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How to use soundtrack in a sentence

39 example sentences · noun, verb

Soundtrack means a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures. Example: “The music in the documentary is only used diegetically: there is no soundtrack.”

Examples of soundtrack by meaning

nounPopular music associated with a particular historical era or time of one's life, especially nostalgically.

  • the soundtrack of our relationship
  • 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...

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

  • The world, in turn, watched, clicked, cried, danced, sang along, swooned, caravanned to stadiums and movie theaters, let her work soundtrack their lives.2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023

More sentences with soundtrack

  • The music in the documentary is only used diegetically: there is no soundtrack.From the entry diegetically
  • The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack.From the entry license
  • I can hear a flutter in this movie's soundtrack.From the entry flutter
  • The Westside Story soundtrack and the Top on the Forbidden City OST are the only two albums that remain unrepackaged.From the entry unrepackaged
  • A conversion mod featuring new enemies, new weapons and custom campaign featuring its own soundtrack.2024 July 3, ZKiller467570, Quadinfernal mod for Quake - ModDB. From the entry conversion mod
  • The couple’s romance, captured with intimate closeups and accompanied by a jaunty Europop soundtrack, is rapturous.2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden”, in The A.V. Club…. From the entry happily ever after
  • Almost always, the soundtrack is diegetic: Viewers hear the same thing as the characters do.2018 July 23, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Music of 'Sharp Objects' Contains a Chilling Message”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original…. From the entry diegetic
  • The grill guys sometimes dance around the flames to the soundtrack of this garagelike restaurant.2009 January 25, Kris Ensminger, “On the Cheap”, in New York Times. From the entry garagelike
  • A boardsman at heart, though, his dark, diamond-hard soundtrack steals the show.2007, King Magazine. From the entry boardsman
  • They lipsynch the soundtrack, cadge souvenirs and pester you with smarmy, show-off questions.2003, Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Tor Books. From the entry show-off
  • Yes folks, I have a CD copy of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtrack.1999 January 2, Aaron S. Veenstra, “I have the soundtrack!!!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet), retrieved 11 Jul 2022. From the entry Usenetite
  • Both Caleb and I were regular "soundtrackers"; we did soundtracks for documentaries, along with other kinds of accompaniment work.2024, Scott MacDonald, Comprehending Cinema, page 509. From the entry soundtracker
  • Create an upbeat mix for your life’s soundtrack.2023 November 14, Beth Romero, “Be a Weeble”, in Happy AF: Simple Strategies to Get Unstuck, Bounce Back, and Live Your Best Life…. From the entry Alexa
  • Grunge was the de facto soundtrack of the early nineties.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN. From the entry grunge
  • Often, Parker’s videos consist of her brandishing a book while a caption runs on screen and a soundtrack plays over it.2022 January 31, Anita Singh, “TikTok's curious combination of 'blue hair and tears' is sending book sales through the roof”, in The…. From the entry no because
  • I dropped a soundtrack to go with it.2021, Bobby Hall, The Bright Future, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, published 2022, →ISBN, page 336. From the entry raphead
  • The legendary singer gave the throwback performance in honor of the 20th anniversary of the hit song from the Titanic soundtrack.2017 May 22, Mallory Carra, “Celine Dion Is Making Everyone Cry”, in Bustle, BDG Media, retrieved 01 Jan 2022. From the entry belt
  • The television soundtrack suggests he is watching sport (of course).2012, Sue Abel, “Postfeminism Meets Hegemonic Masculinities: Young People Read the ‘Knowing Wink’ in Advertising”, in Karen Ross, editor…. From the entry bloke
  • OxyContin abuse became a national emergency without a backing soundtrack.2011, Kenaz Filan, The Power of the Poppy: Harnessing Nature's Most Dangerous Plant Ally, page 211. From the entry purple drank
  • The video consists of a minimusical whose soundtrack sounds as if it were generated by an inexpensive electronic keyboard.2009 January 25, Randall Stross, “Microsoft Songsmith Is Easy (if Painful to Hear)”, in New York Times. From the entry minimusical
  • With an appropriately bloopy soundtrack, this side-scroller is just as punishing as it was back in the day.2009 July 4, Raju Mudhar, “My perfect 80s day off”, in Toronto Star. From the entry bloopy
