Genre · Christmas
Christmas production music.
Warm, festive, ready for the season.
Orchestral holiday arrangements, jazz-combo warmth, and playful seasonal cues for retail commercials, brand holiday campaigns, TV specials, corporate greetings, and family content.
Every search is a starting point. Once you're in the catalog, add or adjust style, use, mood, tempo, and duration in any combination to zero in on exactly what your project needs.
Christmas music carries a season's worth of association in just a few bars: bells, string swells, a familiar melodic shape the audience already recognizes. The Christmas section of the GMP catalog is built around that instant recognition, tracks that feel like the holidays the moment they start.
These are the cues that open a retail commercial, warm a corporate holiday greeting, underscore a TV special, and carry a brand's seasonal campaign from late November through New Year. Orchestral arrangements, jazz-combo warmth, and playful seasonal cues sit side by side in the catalog, so a project can find its own holiday tone instead of a generic one.
"Tracks that feel like the holidays the moment they start."
What the Christmas catalog covers.
The section spans classic orchestral holiday arrangements, warm jazz-combo takes with brushed drums and upright bass, playful seasonal cues built for retail and family content, and quieter, string-led pieces for reflective holiday moments. Every track is produced and recorded by accomplished composers in recording studios specifically for GMP Music.
The default sound leans traditional and instrumentally rich: bells, strings, woodwinds, and light percussion. The catalog also covers a more contemporary seasonal pop and light-jazz register for brands that want the holidays without the formality of a classic carol arrangement.
These tracks are the catalog's primary export to retail and holiday brand campaigns, TV specials, corporate season's greetings, and any family-facing project that needs the season to feel authentic rather than generic.
Sonic Specs
- Tempo Range
- Variable, from slow and reflective to upbeat retail tempo, roughly 70-130 BPM
- Primary Instrumentation
- Orchestral strings and brass, bells, woodwinds, jazz combo, light percussion
- Characteristic Moods
- Warm, Festive, Joyful, Nostalgic, Playful
- Default Use Cases
- Retail commercials, brand holiday campaigns, TV specials, corporate greetings
Where Christmas Lands
Four places holiday music does its best work.
Christmas music from the catalog is used in retail advertising, brand campaigns, TV specials, and corporate content wherever a project needs the season to feel genuine.
Retail Commercials
Bright, familiar holiday warmth for the spot that has to sell the season, not just mention it.
Holiday Brand Advertising
Seasonal campaign beds that carry a brand's tone from the first snow through New Year.
TV Specials
Orchestral and traditional arrangements built for broadcast holiday programming.
Corporate Holiday Greetings
Warm, professional holiday cues for year-end messages, internal videos, and client greetings.
From the curators
The Christmas catalog is curated so a project can find its own holiday tone: traditional and orchestral, jazz-warm, or playful and contemporary, without settling for the generic version of the season.
Adjacent in the catalog
Genres that live near Christmas.
Orchestral
Full string and brass sections, the foundation of the catalog's traditional holiday arrangements.
Classical
Formal, timeless arrangements for the more restrained end of the holiday catalog.
Jazz
Brushed drums and warm combo textures behind the catalog's jazz-leaning holiday tracks.
Corporate
Clean, professional beds that pair naturally with a corporate holiday greeting.
Children
Playful, family-friendly energy for the lighter side of seasonal content.
On Christmas licensing
Questions about Christmas music in the catalog.
What kind of Christmas music is in the catalog?
The Christmas section covers orchestral holiday arrangements, jazz-combo warmth, playful seasonal cues, and quieter reflective pieces. The sound ranges from traditional and instrumentally rich to a more contemporary seasonal pop register.
Is the Christmas music original, or built from public-domain carols?
The catalog is a library of original production music produced and recorded by accomplished composers specifically for GMP Music. It is not a collection of public-domain carol recordings.
Can I use Christmas tracks in a retail commercial or TV special?
Yes. The standard license covers nearly every use, including broadcast, streaming, and social. The only exception is theatrical release, which requires an additional license: contact us with a request for quote and we will respond quickly with a license that meets your requirements.
How far in advance should I start a holiday music search?
There's no required lead time. Search the catalog online or talk to a specialist whenever your holiday campaign is coming together, and we'll help you find the right track for the season.
About Christmas production music licensing
Licensing Christmas production music for retail, broadcast, and brand campaigns.
Christmas music does a specific job: it tells an audience the season has arrived, usually in the first few seconds. GMP Music has been licensing holiday production music to retailers, broadcasters, agencies, and brands since 1986, and the Christmas section of the catalog is built to cover the full range of how the season gets used, from a thirty-second retail spot to a full TV special.
The catalog includes traditional orchestral arrangements with bells, strings, and brass; warm jazz-combo takes for a more relaxed holiday mood; playful seasonal cues for family and retail content; and quieter, reflective pieces for the sentimental moments a holiday campaign often needs. Filter by mood, tempo, or use case, or tell us about your project and we will help you find the music you need.
Licensing is clean and simple. The standard license covers nearly every use. The only exception is theatrical release, which requires an additional license: contact us with a request for quote and we will respond quickly with a license that meets your requirements.
The season moves fast for retail and brand teams, and the music has to keep up. A catalog of approximately 60,000 tracks, growing weekly, means there is more than one way to sound like the holidays. We are eager to assist you in your music search, to find just the right track that will represent your brand and vision for your holiday project.
Ready to license
Find the Christmas music your season needs.
Every search is a starting point. Once you're in the catalog, add or adjust style, use, mood, tempo, and duration in any combination to zero in on exactly what your project needs.