Epidemic Sound MCP Server

What it does

Epidemic Sound's official MCP server (beta) puts the licensed catalogue behind sixteen tools: keyword and similarity search across music, a matching search over sound effects, track adaptation that recuts a song to a target duration, AI voiceover generation with stock and user-made voices, and download tools that return full tracks, stems, edits or WAV effects. SearchExternalReferences resolves a Spotify reference so the agent can 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, now trimmable to the length of the scene.

Connect

https://www.epidemicsound.com/a/mcp-service/mcp

Remote headers required: Authorization. Use a client that can attach custom MCP headers; this listing has no local stdio fallback.

claude mcp add -s user --transport http epidemic-sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/a/mcp-service/mcp --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${EPIDEMIC_SOUND_API_KEY}'

Sample tools

Field notes

Hosted Streamable HTTP and still labelled beta. Re-checked 2 Oct 2026, and the docs changed underneath this entry: every tool was renamed to PascalCase (search_music is now SearchRecordings, and so on — update any saved prompts), the count went from twelve to sixteen with an EditRecording/PollEditRecordingJob/DownloadRecordingEdit trio that adapts a track to a target duration, and API keys are now self-serve from your account's API Keys page rather than gated behind a partnership agreement. Keys are personal, cannot be shared, and expire after a year. OAuth uses Dynamic Client Registration but is restricted to vetted clients — the docs name Claude (Desktop and Code) and Cursor and say Epidemic Sound will not add redirect URIs on request, so anything else needs a key. The MCP docs say nothing about licensing; rights follow your Epidemic Sound plan, not the API, so confirm the subscription covers commercial use 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.

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