Kevin MacLeod attribution: credit text and Sume's BGM field

Credit a Kevin MacLeod track with the line Incompetech specifies: the title, "Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)", "Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0", and the CC BY 4.0 link. Sume's BGM catalog says its featured beds are his tracks and to keep track.attribution with any public use.

Credit wording is from the Incompetech FAQ; the catalog behavior from the Sume OpenAPI description of the BGM catalog, both read 2026-09-30. This is not legal advice.

What credit text does Incompetech require?

The FAQ gives this format, replacing "Title" with the actual title of the piece:

Title Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Where should the credit go?

The FAQ's test is that "a person who wants to know where the music came from should have no difficulty in finding it." Put it where a viewer would look, such as the description or end card, not buried.

Where does Sume put this?

The BGM catalog returns first-party Sume loops and featured Kevin MacLeod / Incompetech tracks (CC BY 4.0) at their official URLs. The description says to keep track.attribution with any public use. The catalog supports optional category, mood, genre and energy filters, and POST /v1/bgm/pick ties are broken deterministically among top scores. I did not verify the exact content of track.attribution; compare it to the Incompetech format above before you publish.

What if the pick is a first-party loop?

The Sume text ties the attribution rule to the featured Kevin MacLeod beds. Check each track's track.attribution rather than assuming. For the catalog tour, see the free BGM catalog.