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Recent Examples of melodySo, in the space of nothing, Dan now has the title and the melody happening.—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 The background music, pleasantly tinkled nightly by a real person sitting at a real piano, mixes in pop melodies alongside the Broadway classics and jazz standards.—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 May 2025 The melody turned almost bouncy in the fourth and fifth lines of the verse — just enough to enhance the sing-along quality — then returned to a serious tone, setting up the impactful chorus.—Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 May 2025 The ensuing conflict between them takes an abrupt turn into a hotel-room two-hander as Anima fastens Abel to a bed and coerces him into confronting his feelings by playing his own music to him and dispensing shallow insights about how his songs’ upbeat melodies belie their cry-for-help content.—Charles Bramesco, IndieWire, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for melody
Of course, there will also be more catchy songs — the original soundtrack, which includes 13 songs, will be available on June 6 on streaming platforms, Disney said.
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Melina Khan,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
At the time, songs were streamed without the proper mechanical licenses, which was especially harmful for independent artists.
But Hilton, who ahead of the festival shared photos on Instagram of her and pals Rita Ora and Cara Delevingne boarding her plane for the flight to DC, opted to perform a (prerecorded) set of dance-y pop tunes instead.
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Cathy Applefeld Olson,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Featuring kicky period tunes and fantastic production design, the film stars Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson and others as parents of talented kids who gather for a science convention and are quarantined by the government when a UFO shows up.
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