How to Add Music to a Video

Music can have a dramatic effect on our perception of a video – no matter whether it’s a movie, a commercial, or a video presentation. Silent footage or a video with just a few snippets of voice commentary might really need some good music to make it interesting. Here, you'll learn about different ways to add background music for your video.

Download Movavi Video Editor to add music to videos. With this easy-to-use music video editing software, you'll combine audio and video in a couple of minutes! Movavi’s software for Windows and Mac OS allows you to add sound to a video in MP3, WMA, OGG, or FLAC format to your MP4, AVI, or any other format video and save it as a new file.

Adding a song to a video with Movavi Video Editor is quite easy. Read our instructions below and learn how to put music over a video clip in four simple steps.

Now you know how to put music over a video! Apart from adding sound to a video, Movavi Video Editor also lets you undertake many other tasks: merging multiple videos into one, inserting transitions between video segments, applying filters and special effects, adding titles, and much more!

The biggest advantage of online video editors is the ability to edit videos without downloading any program on your Windows or Mac computer - all you need to add music to a video online is a decent network connection to the internet.

However, using online tools may be risky since a single network error is enough to nullify all the efforts you’ve put into editing a video. Online tools also require a high-speed internet connection, so they are most suitable only for editing short video clips. Besides, online video-editing solutions may not be the best choice if you need more advanced editing options.

If you still want to add audio to a video online, we recommend Clipchamp. This music video maker has an intuitive interface and provides its basic functions for free. However, the cheapest paid plan conveniently gives access to free audio stock. To learn how to add MP3 to video with Clipchamp, go to the website and follow the instructions below.

Go to Clipchamp’s website

Create a new account or sign in with your Google account. After that, click the Create a video button in the upper left corner. In the window that opens, choose a format for your project. Drag and drop the video file to the app’s working area and then drag the uploaded asset to the timeline. Repeat the process for the desired audio file. Now you can adjust the length of the audio track to the video. If the music track is longer than the video, move the white marker to the end of the video and click the Split button. If the video is longer than the music file, you can double the audio by clicking the Duplicate button. When you are satisfied with the result, click the Export button in the upper right corner of the interface, select the resolution and click Continue to download the output video.

Another option is to use iOS video-editing apps to add music to a video. Mobile video editors allow you to create videos on the fly and are perfectly suited for making basic edits. However, such apps might have problems with processing a large video, so the best way to use them is to create short videos for Instagram or Facebook stories. But what music video editing software should you use? It’s hard to choose the best app to add music to video, but we recommend using Quik. It’s free, easy-to-use, and has its own music library, so you can effortlessly put music over videos with the app. Follow the instructions below to learn how to add music to a video on an iPhone.

Download Quik from the App Store

Launch the app. Tap the Plus icon to create a new project. On the next screen, select a video for adding the music and tap the Add button to move to the next screen. In the lower part of the interface, tap the Note icon and then tap the Music Library button to select the music from your iTunes library or the in-app music library. Select the desired audio file and tap the Checkmark icon to confirm your choice. Finally, tap the Save button and choose the appropriate sharing option from the list or simply save the file to your photo library.

If you need an app to add music to video for free, you’ll have no trouble finding it on Android. However, searching for good software may be difficult due to the number of apps in Google Play. Our top pick is InShot. You can easily add music to a video with the app and make other complex edits with this full-scale video editor. Follow the instructions below to learn how to add music to a video on Android.

Download InShot from Google Play

Launch the app. On the main screen, tap the Video button. Then select the video footage and tap the Сheckmark icon to confirm the selection. On the next screen, tap the Music button and then the Tracks button. On the My music tab, select the desired song. Now you can adjust the audio. If the length of an audio track exceeds the length of a video, move the white marker to the end of the video, click the Split button and delete the unnecessary part of the song. Tap the Сheckmark icon to save the changes. Tap the Save button. Finally, select the resolution of the output video. The video will be saved on your device automatically.

If you want to learn how to add music to a video, check out some useful tips below.

First of all, you should decide whether the music will be in the foreground or the background. Foreground music can be used in videos or parts of a video that mostly show activity without voice commentary or dialogue. For narrated videos, the focus should be on the narration itself, so it’s better to place the music in the background. Keep in mind that if music is in the foreground of your video, you want the volume to be higher so the melody will sound more prominently. If the music is in the background, you want people to be able to hear whatever else is happening in the video.

Experiment with volume before you publish your video to make sure that the music is exactly as loud as you want it to be. Music that’s too loud or too soft can be distracting to viewers, and that’s what you want to avoid.

After you decide which role music will play you can start thinking about its tone. Before browsing the internet for music, watch your video to figure out what sort of atmosphere you want to create. Obviously, you’ll want to use an upbeat tune to create a positive atmosphere and a more somber melody for the video on a more serious topic. If your video is long enough, you may even need multiple tracks to evoke different emotions.

Then you’ll need to find the music itself. Unfortunately, most of the songs you own are copyrighted and, if you use them, you’ll have to pay the copyright owner every time someone views your video. To avoid it, we recommend using royalty-free music. Some of the websites that provide such music are truly free but usually have a limited choice and sometimes provide songs only for non-commercial purposes. For any type of commercial video, we recommend using royalty-free songs from paid websites. Although such music isn’t free, it’s usually inexpensive and can provide you with a wide range of high-quality songs.

Below you can find the list of free and paid services that provide royalty-free music.

Free

• Wave.video
• Icons8
• HookSounds
• Bensound
• SoundCloud
• Videvo

Paid

• Premium Beat
• Artlist
• Epidemic Sound
• Audiio
• Storyblocks

Finally, you need to choose the appropriate video editor for adding music. There are different apps to add music to a video for free. You can use a desktop program, an online service, or a smartphone app.