
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
Networks and brands that license our music.
How licensing works
Three steps. Clean, clear and simple.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The sound of Thanksgiving
From the harvest table to the trip back home.
Thanksgiving covers gratitude, family, and the pull toward home. Six places to start your music search.
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Acoustic warmth
Fingerpicked guitar and gentle strings for grocery and food commercials, table-setting moments, and the feeling of a full house.
- Acoustic guitar
- Upright bass
- Light strings
Explore Acoustic
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Americana & folk
Front-porch instrumentation for harvest imagery, small-town stories, and retail spots built around home and family.
- Banjo
- Mandolin
- Fiddle
Explore Folk
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Gentle piano & strings
Reflective, unhurried underscore for gratitude messages, nonprofit giving campaigns, and quiet family moments.
- Solo piano
- String quartet
- Soft pads
Explore Calm
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Inspirational build
Swelling strings and warm brass for travel-home stories, community giving spots, and messages of thanks that build to something bigger.
- Strings
- French horn
- Piano
Explore Inspirational
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Uplifting & celebratory
Bright, full arrangements for holiday kickoff spots, parade broadcasts, and the moment a campaign turns toward the whole season ahead.
- Full strings
- Brass
- Light percussion
Explore Uplifting
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Light jazz & dinner table
Easygoing swing and brushed drums for lifestyle content, cooking segments, and the hours between the meal and the dishes.
- Brushed drums
- Upright bass
- Piano
Explore Jazz
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.
More from the seasonal calendar
More of the fall and winter calendar.
Sep–Oct
Halloween
Spooky, playful, and dark music for retail spots, TV promos, and haunted attractions.
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Oct–Dec
Christmas
Bells, strings, and festive warmth for holiday commercials, specials, and greetings.
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Aug–Jan
Football
Driving, hard-hitting music for game-day promos, broadcast packages, and season openers.
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Sep–Oct
Oktoberfest
Oompah brass, polkas, and beer-hall cheer for fall festival campaigns.
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May–Nov
Patriotic
Stirring American music for military tributes, civic events, and national holidays.
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Related
Adjacent pages worth a read.
Acoustic Genre Catalog
Fingerpicked guitar and gentle strings for warm, homestyle storytelling.
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Folk Music
Banjo, mandolin, and front-porch instrumentation for Americana and harvest imagery.
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Inspirational Music
Swelling strings and warm brass for gratitude, giving, and community stories.
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Music for Commercials
Licensing music for national spots, retail campaigns, and seasonal launches.
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Music for TV
Episodic, network, and streaming television, including seasonal programming and promos.
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Pricing & Licensing Models
How GMP licensing works: subscriptions, per-track purchases, and blanket licensing.
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