Production Music for Documentary Films

Universal Production Music offers a wide range of background music for documentary films, with playlists and albums designed for longform storytelling, short-form profiles, and transitional segments like cold opens and credits. Whether you're a producer, editor, music supervisor, or director, you'll find sync tracks that support every emotional tone, from intimate and reflective to investigative, tense, and inspiring. These collections are built for use in true crime, historical deep dives, sports docuseries, science explainers, nature docs, and more.

 

Explore cinematic soundtracks, minimalist piano, layered ambient textures, and emotionally driven underscores. For creative flexibility in post, many tracks include stem files that let you isolate and mix instruments. Looking to match a reference cue? Use our AI-powered Similarity Search to quickly find syncs that echo the tone and pacing of a guide track. You can also check out sound design background music to build tension or add atmospheric detail.

 

Every track is pre-cleared for sync across broadcast, streaming, digital, and social formats. Explore our licensing options to find the right fit for your nonfiction production. Register to access a library of high-quality tracks and see how our music help shape documentary storytelling.