Some pretty good royalty free music

Nitrogen

http://www.chibola.com/crfml/

Here's what the author had to say:

Hey fellow gamers/devs,

I'm an avid gamer, and professionally a musician/composer. I recently uploaded over 100 royalty free music tracks for any and all to use in a game/demo, video, or however you see fit. Stylistically they run the gamut from orchestral cinematic to pop/rock to jazz and more. My library can be found here:

www.chibola.com/crfml

If you find the library useful, please spread the word! I'm also constantly looking for new and exciting composition opportunities in the game/video world. If you're interested in working on a new, original project, please PM me and I'd be happy to discuss it.

Game-wise, some of my music can be found in Caine's Rift WIP "Tales From The Rift" (formerly "Horror"), and I am also currently working on an untitled Rift game with some triple-A devs.

konman

Thank you Nitrogen,

Music in a game is very important for so many reasons, but can be very costly if you're a new indie dev with a limited budget.
I've been in contact with people like Chris Polus (The Archer) etc regarding the costs around music for games. Communicating with Chris (who is just such a wonderfully talented and humble person... search him on SoundCloud) has been very informative. But realistically I cannot afford his creative talents just yet... so I've looked at possible alternatives. here are some useful sites I have found... Hope someone else might find them useful too!

http://www.soundrangers.com/
http://www.danosongs.com/
http://www.jewelbeat.com/
http://www.shockwave-sound.com
http://incompetech.com/

gvrmai001

hey guys! I also write music, especially for smaller projects :) just saying :)

Nandrew

You should try some of the Comp E entries and offer your services. :D Unless someone is audio-inclined themselves, I doubt you'd be refused.

farsicon

Also check out http://www.nosoapradio.us they have some pretty cool stuff for free :)

AntiVoid

Just want to mention here: If anyone wants to make simple music but does not want to spend thousands on FL Studio or something else super expensive (and you don't pirate software), there is this nice free music maker (DAW) called LMMS - Linux MultiMedia Studio.

The funny thing is that it works on Windows too :P

While it's not as advanced as commercial software, you can get a simple tune out of it for free.

I used it to make some songs which I used in the trailer I made here: http://makegamessa.com/discussion/1003/my-game-tech-temo

I made those songs a few years ago and I hope that I'm much better now. Since then, I've moved on to use FL Studio since it's just easier but again, LMMS is cool for starting out :)

Get it here: http://lmms.sourceforge.net/

EvanGreenwood

I've used http://www.premiumbeats.com and http://www.audiojungle.com to purchase royalty free music.

But I'd much rather work with a musician when possible. And it's awesome that there are more and more great musicians interested in working on indie games.