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Amusical vs Soundtrack - What's the difference?

amusical | soundtrack |

As an adjective amusical

is not musical.

As a noun soundtrack is

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

As a verb soundtrack is

to provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film.

amusical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not musical.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2006, date=February 24, author=Liz Armstrong, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, Brian Nemtusak, J. Niimi, title=The Treatment, work=Chicago Reader citation
  • , passage=The band alternates male and female lead vocals; when Emily Elizabeth sings she often punctuates whatever needs punctuating with an amusical screech, which gets annoying quick
  • (neuroscience) Exhibiting amusia.
  • * {{quote-journal, 2001, date=June 1, Michael Balter, What Makes the Mind Dance and Count, Science citation
  • , passage=At the meeting, Isabelle Peretz of the University of Montreal reported preliminary results with amusical subjects that may support the hypothesis that the brain contains specific neural pathways for music.}}

    soundtrack

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia soundtrack) (en noun)
  • A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
  • The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
  • A recording of such music for sale.
  • 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.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film