There are many ways to find music from LicenseQuote powered stores. You can search by brands, (e.g. artist/composer names) catalogs, genres, subgenres, tags and various track description keywords which includes the song/track title and any portions of the file names. Of course one of the easiest and most popular ways to find music to preview is by Genres.

How the music genres are defined

Publishers using LicenseQuote define and assign their own music genres and subgenres (when needed) to all their tracks and songs. This gives them the chance to be as creative and customized as needed to organize and present their music for easy searching by their clients. We believe this is better than trying to get publishers and catalogs to “pigeonhole” their songs into a narrow  set of static, pre-defined genres.

Genres need to be as fluid and dynamic as changing markets, which doesn’t prevent use of common standards such as classical, pop, rock,  country and folk, while encouraging new categories of music which can be more sharply distinguised, often without need of using further subgenres, though they can still be optionally used, and sometimes to great advantage with older, established genres.

LicenseQuote global store statistics

These to-date statistics are from among all publishers with currently active LicenseQuote powered stores:
Publishers – 80 (some publishers may temporarily opt-out of the Global Search)
Brands – 431 (includes various artist, composer and catalog brands)
Genres – 276
Subgenres – 3.3 (per average genre)
Tags – 4.5 (per average track)
Total Tracks – 8,617 (fluctuates daily)

Most genres are narrow, while a few may be a bit too broad

Below is a list of the current Genres. I’ll point out a few which may be too general for our (new) global stores search feature, which otherwise make more sense within a given publisher’s store.
Examples:
Cues – Any song/track can be used as a “cue” for any kind of media or synchornization project, so this is a bit too generic. 
Film & Tv – because nearly any song or soundtrack could be used for this medium if properly placed with the right story or theme.
International – we have many publishers from different countries, so international is a bit broad, as a better description would be a specific country or regional area.
MP3 or MP3’s – Any track in a catalog could be delivered in a digital MP3 format, hence, much too broad to help a buyer distinguish what kind of music this would be. As a tip to the publishers, it would be better to use “MP3” as a Tag to identify specific tracks which are only be available in MP3 format.

You may find a few more, but keep in mind that if a Genre doesn’t make sense from the global search, it might make more sense from within a specific brand or catalog. Then you can also compare with the available subgenres, or simply use the Search keywords filter to find other important aspects of the song’s description.

Introduction to master list of genres

Below is a current list of genres across all active publisher’s stores as listed on our new global stores search feature. This (testing) page location may change, so we’ll update accordingly.

If you are a music publisher, please feel free to compare your own Genres with others that are similar, as you may be able to edit your genre to fit into a more appropriate or similar category. As a music supervisor or licensing buyer, you will enjoy the wide variety of available genres which exist to help you quickly narrow down your search for your project’s music needs.

All Genres master list – LQ Global Stores Search

0 – 9: Genres
15-60 sec. commercial tracks
2 Step
70’s Rock (Vocal)
80’s Dance Music
90’s Dance Music

A: Genres
Acapella
Acid Jazz
Acoustic
Acoustic & Ensemble
Acoustic Guitar
Action/Thriller
Action/Thriller/Horror
Adult Alternative
Adult Contemporary
Afro Pop
Alt Rock (Vocal)
Alternative
Alternative Rock
Ambience
Ambient
Ambient/New Age
Ambient Instrumental
Americana
Asian/East Indian
Atmos/Soundscape
Atmospheric
Audio/Video Production

B: Genres
Bachelor Pad
Background
Band Ensemble
Be-Bop
Big Band
Bluegrass
Blues
Blues (Vocal)
Bluesy Jazz
Bright and Spirited
Buttons

C: Genres
Cartoon
Celtic
Chamber
Children’s Music
Chillout
Christian
Christian/Gospel
Christmas
Christmas & Children
Christmas Music
Christmas/Holiday
Cinematic Texture
Classic Rock
Classical
Classical/Chamber/Baroque
Comedy
Comedy/children
Comedy/Quirky
Contemporary Classical
Contemporary Country
Corporate
Country
Country Jazz
Country/Western
Cover Songs
Cues

D: Genres
Dance
Dance Hall Reggae
Dance Instrumental (Club, Elec)
Dance w/ Vocal ( Electro, etc.)
Dance/Electronic
Dance/Modern
Disco
Drama/Suspense Instrumental
Dramatic Music
Drum & Bass
Drums/Percussion

