ElevenLabs Music Generation Generate music from text prompts - supports instrumental tracks, songs with lyrics, and fine-grained control via composition plans. Setup: See Installation Guide . For JavaScript, use @elevenlabs/* packages only. Quick Start Python from elevenlabs . client import ElevenLabs client = ElevenLabs ( ) audio = client . music . compose ( prompt = "A chill lo-fi hip hop beat with jazzy piano chords" , music_length_ms = 30000 ) with open ( "output.mp3" , "wb" ) as f : for chunk in audio : f . write ( chunk ) JavaScript import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js" ; import { createWriteStream } from "fs" ; const client = new ElevenLabsClient ( ) ; const audio = await client . music . compose ( { prompt : "A chill lo-fi hip hop beat with jazzy piano chords" , musicLengthMs : 30000 , } ) ; audio . pipe ( createWriteStream ( "output.mp3" ) ) ; cURL curl -X POST "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music" \ -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY " -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"prompt": "A chill lo-fi beat", "music_length_ms": 30000}' --output output.mp3 Methods Method Description music.compose Generate audio from a prompt or composition plan music.composition_plan.create Generate a structured plan for fine-grained control music.compose_detailed Generate audio + composition plan + metadata See API Reference for full parameter details. Composition Plans For granular control, generate a composition plan first, modify it, then compose: plan = client . music . composition_plan . create ( prompt = "An epic orchestral piece building to a climax" , music_length_ms = 60000 )

Inspect/modify styles and sections

print ( plan . positiveGlobalStyles )

e.g. ["orchestral", "epic", "cinematic"]

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client . music . compose ( composition_plan = plan , music_length_ms = 60000 ) Content Restrictions Cannot reference specific artists, bands, or copyrighted lyrics bad_prompt errors include a prompt_suggestion with alternative phrasing bad_composition_plan errors include a composition_plan_suggestion Error Handling try : audio = client . music . compose ( prompt = "..." , music_length_ms = 30000 ) except Exception as e : print ( f"API error: { e } " ) Common errors: 401 (invalid key), 422 (invalid params), 429 (rate limit). References Installation Guide API Reference