soundtrack
soundtrack Lexical Profile
soundtrack Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The recorded music, dialogue, and sound effects that accompany a film, television show, or video game, or a commercial album release featuring that music.
"The composer won an Academy Award for the haunting orchestral soundtrack of the historical drama."
A collection of songs or sounds that characterizes or evokes a particular period, experience, or setting in someone's life.
"Classic rock ballads served as the unforgettable soundtrack to our summer road trips across the country."
A narrow strip running down the side of a motion-picture film strip that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the images.
"The archival restoration team carefully repaired the damaged optical soundtrack on the vintage 35mm reel."
• verb
To provide a film, television program, video game, or event with recorded accompanying music.
"The indie rock band was hired to soundtrack the director's upcoming coming-of-age movie."
• Nearby Words
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 1920s with the advent of synchronized sound cinema, originally referring to the narrow optical strip along the edge of a motion-picture film that carried the photographic audio recording.