# Epidemic Sound MCP Server

> Search a cleared music and SFX catalogue, then download stems, from the agent.

- **Category:** Music & Score
- **Vendor:** Epidemic Sound (official)
- **Pricing:** paid
- **Verified:** 2026-08-23

## What it does

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.

## Connect

- Remote endpoint: `https://www.epidemicsound.com/a/mcp-service/mcp`
- Remote headers required: `Authorization`
- 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}'`

**Auth:** api_key (env `EPIDEMIC_SOUND_API_KEY`) — 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

## Capabilities

`music-search` · `music-licensing` · [stems](https://mcp.film/capabilities/stems.md) · [sfx-search](https://mcp.film/capabilities/sfx-search.md) · `similarity-search` · `reference-matching` · [tts](https://mcp.film/capabilities/tts.md) · [voice-library](https://mcp.film/capabilities/voice-library.md) · [asset-download](https://mcp.film/capabilities/asset-download.md)

## Sample tools

`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`

## Field 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.

## Verification

- Status: Freshly checked (checked today)
- Added: 2026-08-23
- Last verified: 2026-08-23
- Machine JSON: https://mcp.film/api/mcps/epidemic-sound.json

## Links

- Site: https://www.epidemicsound.com/blog/mcp-server/?utm_source=mcp.film&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=directory&utm_content=epidemic-sound%3Asite
- Docs: https://developers.epidemicsite.com/docs/mcp/?utm_source=mcp.film&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=directory&utm_content=epidemic-sound%3Adocs

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Structured data: https://mcp.film/api/mcps/epidemic-sound.json · Directory: https://mcp.film