Extreme Music
Extreme Music creates and licenses production music for television, film, advertising, and online media.
What Extreme Music is
Extreme Music creates and licenses production music for television, film, advertising, and online media. Its catalog can be searched by keywords, mood, composer, tempo, country, instrument, genre, label, vocals, and era. Users can upload an audio file for BPM detection and search for catalog tracks at the detected tempo. Customix lets users change a track’s arrangement, tempo, length, and mix, while a separate stems mixer provides access to individual track elements. Soundcheck auditions tracks against a desktop MP4, and the EDL tool creates cue sheets from an uploaded edit decision list. A Media Composer plugin provides edit-ready mixes, stems, cutdowns, shared playlists, and track previews; it is tested with version 2024.12 and newer, while older versions are unsupported. Listening does not require an account, but downloads need a free registered account and permanent access is subject to approval, usually within 48 hours. Full download access is limited to media professionals. Licensing costs depend on the project and use; alternate language versions and cutdowns require separate pricing. Tracks are not available for personal-use purchase.
Good
- Searches cover mood, tempo, instruments, and era.
- BPM search can use an uploaded audio file.
- Customix adjusts arrangement, tempo, length, and mix.
- Licenses cover all versions and stems of a track.
- Downloads include MP3, WAV, or AIFF options.
Watch out
- Full download access is limited to media professionals.
- Permanent access requires approval.
- Alternate language versions and cutdowns have separate pricing.
- Older Media Composer versions are unsupported.
Who it suits
It is for media professionals seeking production music and tools for finding, editing, and licensing tracks for media projects. It does not offer track purchases for personal use.
Verdict
Extreme Music offers catalog search, track editing tools, and licensing for professional media use. Listening is open without an account, but downloads require registration and approval for permanent access.
Plans and prices
From Extreme Music's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Custom music license | Priced on request | Cost depends on project and use · alternate language versions and cutdowns require separate pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Extreme Music's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account access
- Listening does not require an account, while downloading requires a free registered account and permanent access is subject to approval, usually within 48 hours.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Avid integration
- Extreme Music offers a Media Composer plugin with edit-ready mixes, stems and cutdowns, and shared playlists and track previews.checked 4 Oct 2026
- BPM detection
- The search page lets users upload an audio file to detect its BPM and search the catalog by the detected tempo.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Editing tools
- Customix is a cloud-powered mixer for changing a track’s arrangement, tempo, length and mix, and the stems mixer provides access to individual track elements.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Formats
- The FAQ lists 48k WAV and 320 kbps MP3 downloads, and says downloads are broadcast-ready MP3, WAV or AIFF files without watermarks.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Only media professionals qualify for full download access.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- A license covers all versions and stems of the licensed track, but alternate language versions and cutdowns require separate pricing through a representative or local office.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Personal-use limitation
- The FAQ says tracks cannot be purchased for personal use and suggests Spotify or iTunes for casual listening.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Plugin support
- The Avid plugin has been tested with Media Composer version 2024.12 and newer; older versions may work but are not supported.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy and security
- The privacy policy says Extreme uses commercially reasonable safeguards for personal data, while noting that electronic transmission or storage cannot be guaranteed fully private and secure.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Extreme Music creates and licenses production music for television, film, advertising and online media.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Production tools
- Soundcheck auditions tracks against a desktop MP4, while the EDL tool creates cue sheets from an uploaded edit decision list.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Search
- Users can search by categories such as keywords, moods, composers, tempo, country, instruments, genre, label, vocals and era.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Customers can contact a local office or use website live chat for help with music searches and technical support.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- London, Englandchecked 28 Sep 2026
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