Epidemic Sound (epidemic-sound)

Epidemic Sound is a Stockholm-based royalty-free music and sound effects licensing platform for video creators, businesses, and platforms. The catalog includes 55,000+ tracks across 390 genres, 250,000+ sound effects, stems and instrumental versions, all under an all-inclusive license covering mechanical, sync, and public performance rights worldwide. The Partner Content API ("Epidemic Sound Connect") exposes the full catalog and AI-powered soundtracking tools — Soundmatch, semantic search, similar-track/section lookup, image-based matching, beat detection, HLS streaming previews, AI voiceover generation, and track-versions adaptation — gated behind a partnership agreement.

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Run: Capabilities Using Naftiko

Tags

• Music, Sound Effects, Royalty-Free Music, Audio, Audio Licensing, Soundtracking, Sync Licensing, Creators, Video, AI Voiceover, Semantic Search, MCP

Timestamps

• Created: 2026-05-25
• Modified: 2026-05-25

APIs

Epidemic Sound Partner Content API

Single REST API exposing the full Epidemic Sound catalog — tracks, collections, moods, genres, sound effects, stems, beats, HLS previews, similar-track/section search, image-based and video-based matching, track-versions generation (beta), AI voiceovers (via the MCP tools), partner audio/image uploads, usage reporting, and safelisting licenses. Authenticates with ApiKey (x-api-key), Partner Token (bearer), or Epidemic Sound Connect OAuth. /v0/ path prefix; European hosting; Fastly CDN delivery.

Human URL: https://developers.epidemicsound.com/docs/

Base URL: https://partner-content-api.epidemicsound.com

• Documentation — Developer Portal
• Documentation — API Reference
• Documentation — Guides
• SwaggerUI
• OpenAPI
• Naftiko Capability — Browse & Search
• Naftiko Capability — Tracks
• Naftiko Capability — Sound Effects
• Naftiko Capability — Assets
• Naftiko Capability — Safelisting
• Naftiko Capability — Reporting
• Naftiko Capability — Authentication
• Naftiko Capability — Users
• Naftiko Capability — Beta

Common Properties

• Website — epidemicsound.com
• Portal — Music API for Developers & Platforms
• Portal — Epidemic Sound Connect Developer Portal
• Documentation — developers.epidemicsound.com/docs
• Documentation — Partner Content API Reference
• Documentation — Guides
• GettingStarted
• Authentication
• SwaggerUI
• OpenAPI — spec.json
• MCP — Epidemic Sound MCP Server (Beta)
• Pricing
• Plans
• RateLimits
• FinOps
• Blog
• Blog — Learn how the Epidemic Sound API works
• GitHubOrganization
• SDK — Partner Content API Demo (iOS / Swift)
• SDK — Homebrew tap
• Careers
• About
• Contact
• TermsOfService
• PrivacyPolicy
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Facebook
• TikTok
• Apps — Desktop and mobile apps
• Integrations
• Partners

Artifacts

Machine-readable API specifications organized by format.

OpenAPI

• Epidemic Sound Partner Content API

Capabilities (Naftiko)

• Browse & Search
• Tracks
• Sound Effects
• Assets
• Safelisting
• Reporting
• Authentication
• Users
• Beta

Commercial artifacts

• Plans / Pricing
• Rate Limits
• FinOps Definition

Notable Features

• 55,000+ royalty-free tracks across 390 genres; 250,000+ sound effects
• Stems and instrumental versions included; all-inclusive global licensing
• Semantic and BPM/mood/key/instrument-filtered search
• Soundmatch — video-frame analysis returning mood-matched recommendations
• Similar-track and similar-section discovery (audio- or track-id-based)
• Track-versions generation (beta) for duration-aware adaptation
• AI voiceover generation surfaced via the MCP server
• Three auth modes: ApiKey, Partner Token, Epidemic Sound Connect (OAuth 2.0)
• Official MCP server (Beta) at https://www.epidemicsound.com/a/mcp-service/mcp
• Audio delivery via Fastly CDN; API hosted in Europe
• No local catalog caching permitted; CORS domain whitelisting required for browser clients

Maintainers

FN: Kin Lane

Email: kin@apievangelist.com