Overkill Soundtracks Royalty free?

[co-op]

In the latest soundtrack release they mention:

"It includes an eclectic collection of tracks composed for trailers, teasers, short movies and websites"

But they say nothing about licencing.

Is it Royalty free?

[Jej]

3) We encourage you to spread this material to your music making friends! You are, however, NOT allowed to redistribute this remix material without this text file, and you are certainly not allowed to redistribute it labeled as your own work. We shouldn't even need to say this, but we do so anyway: You are in no way allowed to redistribute this remix material and charge money and/or favors for it.

From the .txt file located in the OST. The same rules apply to the B-Side one.

[Jej]

Originally posted by co-op:

great, thanks. Where did you find it?

It's located in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\PAYDAY 2\PAYDAY 2 the Soundtrack\payday_2_soundtrack_remix_material\payday_2_soundtrack_remix_material_README.txt

[co-op]

Thanks!
It doesn't mention anything about Synchronization rights. Say if I use this music in a trailer?

[Jej]

Originally posted by co-op:

Thanks!
It doesn't mention anything about Synchronization rights. Say if I use this music in a trailer?

I think it's fine if you use it as long as you write the artist's name (Simon Viklund) and post a link to his bandcamp/OST Steam page in the credits and/or video description.

I *think*.

[co-op]

It seems that their Readme provides rules about remixing only.
We need another Readme, that covers "trailers, teasers, short movies and websites"

[Red]

If there's no information about those other instances then you must always assume that you just have no rights whatsoever to use them as expected.

You should be fine if you want to use the songs as background music for videos as long as they don't generate revenue/ are not monetized. Simon is pretty much OK with people using his music for fan videos and whatnot. I would suggest against using his music for a trailer of a movie made by yourself though (As in, you're the author of a trailer for a movie you directed) as his music is not royalty free at all.

[Simon Viklund]

^^ This.

@co-op: You have misunderstood the description of the B-sides album: It's not for you to use in trailers and teasers - it's a collection of the music that we have used in our trailers and teasers.

No one has any permission to use the B-sides music for any commercial project. If you use the music for a non-commercial project (fan movie, school project, etc.) then we just ask you to provide credits (name of the composer) in the product.

[co-op]

It's clear now, thank you :)