soundtrack

noun

sound·​track ˈsau̇n(d)-ˌtrak 

variants or less commonly sound track

1

: a track (as on a movie film or television videotape) that carries the sound record

2

: the sound recorded on a soundtrack

especially : the music on a soundtrack

Examples of soundtrack in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Over 280 tourism boards across mainland China, from Beijing to Guizhou to Zhejiang, have spontaneously paired the track as a soundtrack with local landmarks and cityscapes for videos, triggering a viral relay across short-video platforms. —Billboard China, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025

The spot sees video of Angelou’s reading interspersed with footage of everyday Americans, and once again a few recognizable hosts, with her words serving as the soundtrack. —Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025

Zohran even spent time on Mira’s movie sets, notably creating and producing the soundtrack for her 2016 film Queen of Katwe as well as rapping on one of the songs featured in it under his rapper persona, Young Cardamom. —Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025

Trier puts together the soundtracks of all his movies; they’re sometimes culled from playlists he’s made for Vogt and himself to listen to while writing. —Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for soundtrack

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback

Kids Definition

sound track

noun

: the area on a motion-picture film that carries the sound record