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  1. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Fellow Creatives, This week's new music track is a looping one: "PUZZLES IN FARAWAY LANDS " You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Puzzles-in-Faraway-Lands.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ As always, it's completely free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks. HELPFUL LINKS: My Game Music Mega Pack https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Genre Music Packs https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Attribution Information https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ Enjoy! :-)
  2. Hi everyone, I've got a site up with free music and sound fx that you can use in commerical projects, non-commercial, personal, whatever you like. It's all original...all my own stuff...all I ask is to be credited as indicated on my homepage. http://soundimage.org/ I'm also on Twitter so be sure to follow me for more frequent updates. I sincerely hope the site is helpful. Any and all feedback is welcome and appreciated. Have a great week, Eric

  3. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Another crazy busy week last week, but I did manage to create a distressed wood texture to add to the library. It's free, of course, to download and use in your projects with attribution. You'll find it here: https://soundimage.org/txr-wood/ HELPFUL LINKS: Attribution information: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ My Game Music Mega Pack: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Game Music Genre Packs: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Enjoy and have a good week! :-)
  4. Hi everyone, I've been building a library of images that you are welcome to freely use in your projects. They are all original...all my own work. I think a lot of them could be made into cool textures for games. All I ask is to be attributed as indicated on my homepage: http://soundimage.org/ The images are on my "TXR" pages. I'm adding new ones all the time, so be sure to check back often. I sincerely hope that some of them are useful. Any and all constructive feedback is welcome and always appreciated. :-) All the best, Eric

  5. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Since my website is completely ad-free and community-supported, please consider making a small contribution on the site if you possibly can...your contributions really help me a lot. That said, I've recorded a couple of brand new music tracks to share with you...free, as always, to download and use in your projects with attribution. They are: "CYBERPUNK STAKEOUT" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cyberpunk-Stakeout.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-15/ "HIDDEN RIDDLES" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Hidden-Riddles.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/puzzle-music-8/ Enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-)

  6. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hey everyone, please remember that my website is completely ad-free and community-supported. If you can, please consider making a small contribution on the site...your contributions really help me a lot. That said, I've created some cool new seamless stone textures to share with you...as always, they're 100% free to download and use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other images. You'll find them here: https://soundimage.org/txr-stone-less-realistic/ Enjoy and have a good week. :-)

  7. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hey everyone, please be sure to check out my Game Music Mega Pack. The pack contains over 1460 music tracks (looping and non-looping) in my most popular game music genres. You can download all of them at once...a huge time-saver. Here's the link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ That said, it was another very busy week, but I did manage to create a new music track to share with the community: "DRIFTING BEYOND PLUTO " You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Drifting-Beyond-Pluto.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-15/ It's completely free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks, sounds and images. Enjoy! :-)

  8. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Happy September! I finished this music track yesterday and thought I'd share it with the community: "CRYPTIC DREAMS" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cryptic-Dreams.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/puzzle-music-8/ As always, it's 100% free to download and use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks, sounds and images. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ OTHER LINKS My Game Music Packs: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Custom music: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ As always, enjoy, please stay safe and keep being creative! :-)

  9. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Creatives, It's been a very busy week, but I managed to create a couple of new music tracks to share with the community. They are: "NEON METROPOLIS" (This one loops.) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Neon-Metropolis.ogg "CYBERPUNK STREETS IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT" (This one doesn't loop.) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cyberpunk-Streets-in-the-Dead-of-Night.ogg Both can be downloaded here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-15/ As with all of my music and images, they're 100% free to use in your projects with attribution. :-) OTHER HELPFUL LINKS: Attribution Information: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ My Game Music Mega Pack (1400+ tracks and growing) https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Genre Music Packs https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Custom Music https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ As always, enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-)

  10. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hey Everyone, I've created some cool new distressed paper textures to share with the community...maybe useful for old maps, signs, backgrounds and other things. You'll find them here on my website: https://soundimage.org/txr-paper/ As always, they're 100% free to download and use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other images, music tracks and sounds. HOW I CREATE MY IMAGES My texture images start as pictures that I take in the real world with my DSLR. I then import the images into Photoshop where I work with them, often mixing them with other images I've taken to create new textures. It's really fun...kind of like being a texture image mad scientist...lol. Anyhow, I hope some of my textures are useful. Have a good week and please stay safe. :-)

  11. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hey everyone, This week's brand new music tracks are: "FUNKY SIDEWALK ANTICS" https://soundimage.org/chiptunes-5/ "COSMIC CANDY CATCHERS " https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-15/ They're free to use in your projects, as always, with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. ANOTHER 5-STAR RATING! My Game Music Mega Pack just received another 5-star rating...woo hoo! I'm so glad my fellow creatives are finding it useful! You can check it out here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ One question people ask me sometimes is: "Why does the mega pack have around 1460 music tracks in it when your website has nearly 3000?" Answer: The mega pack has tracks intended for video games. My website has those as well, but it also has lots of tracks intended for video content creators, podcasters, etc. Genres like: Aerial/Drone, Events/Travel, Nature/Science, etc. That's why my website has more tracks in total than the music pack. Anyhow, I hope everyone is having a good week. As always, please stay safe and keep creating!

