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

Barone — who is also a musician — scored the original 70-song soundtrack, which offers arrangements for the game’s seasons, locations and characters, and has added another 30 tracks through its updates. —Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026

BondIt, its sister company Buffalo 8 – home to a library of over 400 film and TV titles and more than 1,000 music scores and soundtracks – and MEP’s distribution affiliate West Side Pictures, whose holdings run to approximately 10,000 film and television titles. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026

The complete soundtrack will be released the same day via Capitol Records on streaming platforms. —Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026

The full soundtrack releases the same day via Capitol Records on streaming platforms. —Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026

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