Raga background music for Reels, no copyright
Raga background music you can put under a Reel or a film without a copyright claim: original Hindustani classical instrumentals and wordless alaaps, sold by the album with a licence certificate in your name. A raga is more than a scale — it carries a mood, and traditionally a time of day, which is why a few seconds of one can tell a viewer that it is dawn, or that something is ending. The three albums here are built on ragas and set in modern cinematic production, made for video rather than for a concert hall.
Three albums, three ways in
RIYAAZ is Hindustani classical meets modern production: tanpura drones, wordless alaaps, tabla and sarangi, built for reels that need soul and scale — six ragas, from dawn to farewell. Bhairavi is the bittersweet one, Thumri the romantic one, Darbar the dramatic one, and Jugalbandi brings the energy.
RAGA NOIR puts sitar, sarangi, bansuri, tabla and tanpura into warm, atmospheric cinematic production, for reflection, heritage, travel and fashion. Bhairav Dawn Drift and Monsoon Raag are its calm tracks; the rest are emotional.
ALAAP — Echoes Within is wordless Indian classical vocals, built around breath, resonance and silence, with an intensity that grows slowly. Use it where a voice, not an instrument, should carry the feeling.
Matching the raga to the moment
Pick by mood rather than by name. For a sunrise, a temple or the first shot of the day, reach for the calm ones — Bhairav Dawn Drift, or Pehla Sur, the spiritual track on RIYAAZ. For a heritage reel or a reveal that needs weight, Darbar. For a love story or the quiet moments of a wedding film, Thumri. For an ending — a farewell, a last evening — Bhairavi.
Under a voiceover
An alaap is the slow, unmetred opening of a raga, with no beat for a voice to fight, which is why it sits well under narration. Keep the energetic one, Jugalbandi, for cuts that need a pulse, and leave the alaaps for the talking.
Raga, instrument or film score?
This page is built around the raga. If what you want is the sound of a sitar or a bansuri more than a particular raga, the sitar, flute and tabla collection is organised by instrument; if you want the swell of a film score, the Bollywood-style collection is.
Built around the instruments instead: Sitar, flute and tabla music →
The film-score sound: Bollywood-style background music →
The albums
RIYAAZ — Ragas, alaaps and modern beats
Indian Classical · 6 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Six ragas from dawn to farewell — tanpura, wordless alaaps, tabla and sarangi in modern production, built for reels.
- Bhairavi3:00
- Thumri3:29
- Darbar3:29
- Jugalbandi3:18
- Pehla Sur3:57
RAGA NOIR
Indian Classical · 7 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Sitar, sarangi, bansuri, tabla and tanpura in warm cinematic production — for reflection, heritage and travel.
- Bhairav Dawn Drift5:26
- Monsoon Raag4:52
Alaap — Echoes Within
Indian Classical · 5 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Wordless Indian classical vocals built on breath, resonance and silence — the voice instead of an instrument.
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
Is raga music copyrighted?+
A raga itself belongs to nobody — it is a musical framework centuries old. A recording of a raga belongs to whoever made it. These recordings are our own productions, none of them registered with Content ID, and the album licence is what lets you use them in your videos.
Which track for a wedding film?+
Thumri, the romantic one on RIYAAZ, for the couple; Bhairavi, the bittersweet one, for the vidaai. For the celebration itself, a raga is the wrong tool — the Indian wedding music collection has the dhol.
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.