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Soundtrack vs Screenplay - What's the difference?

soundtrack | screenplay |

As nouns the difference between soundtrack and screenplay

is that soundtrack is a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures while screenplay is a script for a movie or a television show.

As a verb soundtrack

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

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
  • screenplay

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a script for a movie or a television show
  • * 1998, Hairshirt'' (aka ''Too Smooth , movie)
  • I know Corinne would be happy if I started writing scripts again. Since my last screenplay , I haven't written anything in over four months.

    Hyponyms

    * teleplay