  12. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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    Happy August, Creatives! I've created a couple of brand new looping music tracks to share with you...free to use, as always, with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. They are: "THE CYBER SUBWAY TO EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE" "NEON GRUNGE" You can freely download them here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ Please don't forget to check out my Game Music Mega Pack which enables you to download all of my video game music at once...a big time-saver. Over 1400 tracks (looping & non-looping) and growing. Here's the link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You can also check out my smaller genre packs here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Thanks, as always, for your support...I sincerely hope my music and sounds are helpful in your projects! :-)

  13. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Creatives, After taking some time off from creating texture images, I've decided to begin again with a couple of brand new seamless ground images. You'll find them here: https://soundimage.org/txr-ground-seamless/ Like my music, they're completely free to use in your games and projects with attribution...just like my thousands of other images. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ Enjoy! :-)

  14. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Fellow Creators, Please be sure to check out my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack. It has over 1400 tracks in it (looping and non-looping) so you can download all of my video game music at once...a huge time-saver. Here's the link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You can also download my smaller genre packs here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ That said, this week's brand new free-to-use-with-attribution music tracks are on my Fantasy 13 page. They are: "THE WIZARD'S CONCOCTION" "VILLAGE IN ASHES" Here's a link to that page: https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ I can't believe July is almost over...summer is going by so fast! Well, see you in August then!

  15. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Fellow Creative Souls, "STRATOSPHERE" (Looping) is this week's new release in higher-quality Ogg format. I originally created this track for people who make drone videos, but realized that it might sound really nice in open-world games, too. You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Stratosphere_Looping.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/aerial-drone/ Please be sure to check out my Ogg GAME MUSIC MEGA PACK which enables you to bulk-download all of my game music at once...a huge time-saver. https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ CUSTOM MUSIC If you happen to need some custom music for your game or project, I'd love to help out! Feel free to contact me here: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ As always, enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-)

  16. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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    "UNFORGIVING HIMALAYAS" (looping version) - is this week's free-to-use-with-attribution music track now in Ogg format. You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Unforgiving-Himalayas_Looping.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/world/ The standard, non-looping version is in Mp3 format, so if you're a video content creator, this is the one you'll want to use. Same for all the tracks on my site. :-) OTHER HELPFUL STUFF My Ogg Game Music Mega Pack: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Ogg Genre Music Packs: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Custom Music https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Attribution Information: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ Enjoy! :-)

  17. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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    Happy July Everyone, Here's a fun track from my Jazz/Big Band page...now in higher-quality Ogg format: "SLAPSTICK" (Looping) Yo can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Slapstick.ogg There's also a LoFi version...you can listen to that one here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Slapstick_LoFi.ogg LoFi tracks are useful if you need the music to sound like it's playing over an old transistor radio, tv, etc. Both tracks can be downloaded here: https://soundimage.org/jazz-big-band/ As always, they're 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT OGG TRACKS? For those of you who don't know, Ogg tracks loop much better in game engines, as opposed to Mp3 tracks. Mp3 encoding will often discard music information at the end of a track. This creates an audible gap when the track reaches the end and loops to start over. Ogg encoding doesn't discard any information, hence no gap and perfect looping. For tracks that don't need to loop, Mp3 works just fine, but definitely go with Ogg for looping. Plus Ogg encoding is higher fidelity so Ogg music tracks sound richer and more full. Anyhow, if you're interested in downloading all my game music tracks at once (instead of one track at a time from my website) my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack is a huge time-saver. Plus it's a cool way to support my efforts. Here's a link: https://soundimage.gumroad.com/l/ylyre There's even a preview video you can watch if you'd like...or maybe listen to while doing other things...(it runs about an hour.) An of course, if you need some custom music created special for your project, just let me know. My contact information is here: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Until then, enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-)

  18. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Fellow Creatives! My quest continues to make every looping track on my site available in higher-quality Ogg format, so this week we have: "THE ITALIAN HEIST" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/The-Italian-Heist.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/world/ "CHUGGIN' THROUGH COLOMBIA" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Chuggin-Through-Columbia.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/world/ As always, all of my music and sounds are 100% free to use in your projects with attribution. PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING MY EFFORTS Here are some cool ways you can help: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ https://soundimage.org/donate/ See you in July! :-)

  19. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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    NEED HELP WITH YOUR TRAILER VIDEO? Here's one that I created the music for (and edited as well.) The developer sent me video clips of game-play and I put it together using Davinci Resolve. You can check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179990/Agromatic/ If you need help with your trailer, just let me know! https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ That said, this week's new Ogg music releases are: "MEDITERRANEAN BREEZE" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mediterranean-Breeze.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/world/ "COUNTRY ROMANCE" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Country-Romance.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/country/ As always, they're 100% free to use with attribution. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ OTHER HELPFUL LINKS: My Game Music Mega Pack https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Genre Music Packs https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Support the site https://soundimage.org/donate/ Enjoy! :-)

