Sonoton Music

Welcome to Sonoton Music, the world's largest independent music library.

Our catalogues are a rich and diverse music resource that includes the most comprehensive library of authentic world music, as well as orchestral recordings from world-renowned orchestras and studios, including London’s Abbey Road and Vienna’s Synchron Stage. We have 60 years of great music, from contemporary library music and original commercial recordings from 60’s artists like Nelson Riddle and Acker Bilk, all the way to tracks sampled by Drake, Chance The Rapper, PinkPantheress and Kendrick Lamar.

Sonoton Music was founded in 1965 by Rotheide and Gerhard Narholz in Munich and owns exclusive rights to more than 100k works from all genres. Hundreds of composers, musicians and producers around the globe ensure that the library grows by more than 100 albums of all kinds of music, styles, instrumentations and genres every year.