: a track (as on a motion-picture film or television videotape) that carries the sound record
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: the sound recorded on a soundtrack
especially: the music on a soundtrack
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe '70s saw the band take a musical turn, as their Saturday Night Fever soundtrack released in 1977 cemented them in disco history. Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022 The movie became a cult classic, and also gave the actress another chart-topping hit from its double-platinum soundtrack. Christopher Watson, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2022 Following his grand design, the group starred in a science-fiction film written for them and recorded its soundtrack. Jim Farber, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022 The song, ostensibly about surveillance and paranoia, took on a new meaning for him, becoming his soundtrack for those early weeks of the war. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2022 The soundtrack, due in October, features additional score music from Harvey and Phillips, details of which are still under wraps. Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2022 Not exactly the appropriate soundtrack for acting on my unholy desires.New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Although Swift doesn’t make an appearance in the film’s soundtrack, Waititi spoke to Rolling Stone last week about how much Guns N’ Roses is featured in the film. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2022 The visually-dazzling special-effects romp and homage to 1980s hair-metal excess, complete with a Guns ‘n’ Roses soundtrack, grossed $143 million in North America and $159 million internationally this weekend, Disney said. Robbie Whelan, WSJ, 10 July 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SOUNDTRACK | SOUNDTRACK + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤film, movie (especially NAmE) 電影原聲帶➤original原聲帶◇The original Japanese soundtrack is included with English subtitles.日文的原聲帶配有英文字幕。➤musical原聲音樂◇a musical soundtrack conceived by Quincy Jones由昆西・瓊斯構思設計的原聲音樂VERB + SOUNDTRACK➤compose, create, make創作原聲音樂;製作原聲音樂▸➤listen to聽原聲音樂➤provide (oftenfigurative) 提供原聲音樂◇Abba provided the soundtrack to my teenage years.我少年時代聽阿巴樂隊的音樂帶。SOUNDTRACK + VERB➤feature電影原聲帶的主旋律是◇The movie has a soundtrack featuring music by Strauss.該影片的配樂主旋律是施特勞斯的樂曲。PREPOSITION➤soundtrack for, soundtrack of, soundtrack to為⋯而作的原聲音樂◇She composed the soundtracks to several hit movies.她曾為幾部熱門影片配樂。