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Seasonal · Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving production music. Warm, grateful, and homestyle.

Instrumental Thanksgiving music for grocery and retail commercials, travel-home stories, nonprofit giving campaigns, and holiday broadcast promos. Fall background music for the season of gathering, already in the library.

Thanksgiving at a glance

The big day
Fourth Thursday in November
Campaigns air
Mid October through Thanksgiving week
Start your music search
Early autumn
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Networks and brands 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.

  • 03

    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.

The Thanksgiving production calendar

Gratitude, on a deadline for production teams.

Thanksgiving campaigns share the fall calendar with Halloween and lead straight into Christmas. Here is how the season usually unfolds, and where music fits at each stage.

  1. Early September

    Plan the season

    Creative direction gets set for grocery, retail, and giving campaigns, often alongside the Christmas plan. A good moment to decide how the season should sound: quiet and reflective, or full and celebratory.

  2. Late September to early October

    Search the catalog

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

  3. Mid October

    License and edit

    Most titles include edits at 60, 30, 15, and stingers, so one track can cover the main spot and every shorter version that follows it to air.

  4. November

    On air through the holiday

    Promos, parade and football broadcast tie-ins, and travel-home stories run through Thanksgiving week. Alternate versions with less instrumentation leave room for voiceover and family footage.

Where Thanksgiving music shows up

Four productions that need the season to feel right.

Thanksgiving music works across retail, broadcast, nonprofit, and online video.

  • Grocery & Food Commercials

    Spots built around the meal itself: turkey, sides, baking, and the table that brings everyone together.

  • Retail & Holiday Kickoff Spots

    Campaigns that carry a brand from Thanksgiving into Black Friday and the start of the holiday shopping season.

  • Nonprofit & Giving Campaigns

    Gratitude and community-giving stories for food banks, charities, and year-end fundraising appeals.

  • Broadcast Promos & Family Content

    Network specials, parade and football tie-in promos, and family-focused programming that airs Thanksgiving week.

FAQ for Thanksgiving music

Common questions

It depends on the story. Grocery and retail spots usually call for warm acoustic or Americana music built around gratitude and home. Nonprofit and giving campaigns lean into gentle piano and strings or an inspirational build. Broadcast promos and holiday kickoff spots often want something brighter and more uplifting. The GMP catalog covers all of it.

Yes. Acoustic, folk, and calm instrumental tracks work as general autumn and fall background music, useful for content that wants the season without naming the holiday directly.

Many Thanksgiving campaigns are planned in early September and edited by mid October, so starting your music search in early autumn gives your team time to compare options. The catalog is online, so you can search and preview whenever your project is ready.

Yes. The standard license covers almost everything, including broadcast, streaming, social, and nonprofit fundraising video. 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.

Nearly all of our titles have a few things in common: a theme version with full instrumentation, alternate versions with less instrumentation, edits at common broadcast lengths of 60, 30, 15, and stingers, and versions separated by sections or parts.

About Thanksgiving production music

The sound of gratitude, ready for your production.

Thanksgiving music carries a quieter job than most holiday seasons: it needs to feel warm, grateful, and unhurried rather than loud or sales-driven. A fingerpicked acoustic guitar and a soft string pad say gathering, home, and family. A swelling string line under a piano says thank you, in a way words sometimes can't. GMP Music licenses Thanksgiving production music across that range, produced and recorded by accomplished composers in recording studios specifically for GMP Music.

Producers use it as Thanksgiving background music for grocery and food commercials, instrumental Thanksgiving music for holiday kickoff and retail spots, fall background music for travel-home stories and lifestyle content, and autumn background music for nonprofit giving campaigns that run through the end of the year. Nearly all of our titles include a theme version with full instrumentation, alternate versions with less instrumentation, edits at common broadcast lengths of 60, 30, 15, and stingers, and versions separated by sections or parts.

Licensing is clean and simple. The standard license covers almost everything, so the same track can run across broadcast, streaming, social, and event video. The only exception is theatrical release, which requires an additional license. Every license includes master and publishing rights for the GMP-owned catalog, with clear documentation for your production.

Whether your project needs a quiet moment of thanks or a fuller, more celebratory sound heading into 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 media project.

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