Sound Effects:
- BBC Sound Effectsarchive has a great collection of all their sounds
- Findsounds.com You can specify settings 44.1K, 16-bit. Once you find a sound you like, you'll need to "right click" (control+click on a mac) on the link and select "Download Linked File As..." in order to save it to your show folder.
- Soundbible.com
- Freesound.org You will need to register for an account.
- Storyblocks.com Requires a low cost subscription but has lots of good material, including music and effects as well as photos and video.
Music:
- Freeplaymusic.com has a wide variety of free underscore and instrumental music. They also have songs with words, which are mostly not helpful. In order to weed those out, go to the Browse Catalog link at the top and select Freeplay Music from the left. You might also find it helpful to search by style or feeling or tempo. You will need to set up an account in order to download.
- Bensound.com Has free as well as paid licensed music.
- Storyblocks.com Has music and effects, as well as photos and video. Requires a low cost subscription but has lots of good material.
If you're designing for an on-campus production, check with me and I can also give you access to our sound effects library.
