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Epidemic Sound

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).

Epidemic Sound publishes 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Assets API, Authentication API, Beta API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Music, Sound Effects, Royalty-Free Music, Audio, and Audio Licensing.

Epidemic Sound’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, pricing, engineering blog, YouTube channel, and 30 more developer resources.

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49.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 44/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessPaidSelf serve
9 APIs 21 Features
MusicSound EffectsRoyalty-Free MusicAudioAudio LicensingSoundtrackingSync LicensingCreatorsVideoAI VoiceoverSemantic SearchMCP

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 49.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 44/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Epidemic Sound Assets API

These endpoints allows your application to upload assets such as images or audio.

Epidemic Sound Authentication API

Endpoints for user authentication.

Epidemic Sound Beta API

These endpoints are in beta.

Epidemic Sound Browse & search API

These endpoints will allow you to explore the Epidemic Sound library. You can display tracks grouped in curated playlists, moods or genres or use search to get tracks by any term.

Epidemic Sound Reporting API

These endpoints will allow you to report how tracks are used in your application.

Epidemic Sound Safelisting API

Endpoints for managing safelisting licenses. Allows partners to create, list, update, and delete licenses for channels and videos on behalf of their end users.

Epidemic Sound Sound effects API

Endpoints to get sound effect specific information. These endpoints allow you to build a UI to browse and search for sound effects.

Epidemic Sound Tracks API

Endpoints to get track specific information.

Epidemic Sound Users API

These endpoints allows your application to get user specific information such as liked sounds.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Partner Content API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Epidemic Sound Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Epidemic Sound Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Epidemic Sound Finops

FINOPS

Features 21

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

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

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Epidemic Sound Authentication

http/oauth2 · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Epidemic Sound Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Epidemic Sound Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Epidemic Sound Agentic Access

47 operations · 14 acting

47 operations · 14 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Portal
Portal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 5

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 Documentation
Documentation
 Documentation
Documentation
 SwaggerUI
SwaggerUI
 OpenAPI
OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 MCP
MCP

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SDKs
SDKs
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 Authentication
Authentication

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits
 Contact
Contact

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 10

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 Blog
Blog
 Careers
Careers
 About
About
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter
 Instagram
Instagram
 Facebook
Facebook
 Partners
Partners

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Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

TikTok
TikTok
 Apps
Apps

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/epidemic-sound.png
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-assets-api
  name: Epidemic Sound Assets API
  description: These endpoints allows your application to upload assets such as images or audio.
  humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
  tags:
  - Assets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/epidemic-sound-assets-api-openapi.yml
  - 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
- aid: epidemic-sound:epidemic-sound-authentication-api
  name: Epidemic Sound Authentication API
  description: Endpoints for user authentication.
  humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/epidemic-sound-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - 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
- aid: epidemic-sound:epidemic-sound-beta-api
  name: Epidemic Sound Beta API
  description: These endpoints are in beta.
  humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
  tags:
  - Beta
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/epidemic-sound-beta-api-openapi.yml
  - 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
- aid: epidemic-sound:epidemic-sound-browse-search-api
  name: Epidemic Sound Browse & search API
  description: These endpoints will allow you to explore the Epidemic Sound library. You can display tracks grouped in curated
    playlists, moods or genres or use search to get tracks by any term.
  humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
  tags:
  - Browse & search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/epidemic-sound-browse-search-api-openapi.yml
  - 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
- aid: epidemic-sound:epidemic-sound-reporting-api
  name: Epidemic Sound Reporting API
  description: These endpoints will allow you to report how tracks are used in your application.
  humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
  tags:
  - Reporting
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/epidemic-sound-reporting-api-openapi.yml
  - 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
- aid: epidemic-sound:epidemic-sound-safelisting-api
  name: Epidemic Sound Safelisting API
  description: Endpoints for managing safelisting licenses. Allows partners to create, list, update, and delete licenses for
    channels and videos on behalf of their end users.
  humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
  tags:
  - Safelisting
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/epidemic-sound-safelisting-api-openapi.yml
  - 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
- aid: epidemic-sound:epidemic-sound-sound-effects-api
  name: Epidemic Sound Sound effects API
  description: Endpoints to get sound effect specific information. These endpoints allow you to build a UI to browse and search
    for sound effects.
  humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
  tags:
  - Sound effects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/epidemic-sound-sound-effects-api-openapi.yml
  - 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
- aid: epidemic-sound:epidemic-sound-tracks-api
  name: Epidemic Sound Tracks API
  description: Endpoints to get track specific information.
  humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
  tags:
  - Tracks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/epidemic-sound-tracks-api-openapi.yml
  - 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
- aid: epidemic-sound:epidemic-sound-users-api
  name: Epidemic Sound Users API
  description: These endpoints allows your application to get user specific information such as liked sounds.
  humanURL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/epidemic-sound-users-api-openapi.yml
  - 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
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/epidemic-sound-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/epidemic-sound-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/epidemic-sound-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/epidemic-sound-scopes.yml
- 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: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/epidemicsound/partner-content-api-demo-ios
  name: Partner Content API Demo (iOS, Swift)
- type: SDKs
  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