elevenlabs-music▌
inferen-sh/skills · updated Apr 8, 2026
Generate original music from text prompts with customizable duration, genre, and mood control.
- ›Supports durations from 5 seconds to 10 minutes, enabling use cases from notification sounds to full cinematic scores
- ›Text prompts accept genre, mood, instrument, tempo, and style descriptors for fine-grained control over output
- ›Royalty-free music suitable for commercial use in videos, podcasts, games, ads, and presentations
- ›Integrates with ElevenLabs TTS and sound effects skills for com
ElevenLabs Music Generation
Generate original music from text prompts via inference.sh CLI.

Quick Start
Requires inference.sh CLI (
infsh). Install instructions
infsh login
# Generate music
infsh 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
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Lo-fi hip hop beat, chill study music, vinyl crackle, mellow piano",
"duration_seconds": 120
}'
# Corporate background
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Light corporate background music, positive, motivational, clean",
"duration_seconds": 60
}'
Cinematic Scores
# Epic trailer
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Epic cinematic orchestral score, dramatic build-up, brass and strings, trailer music",
"duration_seconds": 45
}'
# Suspense
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Dark suspenseful score, tension building, minimal piano, horror atmosphere",
"duration_seconds": 60
}'
Genre-Specific
# Jazz
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Smooth jazz quartet, saxophone lead, walking bass, brushed drums",
"duration_seconds": 90
}'
# Electronic
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Techno beat, 128 BPM, driving bass, atmospheric synths, club music",
"duration_seconds": 120
}'
# Acoustic
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Acoustic guitar folk song, fingerpicking, warm and intimate",
"duration_seconds": 60
}'
Short-Form Content
# Podcast intro (10 seconds)
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Podcast intro jingle, professional, tech-themed, catchy",
"duration_seconds": 10
}'
# Social media clip
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Trendy upbeat pop, social media vibe, energetic, youthful",
"duration_seconds": 15
}'
# Notification sound
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Short positive notification melody, clean, satisfying",
"duration_seconds": 5
}'
Game Audio
# Battle theme
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Intense battle music, fast tempo, orchestral with electric guitar, boss fight",
"duration_seconds": 120
}'
# Exploration theme
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Peaceful exploration music, fantasy RPG, harp and flute, magical atmosphere",
"duration_seconds": 180
}'
# Menu music
infsh 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
infsh app run elevenlabs/music --input '{
"prompt": "Soft ambient background music for narration, non-intrusive",
"duration_seconds": 60
}' > music.json
# 2. Generate voiceover
infsh 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
infsh 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 150+ apps)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli
Browse all audio apps: infsh app list --category audio
Ratings
4.5★★★★★10 reviews- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Oct 10, 2024
elevenlabs-music is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
- ★★★★★Piyush G· Sep 9, 2024
Keeps context tight: elevenlabs-music is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
- ★★★★★Chaitanya Patil· Aug 8, 2024
Registry listing for elevenlabs-music matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
- ★★★★★Sakshi Patil· Jul 7, 2024
elevenlabs-music reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
- ★★★★★Ganesh Mohane· Jun 6, 2024
I recommend elevenlabs-music for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
- ★★★★★Oshnikdeep· May 5, 2024
Useful defaults in elevenlabs-music — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
- ★★★★★Dhruvi Jain· Apr 4, 2024
elevenlabs-music has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
- ★★★★★Rahul Santra· Mar 3, 2024
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: elevenlabs-music is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
- ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Feb 2, 2024
We added elevenlabs-music from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
- ★★★★★Yash Thakker· Jan 1, 2024
elevenlabs-music fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.