Oh you Joyful

Oh you Joyful is an instrumental recording of the Christmas carol O du fröhliche, running just over two minutes. The melody is many centuries old and long out of copyright, but this performance is not: it is an Artyfile master recording, and that is precisely what you licence here for worldwide film and video use.

What does Oh you Joyful sound like?

The arrangement treats the carol straight rather than reinventing it — the melody is stated clearly and warmly, at a pace that leaves room for the tune to be recognised. It is instrumental throughout, so it works as underscore beneath narration or dialogue without a vocal line pulling focus away from your own audio.

Where does this track work best?

• Christmas and Advent advertising campaigns
• Seasonal corporate greetings and year-end films
• Church, community and choir video productions
• Christmas market, hospitality and retail brand content
• Family and heritage documentary footage set at Christmas
• Seasonal social media and YouTube content

A word on rights, because carols are where this trips people up: the melody being public domain does not make a recording of it free to use. Every recording carries its own rights, and this one is cleared through Artyfile.

Track details

Title	Oh you Joyful
Performed by	Artyfile
Genre	Christmas
Mood	Warm, festive, reverent
Instruments	Instrumental ensemble
Duration	2:12
Format	WAV, 44.1 kHz stereo master
Basic licence	€29.90 — worldwide sync, one payment
Limited Edition	€69.90 per 1% share (20 shares max)

What licence do you get?

The track is delivered as a studio-mastered WAV. A single Artyfile Basic licence at €29.90 covers worldwide sync use for the lifetime of your production — film, YouTube, broadcast, social media, podcasts and client work — as one payment, with no subscription and no recurring fees. Artyfile administers the sync rights to its own catalogue directly, so no additional collection-society fee falls due on the licence itself, and every purchase comes with a licence certificate as documented proof of what you cleared. A public performance at a live event remains a separate matter that the venue or organiser settles in the usual way.

Artyfile registers this catalogue in YouTube Content ID under a monetize policy. Expect a routine Content ID match on an upload that uses the track — YouTube Content ID rules apply, including restrictions on longer Shorts. On the Basic licence the music's advertising revenue flows into Artyfile's pool; on a Limited Edition share it flows back to the owners of the master.

If you would rather own a piece of the recording than licence it, the Limited Edition offers numbered shares in this master at €69.90 per 1% share, capped at twenty shares per track and entered in the Artyfile ownership register. Shareholders receive quarterly statements and a share of the recording's streaming revenue. Royalties depend on actual usage, are not guaranteed and may be zero.