E: Genres
Easy Listening
Easy Listening-Vocal
Eco Fashion
Edgy Funk
Eerie Scores
Electro & Co
Electro – Pop
Electro-enhanced Orchestral
Electronic
Electronic/Chillout
Electronic/Dance
Electronic/Downtempo
Electronic/Synth
Electronic/Dance
Electronic/Lounge
Electronic/Techno
Electronica
Etnic & World
Ethnic/Rock
Ethno/World
Exotic
Experimental

F: Genres
Fanfare
Fashion
Fiction
Film & TV
Film music
Film Score
Film Soundtrack
Film Sync
Film, TV & Media
Film/Trailer
Film/TV/Game
Foley/Sound Design
Folk
Folk Jazz
Folk Jazz Ballad
Folk Jazz Rock
Folk Rock
Folk/Pop
Funk
Funk/Disco
Funky Groove
Funky/Groovy
Fusion
Fusion/Progressive Grooves

G: Genres
Gospel
Groove Jazz
Groovy Jazz
Guitars

H: Genres
Hard Rock
Harpo Previews
Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal Rock Instrumental
Hip Hop
Hip Hop (Rap)
Hip Hop Instrumental
Hip Hop/Rap
Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop/R&B
Hiphop/R&B
Holiday
Holiday Music
House
Hymn

I: Genres
Industrial
Instrumental
Instrumentals
International

J: Genres
Jazz
Jazz Ballad
Jazz Rock
Jazz Trio
Jazz Vocal
Jazz Waltz Minor Blues
Jazz/Blues/Funk/Retro
Jazz/Rock Fusion
Jazz/Soul

K: Genre
Kids

L: Genres
Large Orchestral
Latin
Latin Hip Hop
Latin Instrumental
Latin Jazz
Light/Jazz/Fusion
Lounge

M: Genres
Marching Band
Metal
Military
Minimalism
Miscellaneous Music
Modern Jazz
Mood Reflection
Mp3’s
Music for video
Musica Sinfonica

N: Genres
Narration underscore
Native/Aboriginal/Indian
New Age
New Age/World
New Age/Soft Rock
News
News Themes
Nostalgic/Kitsch
Nu-Jazz

O: Genres
Oldies
Orchestral/Choir
Orchestral w/Folk element
Orchestral/Symphonic
Original Music

P: Genres
Patriotic and Military
Peaceful and Meditative
Percussion
Piano works
Pop
Pop Ballad
Pop Jazz
Pop Rock
Pop Rock Instrumental
Pop, Top-40
Pop/Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz
Pop/Rock
Pop/Rock/Contemp
Power
Progressive
Progressive Rock

Q: Genre
Quiet/Ballad

R: Genres
R&B
R&B, Hip-Hop
R&B/Ballads
R&B/Soul
R&B/Urban
Ragtime
Rap
Rap/Hip-Hop
Reggae
Relax
Relaxing and meditative
Religious
Retro
Rhythm and Blues
Rock
Rock Blues Jazz Instrumental
Rock Instrumentals
Rock Jazz
Rock/Classic/Metal
Rock/Electronica
Rock/Pop
Romantic Ballads (Vocal)
Romantic Comedy

S: Genres
Sampler
Scary Traxs
Sci Fi
Score tracks
Seasonal/Christmas
Showtune
Singer Songwriter
Singer/Songwriter
Singer/Songwriter AAA
Ska
Small Classical Instrumental
Smooth Jazz
Soft Rock
Solo Guitar
Solo Piano
Somber/Beautiful
Song
Songs
Soul/R&B
Sound alike music
Sound Design
Soundscape
Soundscapes
Soundtrack
Southern Rock
Spacey
Special
Special Occassions
Specialty
Spiritual/Religious
Sports
Stingers
Stingers/Logotones
Strings Section Scores
Suspense
Suspense Cues
Swing

T: Genres
Techno
Trailers/Drama/News
Trends

U: Genres
Underscore
Uplifting/Happy
Urban

V: Genre
Vocal

W: Genres
West Coast Hiphop/Bump n Grind
World
World Beat
World Instrumental
World Music
World/Classical/New Age

X: Genre
Xmas