Music for Short Video

The first two seconds decide whether they stay; the ending decides whether they replay

Short video gives music no time to set up. One thumb movement and your intro is gone.

What you are delivering

Fifteen to sixty seconds that can sit under speech or picture, with a hook in the first two seconds and an ending that returns naturally to the start. It is a loopable fragment, not a song cut short.

Three steps

1. Cut to the shot list: give every cut a downbeat or a breath, and never let a cut land mid-phrase. 2. Move the hook to the front; sacrifice the intro rather than making viewers wait until second three. 3. Master to the platform target so phone speakers stay intelligible, instead of pushing release-level loudness.

Pages and tools to use

• Music for short form — no hook in two seconds means no viewer, and the loop must survive repeats.
• Hook design — short, repeatable, transformable; three appearances to stick.
• Platform loudness targets — normalisation differs per platform; check before you push.
• Loudness standards — how to read LUFS and true peak, not just sample peaks.
• Background music, pros and cons — with voice-over, the midrange has to yield.

Acceptance checks

• A recognisable hook or clear rhythmic figure appears within the first two seconds.
• The loop point has no click, and start and end levels differ by no more than 0.5 dB.
• Around −14 LUFS, true peak ≤ −1 dBTP, and speech stays clear on a phone speaker.

Sources

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