Natural Language Music Search

1 · Describe the sound

Plain-English briefs are the default. Mention mood, instruments, energy, genre, tempo — anything that paints the sonic picture.

• uplifting indie folk for a road trip montage
• epic cinematic orchestral 120 BPM
• melancholic piano with female vocals under 90 BPM

2 · Name an artist, composer, or song

If you reference a person or title, we look them up directly in the catalog.

• songs by Hans Zimmer → artist match
• music composed by John Williams → composer match
• Bohemian Rhapsody → exact-title match
• USRC17607839 → ISRC lookup

3 · Film and show soundtracks

Type the film name and we'll offer a "find the soundtrack" option. Picking it returns the original score (the album field carries the film name; the title fields hold the cue names).

• Pearl Harbor → popup with soundtrack / literal title / sonic options
• gladiator hans zimmer → pre-narrowed to the Hans Zimmer score

4 · Power-user keyword operators

Force a strict structured search by prefixing fields. Chain several — they combine with AND; everything after a field: is its value (multi-word, quotes optional).

• title:Imagine
• artist:bocelli
• composer:Hans Zimmer
• album:Gladiator
• isrc:USRC17607839
• iswc:T-345.246.800-1
• ipi:1000695896 — a writer's full catalogue by IPI, any spelling of their name
• lyrics:hello from the other side — find a song from a line of its lyrics (at least 2 words, in order)
• label:Defected
• genre:cinematic · mood:tense
• bpm:80-100 · year:2015-2020 (ranges; also bpm:>120)

Example combo: genre:cinematic bpm:80-100 mood:tense — tense cinematic cues between 80 and 100 BPM. (genre, mood and label match exactly; bpm and year take ranges.)

5 · Trending and recency

Words like trending, viral, hot right now, fresh this week narrow results to recent chart activity.

• trending tiktok pop songs
• fresh hip hop this week

6 · Tips for the best matches

• Fully indexed tracks always rank above lightly indexed ones, so well-known catalog tracks surface first.
• Use the Musical / Semantic toggle: Musical for "sounds like" / reference-track searches, Semantic for descriptive briefs like "sad cinematic piano".
• Use the Filters panel for BPM, duration, vocal type, energy, and catalog scope.
• For ambiguous proper nouns ("Inception", "Moonlight"), the disambiguation popup will offer 2–3 interpretations plus a "Surprise me" fallback.