LONDON - Blackbird plc, the developer of the browser-based collaborative video editor Elevate.io, has entered into a partnership with Epidemic Sound, a leading music licensing platform for creators and brands. The partnership brings Epidemic Sound’s expansive music catalogue directly into Elevate.io, the company’s online collaborative video editing platform. The integration will be completed before the end of the first quarter of 2026 and will give Elevate.io users instant access to Epidemic Sound’s catalog of music and sound effects within the platform’s editor.
Epidemic Sound provides high-quality, royalty-free music and sound effects for creators, brands and media companies. By owning all the rights to its catalog, it makes music licensing simple, safe and worry-free. Its assets have been used by global brands, such as GoPro, Coca-Cola, Apple and Levi’s, and the library has integrations across platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Adobe, Canva and Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve.
"We’re delighted elevate.io has chosen to integrate our world-class music and sound effects into their innovative collaborative video editing platform via the Epidemic Sound API," shares Sam Hall, chief product officer at Epidemic Sound. "This partnership is a testament to our commitment to make it as easy as possible for global content creators to find the perfect soundtrack for their projects, publish without copyright worries, and enable them to focus on creating."
“Industry analysts forecast the collaborative video editing market will reach $4.5 billion by 2029," adds Blackbird executive chair, Ian McDonough. "Elevate.io aims to lead this category by bringing world class video creation tools to our customers within a single, seamless experience. Every creator knows that music not only embellishes their stories, it completes them. Partnering with Epidemic Sound to provide an integrated, fluid experience not only enhances Elevate.io's value proposition for its users, but enables them to create, iterate and deliver professional videos while never breaking their creative flow. This partnership is also an early validation of our unique approach to collaborative video editing by the industry’s leading music and soundtrack service for creators and brands.”