You may be wary of setting your demo reel to music, but choosing the right soundtrack can make or break a reel; synching your animation clips to a music track can add a needed "punch" that can leave a real impact on viewers. Try to choose something that can be easily edited down to within your reel's time constraints; often tracks without words are better for this, and finding that right "cutoff point" within your allowed time range will probably end up deciding the final length of your reel. Try to use music with a clearly-defined beat, quick-paced and infectious without being jarring; a clear climax of the track can also help you use the music to string entirely unrelated clips of animation into a sequenced story with a beginning, middle, and end.
However, one thing to always remember when choosing music for your demo reel is the issue of copyright infringement. This is a very heated topic lately, as we all know, so I'll pass on the advice that of one of my old animation instructors gave to me:
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