Incompetech Royalty-Free Music Pack

1,441 tracks by Kevin MacLeod — the most prolific royalty-free music composer on the internet.

What is this?

This is a music pack manifest for Aristaeus, the open-source soundboard and music player for tabletop gamers. It contains metadata and download URLs for Kevin MacLeod's complete royalty-free catalog.

No audio files are stored in this repository. Tracks are streamed/cached from incompetech.com on demand.

License

All music is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0.

Required Attribution

When using any track from this pack, you must credit:

Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Aristaeus handles this automatically with a "Powered by Kevin MacLeod — incompetech.com" label in the player.

Pack Format

pack.json follows the Aristaeus Music Pack schema (v1):

{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "name": "Pack Name",
  "author": "Author Name",
  "author_url": "https://...",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Full attribution text",
  "track_count": 1441,
  "tracks": [
    {
      "id": "USUAN2500003",
      "title": "Track Name",
      "filename": "Track Name.mp3",
      "url": "https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/mp3-royaltyfree/Track%20Name.mp3",
      "duration_seconds": 247,
      "bpm": 114,
      "instruments": "Drums, Strings, ...",
      "feel": ["Action", "Driving", "Epic"],
      "uploaded": "2025-12-15",
      "isrc": "USUAN2500003"
    }
  ]
}

Creating Your Own Pack

Anyone can create a music pack for Aristaeus:

1. Create a git repo with a pack.json following the schema above
2. Host your audio files anywhere (or include them in the repo for small packs)
3. Add the repo URL in Aristaeus: Settings > Music Packs > Add Pack

About Kevin MacLeod

Kevin MacLeod has composed over 2,000 pieces of royalty-free music used in tens of thousands of films, games, podcasts, and YouTube videos worldwide. His work is a cornerstone of independent media production.

Support Kevin: Patreon | Apple Music