  20. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hey Everyone, Here's a really fun track from my Jazz/Big Band page that I've just released in higher-quality Ogg format: "SHUFFLIN" (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Shufflin.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/jazz-big-band/ SENDING OUT A BIG THANK YOU! This goes out to the folks who downloaded my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack this past week. The pack now has over 1460 tracks and is growing all the time. Thank you so much for supporting my efforts! If anyone is interested in checking it out, here's the link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You can also download smaller genre packs here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Enjoy...and as always, stay safe and keep being creative! :-)

  21. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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    Greetings Creatives! Here's a brand new looping track that might sound cool under the menus for a sci-fi game. Maybe something industrial that takes place in space: "RUSTY HULLS IN ORBIT" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Rusty-Hulls-in-Orbit.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ As always, it's 100% free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. OTHER USEFUL LINKS: My Game Music Mega Pack: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ Supporting my Website: https://soundimage.org/donate/ Custom Music for Your Project: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Enjoy, please stay safe and keep creating! :-)

  22. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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    As I continue my quest to make every looping track on my website available in higher-quality Ogg format (as opposed to Mp3) here's: "BALLOONS FOREVER" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Balloons-Forever.ogg Maybe for a puzzle game? An open-world game? Or something else entirely? Anyhow, you can freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/positive-upbeat/ It's 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other tracks. PREVIEW VIDEO of my OGG GAME MUSIC MEGA PACK -- Check it out! https://youtu.be/W7yQVscjqUM?si=nOBpnHqnuC-kEiiK This preview video contains a sampling of music tracks that you'll find in my Ogg Music Mega Pack. There are many more tracks in the pack...1460 and growing as I add new tracks all the time. Tracks are looping (for video games) and non-looping (for everything else.) You can download the music pack here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You'll get email updates as I add new tracks so you can download them to expand your library. Enjoy, keep creating and feel free to tell me about your projects...I love to see how creative people are using my music! #freegamebgm

  23. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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    This week's looping music track might sound really nice in an open-world game, a puzzle game (or something I haven't thought of.) "OVER ANCIENT WATERS" (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Over-Ancient-Waters_Looping.ogg I originally intended it for drone videos, but I think it could work really well in games, too. You can freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/aerial-drone/ NEED SOME ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR YOUR GAME OR PROJECT? Feel free to contact me...I'd love to help out! OTHER (HOPEFULLY) HELPFUL LINKS: My Game Music Mega Pack (1400 tracks and growing) https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Genre Music Packs https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Support https://soundimage.org/donate/ Enjoy! :-)

  24. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Need some custom music created special for your game or project? I'd love to help out! I've worked with around 100 game developers so far...mostly small indie game studios and solo developers. You can read about their experiences working with me here: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ That said, my quest continues to make every single looping music track on my website available in Ogg format. This week's tracks are: "QUIRKY RUNNER" https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Quirky-Runner_Looping.ogg "NEON RUNNER" https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Neon-Runner_Looping.ogg You can freely download them here: https://soundimage.org/dance-techno/ So why do this? Because Ogg tracks loop a lot better in game engines. Plus they sound more rich and full than Mp3. (I deliver all client work in Ogg format.) WHAT ABOUT THE MUSIC PACKS? If you're wondering, all of the looping tracks in my music packs are already in Ogg format. These genres are: Fantasy Sci-Fi Action Funny Chiptunes Dark/Ominous Horror/Surreal Puzzle Music You can check out my packs here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Eventually, I'd like to add genres like "techno" to the packs (once all the looping tracks in those genres are in Ogg format.) Other genres will be "Quiet," "Nature/Science," "Technology," and hopefully, "Epic/Battle." Anyhow, that's the rational behind the madness. ;-) Finally, I want to thank the kind content creators who help with the fundraising dimension of what I do. If you'd like to help out, you can contribute here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ As always, enjoy, please stay safe and keep creating! :-)

  25. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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    Happy May Everyone! My quest continues to make every looping track on my website available in Ogg format. This week, I'm working on my "Techno" page which has a bunch of cool tracks that could be used in endless-runner games (and other things I'm sure.) They are: TECHNOTRONIC – (Looping) Listen here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TechnoTronic.ogg TECHNOTRONIC 2 – (Looping) Listen here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TechnoTronic2.ogg HAPPY TRANCIN' – (Looping) Listen here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Happy-Trancin.ogg BLISSFUL TRANCE – (Looping) Listen here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Blissful-Trance.ogg FUTURE FUNK – (Looping) Listen here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Future-Funk.ogg TECHNO RANDOMNESS - (Looping) Listen here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Techno-Randomness_Looping.ogg You can freely download them here: https://soundimage.org/dance-techno/ The standard, non-looping versions will remain in Mp3 format (which is better for video content creators.) As always,my music and sounds are 100% free to use in your games and projects with attribution. PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING MY EFFORTS Everything on my site is created by me using top-of-the-line keyboard synthesizers....there's no A.I. involved. My synths are very expensive, though...(I actually make monthly payments on them)...so, if you can, please consider making a small contribution here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ In the meantime, enjoy, stay safe and keep creating! :-)