diff --git a/src/audio/ogg_sound_file.cpp b/src/audio/ogg_sound_file.cpp
index 75ae72e9cd7..b080bfa1fb8 100644
--- a/src/audio/ogg_sound_file.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/ogg_sound_file.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <physfs.h>
 
-OggSoundFile::OggSoundFile(PHYSFS_File* file_, double loop_begin_, double loop_at_) :
+OggSoundFile::OggSoundFile(PHYSFS_File* file_, double loop_begin_, double loop_at_, std::string author) :
+  SoundFile(author),
   m_file(file_),
   m_vorbis_file(),
   m_loop_begin(),
diff --git a/src/audio/ogg_sound_file.hpp b/src/audio/ogg_sound_file.hpp
index 35e10f2a83d..ed0499fb1a0 100644
--- a/src/audio/ogg_sound_file.hpp
+++ b/src/audio/ogg_sound_file.hpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class OggSoundFile final : public SoundFile
   static long cb_tell(void* source);
 
 public:
-  OggSoundFile(PHYSFS_File* file, double loop_begin, double loop_at);
+  OggSoundFile(PHYSFS_File* file, double loop_begin, double loop_at, std::string m_author = "");
   ~OggSoundFile() override;
 
   virtual size_t read(void* buffer, size_t buffer_size) override;
diff --git a/src/audio/sound_file.cpp b/src/audio/sound_file.cpp
index cf98711cca3..730310f7b3b 100644
--- a/src/audio/sound_file.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/sound_file.cpp
@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@ std::unique_ptr<SoundFile> load_music_file(const std::string& filename_original)
     auto music = root.get_mapping();
 
     std::string raw_music_file;
+    std::string author;
     float loop_begin = 0;
     float loop_at    = -1;
 
     music.get("file", raw_music_file);
+    music.get("author", author);
     music.get("loop-begin", loop_begin);
     music.get("loop-at", loop_at);
 
@@ -85,11 +87,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<SoundFile> load_music_file(const std::string& filename_original)
     auto format = SoundFile::get_file_format(file, raw_music_file);
     if (format == SoundFile::FORMAT_WAV)
     {
-      return std::make_unique<WavSoundFile>(file);
+      return std::make_unique<WavSoundFile>(file, author);
     }
     else
     {
-      return std::make_unique<OggSoundFile>(file, loop_begin, loop_at);
+      return std::make_unique<OggSoundFile>(file, loop_begin, loop_at, author);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/audio/sound_file.hpp b/src/audio/sound_file.hpp
index 1dffb6fb04d..a36c3ffdd6e 100644
--- a/src/audio/sound_file.hpp
+++ b/src/audio/sound_file.hpp
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ class SoundFile
   static FileFormat get_file_format(PHYSFS_File* file, const std::string& filename);
 
 public:
-  SoundFile() :
+  SoundFile(std::string author = "") :
     m_channels(),
     m_rate(),
     m_bits_per_sample(),
-    m_size()
+    m_size(),
+    m_author(author)
   {}
 
   virtual ~SoundFile() {}
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class SoundFile
   int m_bits_per_sample;
   /// size in bytes
   size_t m_size;
+  std::string m_author;
 
 private:
   SoundFile(const SoundFile&) = delete;
diff --git a/src/audio/wav_sound_file.cpp b/src/audio/wav_sound_file.cpp
index 4db3720de5d..37a52e0bf36 100644
--- a/src/audio/wav_sound_file.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/wav_sound_file.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ static inline uint16_t read16LE(PHYSFS_file* file)
   return result;
 }
 
-WavSoundFile::WavSoundFile(PHYSFS_file* file_) :
+WavSoundFile::WavSoundFile(PHYSFS_file* file_, std::string author) :
+  SoundFile(author),
   m_file(file_),
   m_datastart()
 {
diff --git a/src/audio/wav_sound_file.hpp b/src/audio/wav_sound_file.hpp
index f119370e7fb..254f13da725 100644
--- a/src/audio/wav_sound_file.hpp
+++ b/src/audio/wav_sound_file.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 class WavSoundFile final : public SoundFile
 {
 public:
-  WavSoundFile(PHYSFS_file* file);
+  WavSoundFile(PHYSFS_file* file, std::string author = "");
   ~WavSoundFile() override;
 
   virtual size_t read(void* buffer, size_t buffer_size) override;