soundtrack
US/ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/
soundtrack noun: a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
Noun
soundtrack (plural soundtracks)
- 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.
- 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
- Popular music associated with a particular historical era or time of one's life, especially nostalgically.
- the soundtrack of our relationship
- 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...2012 April 5, Victor Brooks, Last Season of Innocence: The Teen Experience in the 1960s, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, →ISBN, page 194
Verb
soundtrack (third-person singular simple present soundtracks, present participle soundtracking, simple past and past participle soundtracked)
- To 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
soundtrack meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
soundtrack in Hindi
- साउंडट्रैक, साउन्डट्रैक
soundtrack in Marathi
- साउंडट्रॅक
soundtrack in Urdu
- ساؤنڈ ٹریک
soundtrack in Bengali
- সাউন্ডট্র্যাক
More languagesFewer languages
- soundtrack in Telugu
- సౌండ్ట్రాక్
- soundtrack in Malayalam
- സൌണ്ട്ട്രാക്ക്, സൌണ്ട് ട്രാക്ക്, ശബ്ദട്രാക്ക്
- soundtrack in Kannada
- ಧ್ವನಿವಾಹಿನಿ
- soundtrack in Punjabi
- ਸਾਊਂਡਟ੍ਰੈਕ, ਸਾਉਂਡਟ੍ਰੈਕ, ਸੌਂਡਟ੍ਰੈਕ
- soundtrack in Gujarati
- સાઉન્ડટ્રેક, સાઉન્ડટ્રૅક
- soundtrack in Odia
- ସାଉଣ୍ଡଟ୍ର୍ଯ଼ାକ୍, ସାଉଣ୍ଡଟ୍ରାକ, ସାଉଣ୍ଡଟ୍ରେକ୍
- soundtrack in Nepali
- साउन्डट्र्याक, साउण्डट्र्याक, साउन्डट्रेक
- soundtrack in Vietnamese
- nhạc phim
Examples of soundtrack in a sentence
- The music in the documentary is only used diegetically: there is no soundtrack.
- The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack.
- I can hear a flutter in this movie's soundtrack.
Forms of soundtrack
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | soundtracks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | soundtracks |
| present participle | soundtracking |
| past participle | soundtracked |
| past | soundtracked |
| alternative form | sound-track |
Origin of soundtrack
From sound + track.
Words formed from soundtrack
Questions about soundtrack
- What does soundtrack mean?
- Soundtrack means a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
- What is soundtrack in Hindi?
- Soundtrack in Hindi is साउंडट्रैक, साउन्डट्रैक. See Soundtrack meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is soundtrack?
- Soundtrack can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce soundtrack?
- Soundtrack is pronounced /ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/ (US).
- What is the plural of soundtrack?
- The plural of soundtrack is soundtracks.
Words near soundtrack in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: soundtrack (page history and authors); soundtrack (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soundtrack (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soundtrack (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soundtrack (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soundtrack (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soundtrack (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soundtrack (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soundtrack (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soundtrack (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soundtrack (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soundtrack (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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