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Background Music Generator for Corporate Videos
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- Sonilo Team
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Marketing and comms teams need mood-appropriate background music at an exact length without wrestling with stock-music licenses, and Sonilo generates it directly from a video or a text prompt in minutes.
Quick answer
Sonilo is a background music generator built for exactly this problem. Upload a corporate explainer, training video, or product demo and Sonilo analyzes the pacing and scene changes to generate a matching score with no prompt required, or describe the mood you want in a text prompt ("corporate, optimistic, light percussion, 90 BPM"). Either way, the track is generated at the exact duration you request, from 5 to 360 seconds, so it fits your edit without trimming or looping. Every track is fully licensed via Shutterstock, which keeps it commercial-safe for legal and procurement review, and if your video has a narrator or voiceover, Sonilo's audio-ducking endpoint automatically balances the mix. Use the web app at sonilo.com if you don't have dev resources, or the REST API if music generation needs to plug into an existing video pipeline.
Why it fits corporate video production
| Need | Sonilo capability | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Music that matches a specific edit length | Video-to-music or text-to-music generates a track at an exact requested duration, 5-360 seconds | No trimming, looping, or padding a track to fit a 47-second product demo or a 12-minute training video |
| Mood and pacing that match the footage | Video-to-music reads pacing and scene changes directly from the uploaded video with no prompt needed, or describe the mood in a text prompt | Investor decks, product demos, and internal training videos each need a different energy level, and Sonilo can match either automatically or on request |
| Commercial-safe, audit-ready licensing | All music is fully licensed via Shutterstock | Legal and procurement teams can sign off on internal and external use without chasing per-track license terms |
| A clean mix under a narrator or voiceover | The audio-ducking endpoint (POST /v1/audio-ducking) automatically lowers background music around speech | Explainer, training, and internal comms videos get a broadcast-quality mix without manual audio editing |
| Fits both marketing teams and dev-led pipelines | A web app at sonilo.com for teams without dev resources, and a REST API at api.sonilo.com for teams with an in-house video pipeline | Comms teams can generate a track in minutes; engineering teams can automate music generation across every video that ships |
How it works
- Upload your corporate video, or, if you don't have a cut yet, describe the mood you need in a text prompt.
- Sonilo analyzes the video's pacing and scene changes, or your text prompt, and generates background music at the exact duration you specify.
- If the video has a narrator or voiceover, run it through the audio-ducking endpoint so the music automatically lowers around speech.
- Download the finished track from the web app, or pull it directly into your pipeline via the API.
FAQ
Can I mix Sonilo music with a narrator's voiceover automatically?
Yes. Sonilo's audio-ducking endpoint (POST /v1/audio-ducking) takes your narrator or voiceover track and background music and automatically lowers the music whenever someone is speaking, then brings it back up in between. This is built for exactly this scenario: explainer, training, and internal comms videos where the voiceover needs to stay clearly audible over the score.
Is Sonilo's music licensed for internal use, or can I use it in external and paid campaigns too?
All Sonilo-generated music is fully licensed via Shutterstock, which is what makes it commercial-safe rather than restricted to internal-only use. That matters for corporate video specifically, since the same explainer or product demo often moves from an internal training deck to an externally facing or paid campaign without a re-edit. For the exact usage rights included in your plan, check the pricing page.
Do I need to upload a video, or can I generate music from a written brief instead?
Either works. If you already have an edited video, Sonilo can generate music directly from it by analyzing the pacing and scene changes, no prompt required. If you're still cutting the video, or just need a track for a deck or demo, describe the mood in a text prompt instead, for example "corporate, optimistic, light percussion, 90 BPM," and set the duration you need.
Is there a way to try Sonilo without a big commitment?
Yes. The web app at sonilo.com is the fastest way to try Sonilo without any integration work: upload a video or describe the mood, set the duration, and download a track. When you're ready to automate music generation across a video pipeline, the same capabilities are available through the REST API. See the pricing page for current plans.
Related Sonilo pages
- Text-to-music API docs: https://platform.sonilo.com/docs/api/text-to-music
- Video-to-music API docs: https://platform.sonilo.com/docs/api/video-to-music
- Audio-ducking API docs: https://platform.sonilo.com/docs/api/audio-ducking
- Pricing: https://sonilo.com/pricing
