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Music for podcast intros. Music that grabs their attention and helps brand the show.

Theme music and intro cues for the front edge of every episode — short, identity-defining, cleared for Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube monetization, and the ad-network detection systems podcast audio runs against.

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Networks and shows that license our music.

  • Disney
  • HBO
  • Netflix
  • ABC
  • CBS
  • ESPN
  • Paramount
  • Fox
  • Lionsgate
  • Marvel

How licensing works

Three steps. Clean, clear and simple.

  1. Step —01

    Browse

    Search the catalog by style, mood, use, instrumentation, tempo and duration or use Jessica, our AI music supervisor for assistance. Preview the results in seconds.

  2. Step —02

    License

    Direct purchase and download include nearly all licensing you will need, with the exception being in-theatre film release. Subscription-based licensing is covered by an annual blanket license.

  3. Step —03

    Use

    After payment is received for direct purchase or subscription purchase, you will have the appropriate licensing documentation in hand. You are clear to sync the music with your production.

How the library works for you

Nearly every title, ready for the scene.

Nearly every title in the catalog works the same way, built so the version you need already exists.

  • 01

    The full theme, plus alternates

    Each title includes a theme version with all the instrumentation, and usually alternate versions with less instrumentation for quieter moments in the scene.

  • 02

    Broadcast lengths, included

    Most titles include edits at common broadcast lengths of 60, 30, 15, and stingers, plus versions separated by sections or parts.

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    One standard license

    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.

What an intro license actually covers

The recurring sound of your show's brand.

  • 01

    Built for the First Ten Seconds

    Intros are not background — they are the listener's recurring entry point and the strongest brand cue a podcast has. Our catalog includes short-form themes, logos, and opens curated for that specific job, with selections that sit naturally at the 5, 10, 15, and 30-second marks.

  • 02

    Cleared for Monetized Distribution

    Every track is master and publishing cleared at the source. Spotify Audience Network, Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, YouTube monetization, and the major ad-network detection systems accept our delivery as-is. When a routine fingerprint match does appear on a platform, it resolves to your license — often in seconds — through the platform's claim-resolution flow.

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    License Once, Use It for the Life of Your Show

    One license covers your theme across every episode, every platform, everywhere your show distributes — no annual renewal.

  • 04

    A Deep Catalog for the Show's Identity

    Sixty thousand tracks across cinematic, electronic, acoustic, corporate, and dramatic — the tonal range podcast intros actually live in. The library grows weekly, so the catalog keeps pace with where your show wants to sound.

Proof

GMP by the numbers — for podcast intros

in production music
Since 1986in production music
tracks cleared for podcast use
60Ktracks cleared for podcast use
intro lengths ready off-shelf
10–30sintro lengths ready off-shelf
catalog growth across genres
Weeklycatalog growth across genres

Genres for podcast intros

Five working lanes for the kind of intro your audience hears every week.

Quirky and comedy are the #1 lanes for podcast intros — and the rest of the tonal range is right behind. Each lane cross-links to the full genre catalog, or tell us about your show and we will help you find the music you need.

FAQ for podcast intros

Common questions before picking a theme.

Most podcast intros run between ten and thirty seconds, with the strongest brand cue landing in the first five. Our catalog includes selections that work naturally at the 5, 10, 15, and 30-second marks so you can pick the length the show needs without further editing.

Yes. Every track is master and publishing cleared at the source — the standard those platforms require for monetized audio. When a routine fingerprint match does appear on a platform, it resolves to your license — often in seconds — through the platform's claim-resolution flow.

Yes. Theme music licenses are written for in-perpetuity, series-wide use — the same intro across every episode, every platform, every territory the show distributes to, with no per-episode renewal.

Intro-only licenses are scoped narrower than full-show licenses, and pricing reflects that. Independent shows on free tiers start lower than monetized network shows; your specialist will quote the exact scope of your show.

Catalog licenses are non-exclusive — efficient pricing, fast delivery, and the same track may license to other shows. That's what keeps licensing clean, simple, and affordable. The only way to own a piece of music outright is to have it custom-composed elsewhere and buy out all the rights — a very different (and far more expensive) path than production music licensing.

License upgrades to network scope are routine — your specialist handles the rights extension directly, with the same theme music carrying forward under broader paperwork. No renegotiation with multiple administrators and no need to change the intro.

About licensing music for podcast intros

The intro is the most-played track in your show.

A podcast intro is not background music. It is the listener's recurring entry point into the show — the cue that signals the next episode has started, the strongest brand identity the format offers, and the most-played piece of audio across the show's lifetime. A successful weekly podcast plays its intro fifty times a year, every year, across every platform it distributes to. The rights paperwork on that one cue has to hold up to that volume.

GMP Music licenses theme cues and intro music suited for exactly that job. The catalog includes short-form themes for podcast openings — logos, stings, branded opens, and theme cues with lengths that sit naturally at the 5, 10, 15, and 30-second marks the format actually uses. Every track is master and publishing cleared at the source, which is the standard Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and the ad-network detection systems require for monetized audio. When a routine claim does surface on a platform, it resolves to your license — often in seconds — through the platform's claim-resolution flow.

Intro licenses are written for the way show themes actually work — in-perpetuity, series-wide rights for the same cue across every episode, every platform, every territory. There is no per-episode renewal, no quarterly clearance cycle, and no rights surprise when the show lands on a new distribution platform two years in. The license matches the way the listener experiences the intro: as the unchanging cue that opens every show.

GMP is a licensed production music library. Every track comes with clear documentation and chain of title — the clearance monetization platforms require. The intro is the part of your show that runs forever, and one license covers it for the life of the show.

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