background music
noun
: music to accompany the dialogue or action of a motion picture or radio or television drama
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Once again, the Edge had virtually no problem stripping out background music from a sample video, while preserving the speaker's voice.
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PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
Add background music or nature sounds to elevate the ambiance.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
The TikToker edited a video of Zendaya refusing to name her favorite Beyoncé song, adding eerie background music and cutting to increasingly low-resolution images of the star wearing her big black hat.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The background music, the lighting, the stage design—all of it was intentionally aligned.
—Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
Add background music or nature sounds to elevate the ambiance.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
The TikToker edited a video of Zendaya refusing to name her favorite Beyoncé song, adding eerie background music and cutting to increasingly low-resolution images of the star wearing her big black hat.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The background music, the lighting, the stage design—all of it was intentionally aligned.
—Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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“Background music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/background%20music. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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