Library guides: Film and Screen Media: Music and audio

Music and audio

Key music and audio databases

Alexander Street Press
The Alexander Street website brings together, on a single cross-searchable platform, a completely integrated online repository of Alexander Street video and listening titles. The website allows searching for all Alexander Street content including the AVON - Academic Video Online collections and the Music Online audio files.
Naxos Music Library
Provides streaming music, cover artwork, biographies and more. This resource concentrates on western classical music but contains content from other genres such as jazz, world, classic rock and nostalgia.
Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. The Naxos Music Library offers complete catalogues or selected recordings of over 400 independent labels such as ARC, Berlin Classics, BIS, Capriccio, Chandos, CPO, EMI Classics, Erato, Haenssler Classic, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Naïve, Naxos, Nimbus, Ondine, Teldec, Vanguard Classics, Virgin Classics and Warner Classics. Resources include music notes, cover artwork, tracklistings, instrumentation and publisher information, libretti and synopses of more than 700 operas, more than 40,000 composer and artist biographies, pronunciation guide for composer and artist names, glossary, guide to musical terms and work analyses. Streaming quality is 128 Kbps.
Naxos Music Library Jazz
Provides streaming music, cover artwork, biographies and more. This resource concentrates on jazz music, featuring music and artists from labels such Blue Note Records and Fantasy eg. Herbie Handcokc, Dexter Gordon, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and more.
5 simultaneous user limit.

Choral Public Domain Library
A collection of free choral/vocal scores, texts and translations
Music Online : Classical music in video (Alexander Street Press)
A video streaming database of classical music performances of leading orchestras, soloists, chamber music, oratorios, masterclasses and covers music from the Medieval to the present.

Online audio resources

Free Music Archive
All songs on FMA are free to access and download.
YouTube Audio Library - Free Music
Audio Library - Free Music showcases music that you can download for FREE and use in your own videos.

Online sound software

Look under the Web Resources page for online open source sound editing software/tools.