Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as—in metonymy—the field in general. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ...

Physical portion of film

In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. For the early history of the soundtrack, see the article sound film. Movie film formats Amateur formats: 8 mm Single-8 Super 8 mm 9,5 mm film 17. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as—in metonymy—the field in general. ... A schematic representation of hearing. ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...

Movie and television soundtracks

Main article: Film score

The term soundtrack most commonly refers to the music used in a movie (or television show), and/or to an album sold containing that music. Sometimes, the music has been recorded just for the film or album (e.g. Saturday Night Fever). Often, but not always, and depending on the type of movie, the soundtrack album will contain portions of the score, non-diegetic music composed for thematic effect as the movie's plot occurs. In 1916, Victor Schertzinger recorded the first music specifically for use in a motion picture, and releasing soundtracks of songs used in films became standard in the 1930s. Henry Mancini, who won an Emmy Award and two Grammys for his soundtrack to Peter Gunn, was the first composer to have a widespread hit with a song from a soundtrack. A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... 33⅓ LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... According to Gerald Prince in A Dictionary of Narratology, diegesis is (1) The (fictional) world in which the situations and events narrated occur; (2) Telling, recounting, as opposed to showing, enacting. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1890 - October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer and screenwriter. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ... An Emmy Award. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Peter Gunn was an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. ...

The soundtrack on a record can contain all kinds of music (including "inspired by"; see the Harry Potter soundtracks), contained in a movie; the score contains only music by the original film's composer(s).

The best-selling soundtrack to date is Saturday Night Fever, the lead single of which, "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees, was one of the best-selling singles of the 70's. ^{[citation needed]} Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. ... Stayin Alive is a song by The Bee Gees, released as a single in 1977. ... The Bee Gees were a Manx-born Anglo-Australian singing trio that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. ...

Video game soundtracks

Main article: Video game music

Soundtrack may also refer to the music used in video games. While sound effects were nearly universally used for action happening in the game, music to accompany the gameplay was a later development. Rob Hubbard and Martin Galway were early composers of music specifically for video games for the 1980s Commodore 64 computer. Koji Kondo was an early and important composer for Nintendo games. As the technology improved, polyphonic and often-times orchestral soundtracks replaced simple monophonic melodies starting in the late 1980s and the soundtracks to popular games such as the Final Fantasy series began to be released separately. In addition to compositions written specifically for video games, the advent of CD technology allowed developers to incorporate licensed songs into their soundtrack. (The Tony Hawk series is a good example of this.) Furthermore, when Microsoft released the Xbox in 2001, it featured an option allowing users to customize the soundtrack for certain games by ripping a CD to the hard-drive. Outrun (1986) is an arcade game with an integral soundtrack. ... Outrun (1986) is an arcade game with an integral soundtrack. ... Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. ... Rob Hubbard (born 1956?, Kingston upon Hull, England) is a music composer for several microcomputers of the 1980s, especially the Commodore 64. ... Martin Galway (born January 3, 1966, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is one of the best known composers of music for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... For the hip hop group, see Commodore 64 (band). ... Koji Kondo Koji Kondo , b. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... In music, the word texture is often used in a rather vague way in reference to the overall sound of a piece of music. ... Monophonic can mean: In rrded audio, a monaural recording with only one channel. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Final Fantasy ) is a series of computer and console role-playing games produced by Square Enix (originally Square Co. ... Anthony Frank Tony Hawk (born May 12, 1968 in Carlsbad, California) is a professional American skateboarder. ... The Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual sales of US$44. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft, first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Book soundtracks

Only a few cases exist, of an entire soundtrack being written specifically for a book.

A soundtrack for J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and his trilogy The Lord of the Rings was composed by Craig Russell for the San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony. Commissioned in 1995, it was finally put on disk in 2000 by the San Lois Obispo Symphony. ^{[citation needed]} John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) is best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien. ... Craig Russell (born April 3rd, 1951), is an American composer of classical music. ...

For the 1996 Star Wars novel Shadows of the Empire (written by author Steve Perry). Lucasfilm chose Joel McNeely to write a score. This was an eccentric, experimental project, in contrast to all other soundtracks, as the composer was allowed to convey general moods and themes, rather than having to write music to flow for specific scenes. A project called "Sine Fiction" has made some soundtracks to novels by science fiction writers like Isaac Asimov and Arthur C Clarke, and has thus far released 14 soundtracks to science-fiction novels or short stories. All of them are available for free download. The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the revamped original Star Wars Trilogy. ... Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire was a multimedia project created by Lucasfilm in 1996. ... Steve Perry (born August 31, 1947) is a science fiction author. ... Lucasfilm Ltd. ... Joel McNeely (b. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Isaac Asimov, Ph. ... Arthur C. Clarke, considered by many to be a grand master of science fiction and communication satellites Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British author and inventor, probably most famous for his science fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

The 1985 novel Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin, originally came in a box set with an audiocassette entitled Music and Poetry of the Kesh, featuring three performances of poetry, and ten musical compositions by Todd Barton. Always Coming Home is a novel by Ursula K. Le Guin published in 1985. ... Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. ...

In comics, Daniel Clowes' graphic novel Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron had an official soundtrack album. The original black-and-white Nexus #3 from Capitol comics included the "Flexi-Nexi" which was a soundtrack flexi-disc for the issue. Trosper by Jim Woodring included a soundtrack album composed and performed by Bill Frisel.^[1] Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron is a graphic novel in English, written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. ... Look up nexus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jim Woodring (born October 11, 1952) is a comic book author and artist. ...

Many audio books have some form of musical accompaniment, but these are generally not complex enough to count as a complete soundtrack. Cassette recording of Patrick OBrians The Mauritius Command An audio book is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud. ...

See also

• Audio restoration
• Film score
• Image album
• List of soundtrack composers
• Soundtrack album
• SoundtrackNet
• Original cast recordings — for musical theater

Audio Restoration is an overarching term for the process of removing artifacts (such as hiss, crackle, noise, and buzz) from sound recordings. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... An image album is an album containing music inspired by a particular anime or manga series, tokusatsu show, Japanese television drama, video game or book series. ... The following is a list of people who predominantly (or most famously) compose soundtrack music for film (i. ... A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music from a particular feature film. ... What is an Original Cast Recording? The phrase is often misunderstood and misapplied. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/woodring/woodring.html

External links

For questions and answers about movie and television soundtracks

• AdTunes.com
• IMDB soundtrack section
• the SoundtrackINFO project
• SoundtrackNet trailer music reference