Incidental music
Incidental music noun - Music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes.
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Soundtrack and incidental music are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Soundtrack" with "Incidental music", this terms are similar.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack noun - Sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film.
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Incidental music and soundtrack are semantically related. You can use "Incidental music" instead a noun "Soundtrack".
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It doesn't quite manage a genuine period soundtrack, though, having to settle for some generic eighties-sounding incidental music.
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Iron Chef fans may not realize the original theme music, and indeed much of the incidental music, was from the movie soundtrack for Back Draft.
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Pop-Star Composer: The soundtrack to Stephen King's lone directoral effort, Maximum Overdrive, was comprised enriely of AC/DC songs old and new, with a little bit of instrumental incidental music.
Source: Music / AC/DC
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