soundtrack en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From sound + track.
Meanings
- A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
- The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
- A recording or compilation of recordings of such music for sale.
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A background sound that is part of a larger event.
There was a startling lack of creativity and if Van Gaal had listened closely he would have made out the mocking chants from the away end, as the visiting fans embarked on the repertoire of songs that formed the soundtrack to David Moyes’s time in the job.
2014 August 16, Daniel Taylor, “Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2025:
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Popular music associated with a particular historical era or time of one's life, especially nostalgically.
[See title]
2025 August 21, Darren Richman, “OPINION: Tom Lehrer – the musical comedy soundtrack of my childhood”, in Jewish News, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2025:CDs, iPods, and other forms of digital downloading, large numbers of specialty music channels or digitalized television services, satellite radio, and related media, all mean that anyone interested in the soundtrack of the sixties can access any song at any time in almost any place — a dream unbelievable to a sixties teen carrying his or her transistor radio.
2012 April 5, Victor Brooks, Last Season of Innocence: The Teen Experience in the 1960s, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, →ISBN, page 194:But in my young mind, nothing was haphazard, and certain songs that came over the car radio became fundamental parts of the resonating soundtrack of my youth.
2026 March 7, Daphne A. Brooks, Blackstar Rising and the Purple Reign: The Sonic Afterlives of David Bowie and Prince, Duke University Press, →ISBN:the soundtrack of our relationship
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| soundtracks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (52)
fi elokuvamusiikki (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · es banda sonora (a recording of such music for sale) · ru фоногра́мма (a recording of such music for sale) · ru фоногра́мма (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · ru саундтре́к (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · ja サウンドトラック (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · ca banda sonora (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · pl soundtrack (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · he פַּסְקוֹל (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · it registrazione (a recording of such music for sale) · fr bande son (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · pl soundtrack (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · vi nhạc phim (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · pl ścieżka dźwiękowa (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · de Soundtrack (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · it pista sonora (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · pt trilha sonora (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · fi soundtrack (a recording of such music for sale) · es banda sonora (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · fr piste sonore (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · pl ścieżka dźwiękowa (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · ru саундтре́к (a recording of such music for sale) · ru му́зыка к фи́льму (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · fr bande originale de film (a recording of such music for sale) · ru звукова́я доро́жка (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · ko 사운드트랙 (a recording of such music for sale) · ja サウンドトラック (a recording of such music for sale) · eo akustika trako (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · eo sontrako (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · ru фо́новая му́зыка (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · pl ścieżka dźwiękowa (a recording of such music for sale) · fr musique de film (a recording of such music for sale) · bg звукова пътечка (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · ko 사운드트랙 (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · de Tonspur (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · kk саундтрек (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · es banda de sonido (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · fi ääniraita (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · cmn 原聲帶 /原声带 (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · he פסקול (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · pt banda sonora (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · es banda sonora (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · cmn 原聲帶 /原声带 (a recording of such music for sale) · pt trilha sonora (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · ru звукова́я доро́жка (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · pt banda sonora (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) · pt trilha sonora (a recording of such music for sale) · es banda sónica (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · fr bande son (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) · pl soundtrack (a recording of such music for sale) · pt banda sonora (a recording of such music for sale) · it colonna sonora (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie)