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Here’s how to Add Music on iMovie on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac after you’ve opened your project. iMovie is free for Apple users, but it takes a little bit of time to learn how to use it. Even something as easy as adding music to your project can seem hard if you don’t know where to look.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. Movies must have music. It could be in the background and help set the mood, or it could be in the center and move the story along. If you use Apple products, you probably know about iMovie. With iMovie, you can add music to the background of your project.
You can make your movies look more professional with some background music. The good news is that you don’t have to keep that small, boring collection. It’s easy to add other music to your movies in iMovie. Now, let’s go over the few steps for both Mac and iOS devices.
How to Add music to iMovie on Mac
- Open your iMovie project, then click ‘Audio’ in the top menu. It should be on the right-hand side of ‘My Media,’ and to the left of ‘Titles.’
- This will bring you to the ‘Music’ tab, containing all your local music files. You can scroll through and choose the track you want, or type something in the search bar if you’re like us and have a million songs!
- Double-click the track to preview it, and if it’s all good, just drag and drop it onto your project timeline! If you want the song to start in sync with a specific clip, drag it right under the start of said clip. A bar will appear when you do this, connecting the song to the clip. This means that if you move the video, the audio goes with it.
- That’s it! You just learned how to add music to iMovie on Mac. If you want to spice things up, you can also drag audio files directly from the Finder to your iMovie project.
How to add music to iMovie on iPhone or iPad
- Open your iMovie project, then click the ‘Add Media’ button. It looks like a little plus sign.
- Click ‘Audio,’ then ‘Add Music.’ You’ll then be able to see all the tracks you’ve purchased via Apple, and any songs you’ve synced or added manually to your device.
- Tap a song to preview it, and if that’s the one you’re after, hit the ‘Add Audio‘ button. This looks like the ‘Add Media’ button, but in a circle. It can be found next to the song you’re choosing.
- You’re all done! You just figured out how to add music to iMovie on iPhone and iPad. The track will automatically be added to the beginning of your project, so from there, you need to drag it to where you need it
FAQs
How to Use Spotify with iMovie in the Best Way. If you want to add music in iMovie, you have to choose between MP3, WAV, M4A, AIFF, and AAC. With the help of Tunelf Spotify Music Converter, you can easily download music from Spotify to MP3 and add music from Spotify to iMovie.
To add an audio file from YouTube to a video clip, drag the file under the video clip until a bar appears. Next, let go of the button when you see the green “Add” sign to make the music a background song in your iMovie project.