How Do I Search for Songs Using Filters?

What You'll Learn Here

• How to use filters to find the right track for your project
• How to search Soundstripe Originals and Warner Chappell Production Music
• Tips for getting better search results faster

How Do I Search for Songs Using Filters?

This article walks you through Soundstripe's tag filters so you can narrow down thousands of songs and find exactly what your project needs.

If you'd rather skip the manual search, you can use Supe, our AI search assistant, to help you narrow down your project needs and get personalized recommendations or even share a link with a reference track into Supe or our search bar and we'll automatically surface similar tracks from our library.

If you want to dig into filters yourself? Keep reading.

Start with your collection

Soundstripe offers 2 distinct catalogs:

• Soundstripe Originals: Music owned and created exclusively by Soundstripe's composer community. If you want something crafted in-house with a personal touch, this is your lane.
• Warner Chappell Production Music: A massive, world-class catalog with an enormous range of styles and genres.

Select your collection first, then start layering on filters.

Layer your filters

For example, if you're looking for something similar to "Opalite" by Taylor Swift, here's how you could translate that into filters:

• Genre: Pop (start with the most obvious fit)
• Vocals: Yes (if you want a track with vocals)
• Energy: Medium ("Opalite" starts light and airy, then builds into an energetic chorus)
• Mood: Romantic (captures the emotional undercurrent)
• Characteristics: Retro (that nostalgic 80s/90s sound)

With those applied, you'll get a focused, curated list of tracks that match that sonic profile. Browse and preview until something clicks.

Advanced filters

Once you've got the basics down, these can help you zero in even further:

• Instrument: Filter by the most dominant instrument in the track.
• BPM: Set a beats-per-minute range to match a specific tempo.
• Duration: Filter out tracks that are too short or too long.
• Key: Search for songs in a specific musical key.
• Artist: Want songs from a specific composer? Select their name to filter to just their tracks.
• Playlist: Search within a specific playlist so your filters apply only to that collection.

Tips & Tricks

• Start broad, then narrow. Apply 1-2 filters first, then add more to refine.
• Only select 1 energy level at a time. Selecting multiple can limit your results.
• Mix and match characteristics and moods to find unique combinations that fit your project's vibe.

Have questions or need help finding the right track? Our support team is happy to help.