  • The selections here are mostly dark, heavy, and propulsive, with enough sensurround synthistry to soundtrack an IMAX film about underwater life.2001 January, Michaelangelo Matos, “Reviews”, in Spin, volume 17, number 1, page 118. From the entry sensurround
  • Anyway, I love the Jet Set Radio soundtrack (as well as the game) and in particular the tracks by Guitar Vader.2001, Tinman, “Lazy and stupid : Help me do my shopping”, in alt.digitiser (Usenet). From the entry skillo
  • An organ and Casio keyboard-fueled hootenanny, the record could be the breakbeaty and supergroovy soundtrack to a mid-'60s kids show.2001, SPIN, volume 17, number 3, page 47. From the entry supergroovy
  • Becky glanced briefly at her hand, more interested in the Dirty Dancing soundtrack on the CD player than in poker.2000, Herb Childress, Landscapes of Betrayal, Landscapes of Joy: Curtisville in the Lives of Its Teenagers, State University of New York…. From the entry hot wheels
  • And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits and the exit sign.1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry lose the plot
  • The format is simple enough: a few seconds of the poster's face looking regretful with an ominous tone from the film's soundtrack playing underneath.2023 May 15, Matilda Boseley, “'A form of acceptance': TikTok's new trend of 'canon events'”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian…. From the entry regretful
  • The soundtrack suffered as well, with some memorable tunes here and there, but Super Famicom always sounds like it’s played through a tunnel.2020 May 10, Aaltomies. From the entry capcom
  • These were the dying days of the Callaghan administration, its soundtrack the death-rattle of the post-war consensus with its basis in Keynesian economics.2017 October 3, Rosa Prince, Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN, page 1982. From the entry death rattle
  • But even though English soundtracks are left intact— as sort of exotic voiceunders — the situation is dreary for the average American news junkie.1984, Edith Terry, The executive guide to China, →ISBN, page 297. From the entry voiceunder
  • As she entered the projection theatre the soundtrack reverberated across the sculpture garden, a melancholy tocsin modulated by Talbert’s less and less coherent commentary.1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition. From the entry tocsin
  • While some films merely "include" jazz on their soundtracks, others, such as Shirley Clarke's Harlem Story, or Cassavetes' Shadows, or Rivette's L'Amour Fou, or Kiarostami's Ten, are formally jazzistic.2015, Robert Stam, Richard Porton, Leo Goldsmith, Keywords in Subversive Film/Media Aesthetics. From the entry jazzistic
  • Mrazek’s legislation would discourage time compression, a technique used to speed up a movie, and “lexiconing,” a process of altering the soundtrack to match the shorter, compressed version.1991 July 26, Beth Hawkins, “A Call for Legal Action Against Film Alterations : Movies: Six prominent filmmakers join a N.Y. congressman…. From the entry lexicon
  • With problems ranging from a cantankerous projector to blown fuses, the presentations of Jan Oxenberg's films were blurred, disrupted and played with lapses in their soundtracks.1978 December 9, Pat M. Kuras, “A Splice of Lesbian Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 11. From the entry cantankerous
  • In place of snappy banter, there is cod philosophy about destiny and choice, and in place of Lalo Schifrin's adrenaline-pumping classic theme, there are orchestral minor chords on the soundtrack.2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of…. From the entry cod
  • Our next-door neighbors, a retired couple who were home all day and understandably didn’t enjoy the constant soundtrack of canine yapping, were even less happy about this than we were.2009, Michael Schaffer, “Toy Town”, in One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the New World of Prozac-Popping Puppies, Dog-Park Politics, and…. From the entry untrainability

Meaning of soundtrack

  1. noun A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
  2. noun The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
  3. noun A recording or compilation of recordings of such music for sale.

Full definition of soundtrack

Questions about soundtrack in a sentence

How do you use soundtrack in a sentence?
Soundtrack is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The music in the documentary is only used diegetically: there is no soundtrack.”
What is a short sentence with soundtrack?
“the soundtrack of our relationship”
What does soundtrack mean?
Soundtrack means a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.

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