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Princeton's WordNet

  1. soundtracknoun

    sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film

Wiktionary

  1. soundtracknoun

    A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.

  2. soundtracknoun

    The sound (especially the music) component of a movie.

  3. soundtracknoun

    A recording of such music for sale.

  4. soundtrackverb

    To provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film

Wikipedia

  1. Soundtrack

    A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound.In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (dialogue track, sound effects track, and music track), and these are mixed together to make what is called the composite track, which is heard in the film. A dubbing track is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the foreign distributor in the native language of its territory. Current dictionary entries for soundtrack document soundtrack as a noun, and as verb. An early attempt at popularizing the term “sound track” was printed in the magazine Photoplay in 1929. A 1992 technical dictionary entry in Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology does not distinguish between the form sound track and soundtrack.The contraction soundtrack came into public consciousness with the advent of so-called "soundtrack albums" in the late 1940s. First conceived by movie companies as a promotional gimmick for new films, these commercially available recordings were labeled and advertised as "music from the original motion picture soundtrack", or "music from and inspired by the motion picture." These phrases were soon shortened to just "original motion picture soundtrack." More accurately, such recordings are made from a film's music track, because they usually consist of isolated music from a film, not the composite (sound) track with dialogue and sound effects. The abbreviation OST is often used to describe the musical soundtrack on a recorded medium, such as CD, and it stands for original soundtrack; however, it is sometimes also used to differentiate the original music heard and recorded versus a rerecording or cover.

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  1. soundtrack

    A soundtrack is a collection of recorded music that accompanies or is associated with a visual piece of media such as a film, television show, video game, or commercial. It can also refer to the music or sounds specifically designed or chosen to enhance the mood, atmosphere, or narrative in these visual works.

Wikidata

  1. Soundtrack

    A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of soundtrack in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of soundtrack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of soundtrack in a Sentence

  1. Singer Justin Timberlake:

    I have always wanted to work on a soundtrack after getting to explore acting in film and having done a ton of music over the years, at some point wanting to combine those was always something that I wanted to do, this became like an embarrassment of riches because you're actually in the movie as well you're playing you know one of the supporting role to the lead in the movie and getting to do all the music. It's like - sign me up!

  2. Paul Cameron:

    The problem with reading is that everybody reads at a different reading speed. So what Booktrack does is as you read we know how many words are on the page, every time you turn the page we're measuring how fast or slow you're reading, and then the soundtrack dynamically adjusts to match.

  3. Flavio Volpe:

    Say what you will about Nero, but at least he was a hell of a fiddler. This guy’s burning it all down without a soundtrack.”

  4. Lady Gaga:

    Bradley Cooper really believed in me for the role of Ally Maine in'A Star Is Born' and the way that he empowered me to take helm of that character as well as take helm of the soundtrack and work with him so closely on a movie about music and a movie about musicians, it really was the success of our artistic collaboration and I think it landed me where I am now.

  5. Paul Loomis:

    There was a truck with enormous speakers parked next to the main Ataturk statue, blaring first a sermon by an imam, during which everyone stood quietly with their hands held out, then the soundtrack switched to a ` Recep Tayyip Erdogan ’ chant set to a beat, and the crowd went wild.

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