Kevin MacLeod

I started making music because it was a problem that needed solving; it was very hard for filmmakers to get anything done without going through giant rigor morale, or at least it used to be.

Kevin MacLeod (September 28, 1972–) is an American composer, music producer and musician. He is notable for creating some of the most widely-used royalty-free songs on the internet.

Quotes

• I Think if I wanted to be famous, I would be working hard at doing that -- I am kind of working hard at not doing that.
  • Meet Kevin Macleod, the Internet's Composer YouTube (2022)

• I've been told this is R&B, but it could be a few other things. It is certainly pretty neat, Warning: Very Sticky Hook!
  • Kevin MacLeod on Cipher (2011)

• All you have to do is give me Credit, which has led to my music being used in like, a million YouTube videos and over a thousand movies on IMDb...
  • Kevin MacLeod (Documentary)

• I started making music because it was a problem that needed solving; it was very hard for filmmakers to get anything done without going through giant rigor morale, or at least it used to be.
  • Interview with Kevin MacLeod

• It is always easiest to write for the mood I'm in... and after a few hours, I am almost always IN the mood of the music. Because... that's what music does.
  • I am Kevin MacLeod, the composer in millions of YouTube videos, thousands of films, and apparently one amusement park. AMA! (October 14, 2014)