Photo: Kevin MacLeod / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Kevin MacLeod might be the most quietly generous figure I have come across in this database. He composed over 2,000 pieces and released them under Creative Commons, essentially gifting a global library of music to anyone who needed a soundtrack. The New York Times called him the most prolific composer you have never heard of, and that anonymity is precisely the point. While others chase credits, he chose to lower the barrier for every amateur creator on the internet. I genuinely admire that ethic; he traded fame for usefulness, and in doing so became the invisible scaffolding beneath countless creative works.
Overview
Kevin MacLeod ( mə-KLOWD; born 1972) is an American composer and music producer. Described by The New York Times as "arguably the most prolific composer you've never heard of", MacLeod has composed over 2,000 pieces of royalty-free library music and made them available under a Creative Commons (CC BY) copyright license.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kevin MacLeod
- Name (Japanese)
- ケヴィン・マクロード
- Reading
- けゔぃん・まくろーど
- Born
- September 28, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rat
- Origin
- Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- composer / film score composer / record producer / audio engineer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2015 German Webvideo award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Composer — see all → · Film score composer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.