What is image to music?

You give a picture, a written description, or both, and Google Lyria 3.5 writes an original track that matches. It is meant for background music for videos rather than finished songs for release.

How does the image change the music?

Lyria reads the mood and theme of the picture - colours, setting, the feeling of the scene - and writes music in that direction. A description alongside the image gives you much tighter control than the image on its own.

How long are the tracks?

About one to two minutes. Say "a 2-minute track" in your description and you get close to two minutes. Asking for something shorter than a minute does not work - the model still returns around a minute.

Yes. Describe the vocal style and what the singer should sing, and Lyria writes and performs lyrics. When a track has vocals, the lyrics appear under the player with a copy button. For a background bed, ask for "instrumental only, no vocals". Prompts that ask for a specific real artist voice are refused by the model.

How many credits does one track cost?

20 credits per track, whatever its length. The price is fixed, so the quote you see before generating is exactly what is charged.

Can I use the track in a commercial video?

Google does not claim ownership of what you generate, and you are free to use your track, but no one in the chain - not Google, not fal, not us - promises that the output is free of third-party rights or offers copyright indemnity. You are responsible for how you use it. Every track also carries an inaudible SynthID watermark that marks it as AI-generated.

Can it add the music to my video for me?

Not yet. You download the MP3 and add it to your video in your own editor. If you need the video itself, generate it first with one of our video tools, then come back here for the soundtrack.

How is this different from Text to Music?

Same model, different starting point. Here the picture comes first and Lyria reads its mood and theme, with your description as an optional extra. On Text to Music your description drives the track, and that page has a full guide to writing prompts, including how to supply your own lyrics.

Image to Music with Google Lyria 3.5

Upload an image or describe the mood, and get an original music track for your video.

Google Lyria 3.5

Reference image (optional)

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Admite JPEG, PNG, GIF (máx. 10MB)

Upload a frame from your video or any picture. Lyria writes music that matches its mood. Leave it empty to work from the description alone.

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Tracks come out around one to two minutes. Ask for "a 2-minute track" and you get close to two minutes; anything under a minute is ignored.

Cost: 20 credits

Sample tracks

Lo-fi for a product demo

Warm Rhodes piano, vinyl crackle, mellow bass, 80 BPM, no vocals.

Cinematic for a travel video

Strings, soft piano, slow building percussion, hopeful and wide, instrumental.

Upbeat pop with vocals

Corporate pop, female vocals, 110 BPM, verse-chorus structure.

All three were generated with Google Lyria 3.5 on this page.

Music that fits the picture

Built for creators who need a soundtrack for a video, not a record deal.

Start from an image

Upload a frame from your video, a poster or a photo. Lyria reads the mood and theme of the picture and writes music to match. You can add a description as well, or skip the image entirely.

Made for video

Ask for an instrumental bed for a product demo, a travel montage or a tutorial. You get an MP3 to drop into your editor.

Say exactly what you want

Genre, mood, instruments, tempo, vocal style and section-by-section structure all go in the prompt, down to markers like [0:00-0:30] Intro.

MP3, 44.1 kHz stereo

Tracks run about one to two minutes. Ask for a two-minute track and you get close to two minutes; shorter requests still come back around a minute.

How to turn an image into music

Three steps, about a minute of waiting.

Add an image or a description

Upload a picture to set the mood, or go straight to the description box. Both together work best.

Describe the track

Name the genre, mood, instruments and tempo, and say how long you want it. Start from one of the presets if you are not sure.

Generate and download

Press Generate, wait under a minute, then play it and download the MP3 for your editor.

Picking the image

Lyria reads the picture to set the mood. These are the things it picks up on.

Who is in it
People, animals or characters, how they look and how they seem to feel. A laughing crowd and a lone figure in the rain lead to very different tracks.
Where it is
The setting and background: city streets at night, a beach, a snowy mountain, a cosy kitchen.
What is happening
A family portrait, a match, a road trip, a quiet morning. The scene sets the energy of the music.
Add a description
The image sets the mood; your words set the details. Name the genre, instruments and tempo, and if you want vocals, ask for lyrics that tell the story in the picture.

No image? Describe the track on Text to Music

Questions about image to music

What this tool does, and what it does not.

Give your video a soundtrack

Upload an image or describe the mood, and get a track in under a minute.

Generate music