Soundtrack - what is it? Recently, this word can be found very often on the Internet. Typically, this question is asked by people who are interested in movies or video games. Given the fact that you clicked on the link to this article, we think you can also be attributed to their number. In this case, you just have to read this article to the end to understand the true meaning of the word "soundtrack". Ready? Then start reading quickly!
What is the soundtrack?
We think it's clear that "soundtrack" is a foreign word that has nothing to do with the Russian language. Translated from English soundtrack means "sound track".
Let's not beat around the bush, but immediately tell it like it is. The soundtrack is a musical accompaniment for films and computer games. Soundtrack alsoname of the album that contains tracks from this background music.
In the event that the music was specially created by the composer for a film or video game, then such a soundtrack is called SCORE (translated from English means "score"). Often these are musical compositions that lack lyrics and vocals.
Soundtrack by way of creation
According to the method of creation, the soundtrack is divided into 2 types:
- ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (OST) (translated from English: "original soundtrack") is a music album that consists of author's tracks created by the composer specifically for the movie / game (score). These albums may also contain popular songs that sounded in the movie / game, but were not written for him / her. In some cases, it contains replicas of voiced characters, special sound effects and noises that were used during the voice acting of the material. In addition, the score-soundtrack can be a separate music album. But as a rule, studios are limited to releasing ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, which may contain several specially created tracks.
- UNOFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK (translated from English: "unofficial soundtrack"). In addition to official collections, which are released by producers of original musical accompaniment, there are also amateur albums. They consist of music tracks that have been collected from various sources. Sometimes songs are cut from video game digital files orcopied by amateurs directly from the analog soundtrack of the movie / game. These kinds of albums are called rip. If the compositions were cut from the soundtrack of a movie/game, then you should not rely on high quality: background noise and extraneous sounds can be clearly heard in them. A fairly common situation: the soundtrack from the game / movie is available as an OST, but at the same time, reworked versions of it sound in the movie / game itself. Video game music rips make it possible to get the original tracks without changing their quality. They are, in fact, the score-soundtrack of a computer game.
Synonyms
Soundtrack - what's that? We think the issue is closed. Now let's look at the synonyms of this word. There are not many synonyms for the word "soundtrack", but they are still worth mentioning:
- sound;
- record;
- melody;
- musical accompaniment.
This can be finished. Now you know the definition of a soundtrack. We hope you found this information helpful!