How to Add Music to iMovie from Spotify [Updated]

iMovie is a video editing software application developed by Apple Inc. for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. With iMovie, you can enjoy your videos like never before. It’s easy to edit Hollywood-style trailers and stunning 4k-resolution movies with iMovie on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. When you finish cutting and trimming your videos on iMovie, you will most likely want to add music to the video as background music. Luckily, adding music or sound on iMovie is as easy as editing a video. Spotify, as an excellent streaming music service, gives you access to millions of music resources for free. However, there is no official method to tell you how to add music to iMovie from Spotify. This article will tell you how to add Spotify music to iMovie. Let’s get started.

Part 1. Why You Can’t Put Music on iMovie from Spotify?

You might think you can simply download and add songs from Spotify to iMovie. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. Music from Spotify is not viewable in iMovie when you use music from Spotify in iMovie. This means that the format of Spotify music is not supported, thus you can’t use it for your video in iMovie on your device. This is because that Spotify uses DRM protection to prevent users from directly using their music outside of the app. This is why you can’t directly drag and drop a Spotify track into iMovie.

Part 2. Requirements to Download Music to iMovie from Spotify

Tool Needed for Adding Spotify Music to iMovie

Spotify encrypts its music in a proprietary format to stop unauthorized distribution. To make Spotify music playable in iMovie, you need to convert music from Spotify to iMovie-supported formats. However, it is not easy to complete the conversion of Spotify music due to DRM protection. To do so, you need a professional music converter. Why not use Tunelf Spotify Music Converter?

Tunelf Spotify Music Converter is a great music downloader and converter for Spotify Free and Premium users. With advanced technology, this tool can remove DRM protection from Spotify and convert Spotify music into popular formats like MP3, WAV, and more. The best thing is that this tool can maintain the original sound quality and ID3 tags to ensure your music experience.

Key Features of Tunelf Spotify Music Converter

• Download Spotify playlists, songs, and albums with free accounts easily
• Convert Spotify music to MP3, WAV, FLAC, and other audio formats
• Keep Spotify music tracks with lossless audio quality and ID3 tags
• Remove ads and DRM protection from Spotify music at a 5× faster speed

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Supported Formats for iMovie on All Apple Devices

When you import media into iMovie on your Mac or iPhone, you should make sure that those media files are compatible with iMovie. Or you cannot use them in iMovie. By using Tunelf Spotify Music Converter, you can convert protected Spotify music to an audio format compatible with iMovie. In fact, iMovie only supports a few media formats, including

Guide to Download and Convert Spotify Music to MP3

As mentioned above, to add music to iMovie from Spotify, you need to convert Spotify music to MP3 or other formats compatible with iMovie. Learn how to download and convert Spotify music to MP3 by using Tunelf Spotify Music Converter in three steps.

Step 1 Add Spotify Music to the Converter

Launch Tunelf Spotify Music Converter on your computer, and then it will automatically load the Spotify app. Go to log into your Spotify account and browse your music library in Spotify. In order to add Spotify music to your video in iMovie, you need to choose songs you want for your videos, then drag and drop them into the interface of the converter for downloading.

Step 2 Configure the Output Audio Parameters

Then click Menu > Preferences > Convert, and you can adjust the output audio settings. As only very few audio formats like MP3 can be compatible with iMovie, you need to select MP3, WAV, M4A, or AAC as the output format for those Spotify songs. To get better audio quality, you can change other audio parameters, including the bit rate, audio channel, and sample rate.

Step 3 Begin to Download Spotify Songs to MP3

Once all the settings are completed, you can click the Convert button to download and convert music from Spotify to MP3. Wait for a while, and Tunelf Spotify Music Converter will save the converted Spotify music tracks to your computer. After conversion, you can browse all the converted Spotify music in the converted list by clicking the Converted icon.

Part 3. How to Add Music to iMovie from Spotify

Tunelf Spotify Music Converter will strip the DRM protection and convert Spotify songs into iMovie supported audio formats. It’s time to add converted Spotify music to iMovie. Here’s how to add songs from Spotify to iMovie on the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac.

For Mac

In iMovie for Mac, you can drag Spotify music files right into the timeline of your video from the Finder. You can also use Spotify songs from your music library and other locations using the media browser in iMovie. Follow the steps below to put music from Spotify to iMovie for Mac.

Step 1. Launch iMovie on your Mac and click the Create New button in the Project browser.

Step 2. Click the Movie button to create a new project, then add video clips or photos.

Step 3. After creating your project, click the Video & Audio button at the top of the window.

Step 4. To access your music library, click the Music button, then select Import Media.

Step 5. Before adding a Spotify song to the timeline, click the Play button to preview it.

Step 6. Drag it from the media browser to the timeline. Then your selected Spotify song will be added to your project in iMovie.

For iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

Before adding Spotify music to iMovie, you need to move the converted Spotify music to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch by using iTunes or Finder first. Then you can add Spotify music files to your project in iMovie. Perform the following steps to put music on iMovie from Spotify.

Step 1. Open iMovie on your iPhone, then tap on Create Project and select Movie in the pop-up window. Or you can tap on the three-dot icon at the bottom of the screen to import your project.

Step 2. After selecting your photos and video clips, tap on Create Movie to enter into the editing page.

Step 3. With your project opening in the timeline, tap on Add Media+ on your screen.

Step 4. Tap on Audio, then tap on My Music to browse Spotify songs you’ve transferred to your device.

Step 5. Select a Spotify song you’d like to add to your project in iMovie and tap it to preview.

Step 6. To add it to your project, tap on the Plus button next to the song. Then your Spotify song will be added at the bottom of the project timeline, starting at the beginning of your project.

Part 4. How to Trim Spotify Music in iMovie

After adding Spotify music to iMovie, you can trim it to fit the length of your video. By trimming it into different clips for your project, you can move these independent Spotify clips to different positions in the timeline. You also can adjust the volume to ensure it doesn’t overpower the dialogue or sound effects. Let’s dive into the details.

For Mac

To trim Spotify music in iMovie on Mac, you can use the clip trimmer or shortcut menu. Here we will show you how to trim music in iMovie on Mac.

Option 1. Use the Clip Trimmer

Step 1. In the iMovie app on your Mac, locate the Spotify music in the timeline.

Step 2. Click Window > Show Clip Trimmer, and then there will appear the clip trimmer.

Step 3. Drag the clip to adjust the Spotify music according to your video.

Step 4. Press Return to close the clip trimmer.

Option 2. Use the Shortcut Menu

Step 1. In the iMovie app on your Mac, press and hold the R key.

Step 2. Then drag across the Spotify music in the timeline to select the range of frames you need.

Step 3. Control-click the clip, then select Trim Selection from the shortcut menu.

For iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

There are also two ways to cut an audio clip in a movie project on your iMovie for iPhone. You can learn how to cut Spotify music in iMovie by following the steps below.

Step 1. In the iMovie app on your iPhone, scroll the timeline to position the Spotify music.

Step 2. Tap the audio clip in the timeline to load the inspector at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3. Tap the Actions button, then tap Split.

Part 5. FAQs about Adding Music to iMovie

Part 6. Conclusion

iMovie enables you to make your own unique movies at no additional cost. But if you want to add Spotify music to iMovie as background music on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you should make Spotify songs playable in iMovie. The best method is to convert Spotify music to MP3 or other iMovie-supported formats by using Tunelf Spotify Music Converter.