026-05-25'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com