ElevenLabs Music Generation

Generate original music from text prompts via inference.sh CLI.

Quick Start

Requires inference.sh CLI (belt). Install instructions

belt login

# Generate music
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{"prompt": "Upbeat electronic dance track with driving synths"}'

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
prompt	string	required	Description of desired music (max 2000 chars)
duration_seconds	number	30	Duration in seconds (5-600, max 10 minutes)

Examples

Background Music

# Lo-fi study beats
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Lo-fi hip hop beat, chill study music, vinyl crackle, mellow piano",
  "duration_seconds": 120
}'

# Corporate background
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Light corporate background music, positive, motivational, clean",
  "duration_seconds": 60
}'

Cinematic Scores

# Epic trailer
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Epic cinematic orchestral score, dramatic build-up, brass and strings, trailer music",
  "duration_seconds": 45
}'

# Suspense
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Dark suspenseful score, tension building, minimal piano, horror atmosphere",
  "duration_seconds": 60
}'

Genre-Specific

# Jazz
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Smooth jazz quartet, saxophone lead, walking bass, brushed drums",
  "duration_seconds": 90
}'

# Electronic
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Techno beat, 128 BPM, driving bass, atmospheric synths, club music",
  "duration_seconds": 120
}'

# Acoustic
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Acoustic guitar folk song, fingerpicking, warm and intimate",
  "duration_seconds": 60
}'

Short-Form Content

# Podcast intro (10 seconds)
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Podcast intro jingle, professional, tech-themed, catchy",
  "duration_seconds": 10
}'

# Social media clip
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Trendy upbeat pop, social media vibe, energetic, youthful",
  "duration_seconds": 15
}'

# Notification sound
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Short positive notification melody, clean, satisfying",
  "duration_seconds": 5
}'

Game Audio

# Battle theme
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Intense battle music, fast tempo, orchestral with electric guitar, boss fight",
  "duration_seconds": 120
}'

# Exploration theme
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Peaceful exploration music, fantasy RPG, harp and flute, magical atmosphere",
  "duration_seconds": 180
}'

# Menu music
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Ambient menu screen music, sci-fi, ethereal synths, space theme",
  "duration_seconds": 60
}'

Prompt Tips

Genre: pop, rock, electronic, jazz, classical, hip-hop, lo-fi, ambient, orchestral, folk, R&B, metal, country

Mood: happy, sad, energetic, calm, dramatic, epic, mysterious, uplifting, dark, romantic, tense

Instruments: piano, guitar, synth, drums, bass, strings, brass, choir, saxophone, violin, flute, harp

Tempo: slow, moderate, fast, 80 BPM, 120 BPM, 140 BPM

Style: cinematic, minimal, layered, atmospheric, rhythmic, melodic, ambient

Workflow: Music + Voiceover

# 1. Generate background music
belt app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
  "prompt": "Soft ambient background music for narration, non-intrusive",
  "duration_seconds": 60
}' > music.json

# 2. Generate voiceover
belt app run elevenlabs/tts --input '{
  "text": "Welcome to our product tour. Let me show you what we have built.",
  "voice": "george"
}' > voice.json

# 3. Merge together
belt app run infsh/media-merger --input '{
  "media": ["<music-url>", "<voice-url>"]
}'

Use Cases

• Video Production: Background scores, transitions
• Podcasts: Intro/outro, segment breaks
• Games: Soundtracks, menu music, battle themes
• Ads: Jingles, commercial backgrounds
• Social Media: Trending audio for short-form content
• Presentations: Professional background music
• Film: Scoring, mood setting

Related Skills

# ElevenLabs sound effects (combine with music)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-sound-effects

# ElevenLabs TTS (add voice over music)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@elevenlabs-tts

# Other music models (Diffrythm, Tencent)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-music-generation

# Full platform skill (all 250+ apps)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli

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