{
  "slug": "epidemic-sound",
  "name": "Epidemic Sound MCP Server",
  "vendor": "Epidemic Sound",
  "official": true,
  "category": "music",
  "featured": false,
  "tagline": "Search a cleared music and SFX catalogue, then download stems, from the agent.",
  "description": "Epidemic Sound's official MCP server (beta) puts the licensed catalogue behind twelve tools: keyword and similarity search across music, a matching search over sound effects, AI voiceover generation with a browsable artist list, and download tools that return full tracks, stems, or WAV effects. search_external_track will take a Spotify reference and find the nearest cleared equivalent, which is the temp-track problem most edits actually have. For an agent cutting to picture it is the alternative to generative score: real recordings with sync, mechanical and performance rights already settled.",
  "capabilities": [
    "music-search",
    "music-licensing",
    "stems",
    "sfx-search",
    "similarity-search",
    "reference-matching",
    "tts",
    "voice-library",
    "asset-download"
  ],
  "tools_sample": [
    "search_music",
    "find_similar_track",
    "search_external_track",
    "search_sound_effects",
    "find_similar_sound_effects",
    "browse_voice_artists",
    "generate_voiceover",
    "get_voiceover_status",
    "get_voiceover_details",
    "download_voiceover",
    "download_music_track",
    "download_sound_effect"
  ],
  "install": {
    "claude_code": "claude mcp add -s user --transport http epidemic-sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/a/mcp-service/mcp --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${EPIDEMIC_SOUND_API_KEY}'",
    "remote_url": "https://www.epidemicsound.com/a/mcp-service/mcp",
    "remote_headers": [
      "Authorization"
    ],
    "stdio_command": null
  },
  "auth": {
    "type": "api_key",
    "env_var": "EPIDEMIC_SOUND_API_KEY",
    "key_url": "Developer Portal → Authentication settings → API keys, which requires a partnership agreement; clients with OAuth Dynamic Client Registration can instead sign in with an ordinary Epidemic Sound account"
  },
  "pricing": "paid",
  "links": {
    "repo": null,
    "docs": "https://developers.epidemicsite.com/docs/mcp/",
    "site": "https://www.epidemicsound.com/blog/mcp-server/"
  },
  "added": "2026-08-23",
  "verified": "2026-08-23",
  "notes": "Hosted Streamable HTTP, endpoint answering with a 401 challenge on 23 Aug 2026, and still labelled beta — Epidemic Sound says it expects to be 'squashing bugs and rolling out functionality'. The catch is access: this lives inside the Partner API, and the documented API-key route is gated behind a partnership agreement ('reach out to us to discuss a partnership'), so a solo filmmaker's practical path is the OAuth flow against an existing account in a client that supports Dynamic Client Registration. Keys, once issued, last a year. Rights follow the account, not the API: a free-tier user gets a personal license only, and monetising a cut needs an active paid subscription connected through ES Connect — check the plan before you deliver an ad. No published rate limits. Use it where cleared recordings beat generated score; for generative alternatives see the ElevenLabs, Mureka and Sonilo entries."
}