Embodiments are disclosed for re-timing a video sequence to an audio sequence based on the detection of motion beats in the video sequence and audio beats in the audio sequence. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods comprise receiving a first input, the first input including a video sequence, detecting motion beats in the video sequence, receiving a second input, the second input including an audio sequence, detecting audio beats in the audio sequence, modifying the video sequence by matching the detected motions beats in the video sequence to the detected audio beats in the audio sequence, and outputting the modified video sequence.