soundtrack

From sound +‎ track.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

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. A background sound that is part of a larger event.
   • 2014 August 16, Daniel Taylor, “Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 August 2025:

     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.

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

1. (transitive) 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^[2], archived from the original on 6 December 2023:

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

• sound-track

Unadapted borrowing from English soundtrack.

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

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

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

soundtrack m (plural soundtracks)

1. soundtrack