Yeah, that seems to be what a lot of people are doing. I’m guessing there are probably a few wealthy promoters or producers out there putting together boy bands and using AI to do the heavy lifting, so to speak, for the music, and then getting the shiny young faces to be the front. Nothing new, of course, and as it has always been, the material is what remains. I really doubt that a bunch of young giggly girls are gonna care who actually created the song so long as the boy bands are hot. I’ve heard that AI is all over TikTok, but I don’t ever go on TikTok so I couldn’t say for sure. Or maybe I’m completely wrong about the boy band thing.
My young granddaughter spends a lot of time on YouTube watching videos about making slime. And then there’s Bluey who my young grandson loves. I don’t see either one of them sitting around watching boy bands dancing, but my grandkids are still pre-pubescent so maybe they have some time before they go down the rabbit hole.
It is definitely here to stay and will be a powerful tool for musically and lyrically inclined people both professional and amatuer to get to the cheese much more quickly.
Up to now we've been tootling around on horses and buggies ...Now we have NASCAR level tools to Get R Done.
I asked the google AI
Can you create a list of the most successful AI songs to date used in movies and television?
While a list of "successful" AI songs from major movies and TV is short, it is primarily because AI music is not yet used for high-profile, breakout hit singles
.Instead, its main use is for background music, idea generation for human composers, and low-budget productions.
Prominent examples of AI-generated music in film
Morgan
(2016): The horror film's score featured music created by an artificial intelligence program, designed to match the movie's theme of AI gone wrong. The score was an early, prominent example of a Hollywood production incorporating AI into its soundtrack.
Next Gen
(2018): In this animated sci-fi film, the music was created by an AI composer to be dynamic and adapt to the on-screen action, particularly the evolving relationship between the main characters.
How AI is used in mainstream media today
Rather than generating hit songs, AI is mostly used to assist human music creators and production teams.
- Production music and temp tracks: AI is used to quickly and cheaply create royalty-free background scores and temporary music for films and television. It allows filmmakers to generate music that matches specific moods or genres with a simple text prompt.
- Composer's assistant: Human composers may use AI to generate musical ideas, speed up their workflow, or optimize arrangements. For example, AI has been used for sound design in anime like
Chainsaw Man
.
- Legal limitations: High-profile songs rely on copyright, which is still legally unclear for AI-generated works. Many studios prefer human-created, copyrighted music for major productions to avoid legal complications.
Examples outside of film and TV
The most notable successes for purely AI-generated music are outside of mainstream movies and TV.
- "Walk My Walk": This AI-generated country song from 2025 topped the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart. Created by the Suno AI platform, its success ignited fierce debate within the music industry.
- Taryn Southern's I Am AI: In 2017, singer Taryn Southern used multiple AI programs to compose and produce her entire album, I Am AI. While not for a film, the project was a significant milestone in AI-assisted music production.
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While AI's role is still evolving, some film composers and musicians have publicly acknowledged using AI as a tool for creative assistance
. Rather than replacing human creativity, AI often helps with brainstorming, generating musical ideas, and streamlining the production process.
Here are notable composers and musicians who have used AI in their work:
- Juan Dussán: The composer documented his process of using AI, specifically ChatGPT, to help generate a film score.
- Lucas Cantor: A film and television composer who used AI to help complete the final movements of Franz Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony." The project was an experiment to demonstrate AI's capabilities in the creative process.
- Tod Machover: The MIT professor and experimental composer has used AI in various works, including his "City Symphonies," which incorporate AI to help organize crowdsourced city sounds.
- Holly Herndon: An American musician and composer known for integrating AI into her creative process. She used an AI she created named Spawn to generate music for her track "Godmother".
- Brian Eno: A legendary musician and producer known for his ambient music, he has explored the use of generative AI and algorithmic composition in his work for years.
- AyseDeniz Gökçin: The pianist and composer conducted an experiment using AI to generate music that imitates the style of Frédéric Chopin, challenging audiences to differentiate it from the original.
How composers use AI
Rather than fully composing a score, AI is typically used in the following ways to assist a human composer's workflow:
- Idea generation: AI tools can create musical sketches and variations that serve as a starting point for a composer to refine.
- Background music: For scenes that need less focus, AI can be used to generate cost-effective and royalty-free background or "temp" tracks.
- Arrangement and mastering: AI can assist in optimizing musical arrangements or in technical audio processes like mastering.
