Kevin MacLeod

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.

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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)

Origin

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Occupation

composer / film score composer / record producer / audio engineer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

Awards & achievements

• 2015 German Webvideo award

• Official sitehttps://incompetech.filmmusic.io
• Xhttps://x.com/kmacleod
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20MacLeod
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16731782

Tags

• Wisconsin
• composer
• film score composer
• record producer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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