soundtrack

See also: sound track

English

Etymology

From sound +‎ track.

Noun

soundtrack (plural soundtracks)

1. A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
2. The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
3. A recording of such music for sale.
4. Background sounds that are part of a bigger event.
   • August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk:

     There was a startling lack of creativity and if Van Gaal had listened closely he would have made out the mocking chants from the away end, as the visiting fans embarked on the repertoire of songs that formed the soundtrack to David Moyes’s time in the job.

Translations

a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures

• Bulgarian: звукова пътечка f (zvukova pǎtečka)
• Finnish: ääniraita (fi)
• French: bande son (fr) f, piste sonore f
• German: Tonspur (de) f
• Italian: pista sonora f
• Polish: soundtrack (pl) m, ścieżka dźwiękowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: banda sonora f (Portugal), trilha sonora (pt) f (Brazil)
• Russian: звукова́я доро́жка (ru) f (zvukovája doróžka)
• Spanish: banda sonora (es) f

the sound (especially the music) component of a movie

• Catalan: banda sonora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原聲帶／原声带 (yuán shēngdài)

• Esperanto: sontrako, akustika trako
• Finnish: elokuvamusiikki
• French: bande son (fr) f
• German: Soundtrack (de) m
• Italian: colonna sonora (it) f
• Japanese: サウンドトラック (saundotorakku)
• Kazakh: саундтрек (saundtrek)
• Polish: soundtrack (pl) m, ścieżka dźwiękowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: banda sonora f (Portugal), trilha sonora (pt) f (Brazil)
• Russian: звукова́я доро́жка (ru) f (zvukovája doróžka), саундтре́к (ru) m (saundtrɛ́k), му́зыка к фи́льму f (múzyka k fílʹmu), фо́новая му́зыка f (fónovaja múzyka), фоногра́мма (ru) f (fonográmma)
• Spanish: banda sonora (es) f
• Vietnamese: nhạc (vi) phim (vi)

a recording of such music for sale

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原聲帶／原声带 (yuán shēngdài)

• Finnish: soundtrack (fi)
• French: musique de film (fr) f, bande originale de film (fr) f
• Italian: registrazione (it) f
• Japanese: サウンドトラック (saundotorakku)
• Polish: soundtrack (pl) m, ścieżka dźwiękowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: banda sonora f (Portugal), trilha sonora (pt) f (Brazil)
• Russian: саундтре́к (ru) m (saundtrɛ́k), фоногра́мма (ru) f (fonográmma)
• Spanish: banda sonora (es) f

Verb

soundtrack (third-person singular simple present soundtracks, present participle soundtracking, simple past and past participle soundtracked)

1. To provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film
   • 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time‎^[1]:

     The world, in turn, watched, clicked, cried, danced, sang along, swooned, caravanned to stadiums and movie theaters, let her work soundtrack their lives.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English soundtrack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsawnt.trak/
• Rhymes: -awnttrak
• Syllabification: sound‧track

Noun

soundtrack m inan

1. (film, gaming, music, television, theater) soundtrack (narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures)

   Synonym: ścieżka dźwiękowa

2. (film, gaming, music, television, theater) soundtrack (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie)

   Synonym: ścieżka dźwiękowa

3. (film, gaming, music, television, theater) soundtrack (recording of such music for sale)

   Synonym: ścieżka dźwiękowa

Declension

Declension of soundtrack

	singular	plural
nominative	soundtrack	soundtracki
genitive	soundtracku	soundtracków
dative	soundtrackowi	soundtrackom
accusative	soundtrack	soundtracki
instrumental	soundtrackiem	soundtrackami
locative	soundtracku	soundtrackach
vocative	soundtracku	soundtracki

Further reading

• soundtrack in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• soundtrack in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

soundtrack m (plural soundtracks)

1. soundtrack