Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod

{{short description|2020 US documentary film}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod

| image = Royalty Free The Music of Kevin MacLeod.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| alt =

| director = {{Plainlist|

• Ryan Camarda}}

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Ryan Camarda
• Ari M. Greenberg}}

| narrator = Ryan Camarda

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Kevin MacLeod
• Hank Green
• Derek Muller
• Thomas Ridgewell
• Steven Williams
• Jack Vale}}

| music = Kevin MacLeod

| studio = {{Plainlist|

• West of Worldly Productions
• Crazy Basta Productions}}

| distributor = First Run Features

| released = {{Film date|2020|10|17|Julien Dubuque International Film Festival|2022|03|29|United States}}

| runtime = 91 minutes

| country = United States

| language = {{Plainlist|

• English}}

| budget =

}}

Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod is a 2020 American documentary film about the composer Kevin MacLeod. The film documents the life of Kevin MacLeod and how he became one of the most-heard composers in the world, with his work ending up in millions of videos and thousands of films. The film deals with the digital audio revolution and the question of its relationship to technological unemployment.{{cite web|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/royalty-free-the-music-of-kevin-macleod/|title=Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod|last=Lanier|first=Hunter|date=4 November 2020|website=FilmThreat|access-date=February 22, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://boingboing.net/2021/12/06/documentary-about-incredibly-prolific-composer-kevin-macleod.html |title=Documentary about incredibly prolific Creative Commons composer Kevin MacLeod |author=Rob Beschizza |publisher=BoingBoing.com |date=2021-12-06 |access-date=2022-02-22}}{{cite web|title=Music Documentary ROYALTY FREE to Premiere on VOD & DVD

|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Music-Documentary-ROYALTY-FREE-to-Premiere-on-VOD-DVD-20220221|publisher=BroadwayWorld.com|author=Michael Major|date=February 21, 2022}}

The film premiered at the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival on October 17, 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://www.phoenixmovies.net/home/in-the-news/sw9oWoLi02y|title=JDIFF Festival Tour To Showcase Official Selections At Midwest Theatres

|date=August 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023205731/https://www.phoenixmovies.net/home/in-the-news/sw9oWoLi02y|archive-date=October 23, 2020}} The film was acquired by First Run Features and was released on March 29, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://onvideo.org/royalty-free-music-doc-streams-march-29/|title='Royalty Free' Music Doc Streams, Plays on Disc March 29

|website=www.onvideo.org|date=February 27, 2022|access-date=March 31, 2022}}