This application discloses a method for making music recommendations. The method for making music recommendations is performed by a server device. The method includes obtaining a material for which background music is to be added; determining at least one visual semantic tag of the material, the at least one visual semantic tag describing at least one characteristic of the material; identifying a matched music matching the at least one visual semantic tag from a candidate music library; sorting the matched music according to user assessing information of a user corresponding to the material; screening the matched music based on a sorting result and according to a preset music screening condition; and recommending matched music obtained through the screening as candidate music of the material.