Indian wedding music with no copyright claims
Indian wedding music you can use in a reel or a wedding film without a copyright claim: original dhol, tabla and classical instrumentals, every one licensed by the album. An Indian wedding is five or six films in one — the haldi, the mehendi, the sangeet, the baraat, the pheras, the vidaai — and each one needs a different sound. The albums here are picked around those moments: dhol and tabla for the dance floor, a happy classical piece for the mehendi, classical strings and voice for the vows and the goodbye. All of it is original and licensed, so a wedding film is not claimed for a film song the week after the couple shares it.
Music for each function
Haldi and mehendi are bright and playful. Henna Night, from DESERT SOULS, is a happy Indian classical piece that suits a mehendi evening. The sangeet is where the dhol takes over: TAAL’s Dhol Line carries a dance floor, and the album was made for dance reels and wedding edits.
For the vows and the vidaai, drop the percussion. RAGA NOIR’s Raani or Alaap’s wordless vocals carry the emotion without a lyric competing with the pheras.
Which licence a wedding film needs
This is where wedding filmmakers most often get it wrong. If you are editing your own wedding, or a cousin’s, for a channel that does not earn from it, that is personal use. If a couple is paying you to shoot or edit, that is client work — and client work needs an album sold with Creator Pro or above, whichever album the track comes from. The tier is fixed per album and shown against each one below; check it before a track goes into a paid film.
Destination weddings in Rajasthan have an album of their own. Rajasthan — Echoes of the Desert moves from the stillness of the Thar to folk celebration and on into a desert night, and Colours Of Jaisalmer is the bright one.
Editing to the music
Wedding films are cut to music more than any other kind of film, so choose the track before you start cutting. Build the highlight film around one long track with a clear lift, and cut the short functions — a haldi reel, a sangeet teaser — to percussion, where every hit is a place to cut.
If a couple asks for a particular film song, tell them what happens next: the version you publish online will be claimed by the label that owns it, and may be muted or lose its sound in some countries. A licensed track avoids that conversation after the film is out.
The albums
TAAL — Rhythms for cuts, transitions and dance
World · 5 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Percussion only — tabla, dhol drops and 808s — for sangeet reels, dance edits and transitions.
- Dhol Line2:28
- Kathak1:32
RAGA NOIR
Indian Classical · 7 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Indian classical with cinematic production, for the vows, portraits and slow-motion moments.
- Raani3:13
- Midnight Mehfil3:33
Alaap — Echoes Within
Indian Classical · 5 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Wordless classical vocals — a human voice for the pheras without lyrics competing with the ceremony.
- Aarambh3:39
- Ananta4:43
DESERT SOULS
World · 11 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Henna Night is a happy Indian classical piece for a mehendi evening; the rest of the album is Arabic-inspired desert score.
- Henna Night3:20
Rajasthan — Echoes of the Desert
World · 7 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Rajasthani folk with film-score production, for destination weddings in the desert.
- Colours Of Jaisalmer3:15
- Moon Over The Thar3:34
What the licence lets you do
An album’s licence tier is fixed and shown against it above. These are the terms printed on the certificate you receive, for the tiers the albums on this page are sold with.
Creator Pro — Commercial
- Allowed: Commercial and monetized content on all platforms.
- Allowed: Client work, freelance projects, podcasts, and online courses.
- Allowed: Unlimited projects; no credit or attribution required.
- Allowed: Trimming and editing the track.
- Not allowed: Full remix of the track.
- Not allowed: Broadcast, TV, and film use under this tier.
Never allowed, under any tier
- Redistribution or resale of the raw audio files.
- Claiming ownership or authorship of the composition.
- Use of tracks in AI or machine-learning training datasets.
- Registering tracks with Content ID or uploading to music distribution platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.).
Common questions
I’m a wedding videographer — which licence do I need?+
Client work needs Creator Pro or Studio. Creator Pro covers the films you deliver and the reels you post to promote your business. Studio adds broadcast, ads and multi-creator teams, for studios with several editors working under one licence. Lite is for personal projects only, so it does not cover a paid shoot.
Can I use one track across many weddings?+
Yes. An album licence covers every track on the album in unlimited projects, so a track can sit under every highlight film you make this season — within what the album’s tier allows.
Can I use a film song if I credit it?+
No — a credit is not permission. Film songs are owned by labels that register them with YouTube’s Content ID, and a credit in the description does not stop the claim.
Will I get a YouTube copyright claim for using these tracks?+
iReelz does not register its music with YouTube’s Content ID, and every licence forbids the buyer from registering it too — so the automatic matching that claims borrowed film songs has nothing of ours on file to match. If a claim appears anyway, dispute it in YouTube Studio and quote the certificate number on the licence PDF that comes with the album; anyone can check a certificate at ireelz.com/verify. A claim is also not a strike: strikes come from legal takedown requests, and iReelz is the rights holder that licensed you.
Can I use these tracks in monetized videos?+
Yes. Every album on this page is sold with Creator Pro, which covers monetized and commercial content on every platform, and client work.
Do I have to credit iReelz?+
No. Every album on this page is sold with Creator Pro, which needs no credit.
Can I use them on TV, in cinema or in ads?+
Not under the licences these albums are sold with. Broadcast, TV, film and ads need a Studio licence, and none of the albums on this page is sold at Studio — contact us if a project needs broadcast rights.
Is it a subscription? What does an album cost?+
No subscription. Each album is a one-time purchase with a perpetual licence, so videos you publish with it stay covered for good. Albums are priced by licence tier — Lite $9.99, Creator Pro $19.99 and Studio $34.99 — and buyers in India pay in rupees: ₹499, ₹999 and ₹1,999. Each album below shows its own price.