Soundtrack Meaning
/ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
nounThe sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
Sentence Examples
What's your favorite movie soundtrack?
Music is the soundtrack of your life.
Its original soundtrack is praised for its atmosphere and originality.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The movie's ____ included many popular songs that helped tell the story.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The movie had an incredible ____ composed of powerful orchestral pieces and haunting vocal melodies.
Word Origin & History
From sound + track.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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 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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The movie's ____ included many popular songs that helped tell the story.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The movie had an incredible ____ composed of powerful orchestral pieces and haunting vocal melodies.