For Podcast Networks, Producers & Show Hosts
Music for podcasts. Music that grabs their attention and helps brand the show.
Theme music, episode beds, transitions, and sponsorship reads — every track cleared for Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube monetization, and the ad-network detection standards platform audio actually runs against.
Networks and shows that license our music.
How licensing works
Three steps. Clean, clear and simple.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 every license includes
Built for the part of the show the listener doesn't notice.
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Cleared for Podcast Monetization
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 claim does surface on a platform, it resolves to your license — often in seconds — through the platform's claim-resolution flow.
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Theme Music to Stingers
Opens, beds, stingers, mid-roll bumpers, sponsorship reads, cold-open cues, cliffhanger swells — everything a serialized show actually needs, cleared in one license.
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A Deep Catalog Across Show Formats
Sixty thousand tracks spanning singer-songwriter, underscore, ambient, electronic, cinematic, and dramatic — the tonal range podcast formats actually live in, growing weekly.
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Direct Line to a Human
We are eager to assist you in your music search — to find just the right theme for your show. Tell us about your project and we'll head you in a good direction.
Proof
GMP by the numbers — for podcasts
- in production music
- Since 1986in production music
- tracks cleared for podcast use
- 60Ktracks cleared for podcast use
- monetization-cleared catalog
- Platformmonetization-cleared catalog
- catalog growth across genres
- Weeklycatalog growth across genres
What's in the catalog
A deep production music library, filtered for serialized audio.
Podcast music lands in a narrower band than commercial work — atmospheric, restrained, conversational, narrative. Here's the slice of the GMP catalog that ships for podcasts every week.
Style
49 in catalogMusic styles most often pulled for podcast themes, beds, and underscore.
Mood
44 in catalogTonal lanes for the show's emotional baseline.
Use
100+ in catalogUse-case tags that map directly to serialized audio work.
49 styles · 44 moods · 100+ use tags · 100+ instruments — tagged the way podcast producers actually search.
Genres for podcast work
Working genres for the kinds of shows that actually grow audiences.
Most podcast scoring lands in one of these lanes. Each cross-links to the full genre catalog page — or tell us about your project and we'll help you find the music you need.
Formats our catalog covers
What kind of podcast work the catalog gets licensed for.
Every show format has its own music needs. These are the formats GMP music ships in every week, with the specific music slots each one calls for.
Interview & Conversation Shows
Themes, opens, returns from break, and conversational underscore that sits behind dialogue without competing.
Narrative & Documentary Podcasts
Long-form cinematic selections — cold opens, mid-episode crescendos, cliffhanger cues, season-finale resolution.
True Crime & Investigative
Tension beds, suspense cues, ambient unease, and resolution swells for serialized investigative reporting.
News & Daily Briefings
Authoritative themes, between-segment stingers, and sponsorship beds for daily-cadence formats.
Comedy & Variety
Quirky themes, bumpers, transitions, and bed music that supports comic timing without telegraphing the joke.
Business & Career
Polished, optimistic, motivational opens and underscore for business, career, and finance shows.
Branded & Sponsored Podcasts
Brand-aligned theme music and sponsorship reads cleared for ad-network use, including podcast-network partnerships.
Live Podcast Events
Theatrical-scope themes and stingers for live tours, broadcast specials, and audience tapings.
Podcasts, by project
Pages built for the specific podcast cue your show needs.
FAQ for podcast producers
Common questions before licensing a show.
Find a track in the catalog, pick the license tier that covers your distribution scope (single show, network, monetized episodes), and purchase the license in-app. For unusual rights scopes — branded podcasts, network deals, live event use — a specialist handles the license directly.
Yes. Every track is master and publishing cleared at the source, which is the standard those platforms require. Tracks are real, cleared cataloged music licensed for monetized audio use, not stripped of rights after the show ships.
Yes — sponsored use is standard. We license for monetized episodes, ad-supported tiers, branded podcast partnerships, and sponsorship reads. The license covers the show's monetization model, not just the episode it's used in.
Yes. Master and publishing rights are clean and registered, so when ad networks scan for rights conflicts, our tracks pass. When a routine claim does surface on a platform, it resolves to your license — often in seconds — through the platform's claim-resolution flow.
Pricing scales by scope: independent shows on free tiers start lower than monetized network shows. Your specialist will quote the exact scope of your show.
The library spans roughly sixty thousand tracks across every major genre and mood, and grows weekly. If your first search comes up short, tell us about your project and we'll help you find the music you need.
License upgrades to network or studio scope are routine — your specialist handles the rights extension directly, with new paperwork written to the broader scope. No renegotiation with multiple administrators.
GMP is a licensed production music library. Every track comes with clear documentation and chain of title, the paperwork that festival programmers, studio legal teams, and streaming rights teams accept. One standard license covers nearly every use, so licensing stays clean and simple.
About licensing music for podcasts
Licensing music for podcasts, end to end.
Podcasts have become one of the most rights-sensitive formats in modern media. A show that starts as a hobby on a free hosting plan can land a platform exclusivity deal, an ad-network sponsorship, a brand partnership, and a live tour — sometimes within twelve months. The theme music and beds you pick at launch have to clear all of that, or the rights paperwork becomes a problem at exactly the moment the show is starting to win. GMP Music exists to make sure that doesn't happen.
The catalog is sixty thousand tracks across every genre, mood, and tempo a podcast project might call for — intimate singer-songwriter themes for interview shows, ambient underscore for narrative and true-crime serials, sleek electronic identities for business and culture podcasts, restrained cinematic beds for documentary podcasts, and the stingers and transitions that hold a serialized show's pacing together. Every track is master and publishing cleared at the source, which means platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Amazon accept it for monetized use without question.
Music licensing is built around how podcasts actually grow. Standard licenses cover independent and small-network shows; network-scope licenses cover ad-supported and exclusive distribution; broader scopes cover branded partnerships, multi-show network deals, and rights for the live event a successful podcast eventually wants to do. There is no third-party administrator to chase, no rights conflict to resolve when the show scales. When a routine claim does surface on a platform, it resolves to your license — often in seconds — through the platform's claim-resolution flow.
GMP is a licensed production music library. Every track comes with clear documentation and chain of title — the paperwork platforms, legal teams, and rights reviews accept. One standard license covers nearly every use, so licensing stays clean and simple, and the rights are settled before the work grows.
Related
Adjacent pages worth a read.
How to License Music for a Podcast
Monetization, ad-network safety, and clean-cut clearances for serialized audio.
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Music for Podcast Intros
The intro-specific landing page — themes, opens, and brand identity cues for the first ten seconds of every episode.
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Music for Content Creators
Adjacent page for short-form video creators alongside podcasting.
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Music for Documentaries
Sister page for the long-form scoring work many narrative podcasts move toward.
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Music for Corporate Videos
Cross-link for branded podcast and corporate audio programs.
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Your show's next theme is already in the library