How to Add Background Music To Video In Premiere Pro

How to Add Background Music To Video In Premiere Pro

Background music can really enhance any edit. The key is using music that doesn't overwhelm the vocals in the video.
You have to pick the correct music, mix the sound or duck the music, fade it in and out, and change the duration of the music.

The first step in adding background music in Premiere is choosing a song. Make sure you choose a royalty-free song that you have permission to use if you plan to show the video publicly online or for a client.

Here are two websites I recommend for royalty-free music without copyright issues.

Epidemic Sound (affiliate link)

Envato Elements (affiliate link)

You can get the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro here: (affiliate link)

Import the music once you purchase it into your Adobe Premiere project and drag and drop the song to a new audio track.

You can use the audio mixer panel to lower the volume. In most cases, -28 to -30 will do the trick for background music.

Cut the music to the length of your video. Fade in the beginning and fade out the ending and you are all set.

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[yiekst.]

Thank you so much, I learned a lot from this beginner-friendly tutorial. All the best!

[wesammmm]

Thank you so much bud!
much appreciated

[ty]

Thank you for this tutorial! It is one of the best ones I have found for adding music and you are a lifesaver for my university project!

[kashiftanweer]

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[playdirty]

very helpful. Thanks much bro. Gave you a thumbs up and I've subscribed.

[jackmarriott]

Hey I get my music videos from YouTube mp4 and then get it onto my pc do u know how to remove the music video so I can hear the music because I can only see the music video on my screen not the clip I have put it

[blake-owmv]

How can I add background music to multiple 1 min clips which are in the same timeline created from one large video file? Mostly for Instagram or YouTube shorts.

[Staticprince]

So for the music are those non copyrighted music where I can download and have the music without getting in trouble?

[caseyallandabout]

Hello. I want to ask for help, maybe you will know. There is such a thing when I add music to the project panel then the song sounds very good and in good quality, but when I add it to the timeline then the song is in poor quality :( maybe you can help?

[juliemaury]

I have a problem.... When I export the video then the light changed and the qality of the vid is not so good anymore, even if i did not change any settings :((( how is it possible ?

[sarithsnow]

Can help tell me how to do ..when me use no copyright music bg but when upload in YouTube it still catch with copyright..

[munirmalkawi]

why i cant hear the track i do all the steps

[sssilktouches]

These websites do not have any of my songs i listen to

[eyre]

Royalty free music for one monthly fee? How is that possible? Isn't royalty