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AI Music Composition Engine SymphoNet Released: From Humming a Melody to Full Orchestral Arrangement in Just 12 Minutes

Spotify and the Berlin Philharmonic release SymphoNet, which generates complete orchestral arrangements from a 15-second hummed melody in 12 minutes, raising significant copyright questions

AI Music Composition Engine SymphoNet Released: From Humming a Melody to Full Orchestral Arrangement in Just 12 Minutes

Spotify and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra released their jointly developed AI music composition engine SymphoNet on October 10. Users need only hum a melody of 15 seconds or longer into a microphone, and SymphoNet generates a complete orchestral arrangement of 3 to 5 minutes within 12 minutes.

The system features a library of over 200 instrument timbres and 50 musical style templates, ranging from Baroque to electronic. Berlin Philharmonic musicians participated in timbre sampling and arrangement logic calibration to ensure AI-generated music meets professional standards in orchestration and harmony.

The copyright controversy SymphoNet raises is equally significant. Currently, no unified global framework exists for AI-generated music copyright. The US Copyright Office has previously ruled that purely AI-generated works are not eligible for copyright protection. Spotify states it is consulting with copyright agencies worldwide to explore standards for AI-assisted creative copyright recognition.