A film soundtrack is the music that is from or inspired by a feature film. Soundtrack themselves are not limited to film. One may find soundtracks to television show, ranging from ER to the anime Cowboy Bebop, and video games such as the Final Fantasy series.
Soundtracks can be divided by purpose and placement. As a general rule, soundtracks are divided into the score and the songs from (or inspired by) the movie/TV show/video game.
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A film soundtrack is the music that is from or inspired by a feature film. Soundtrack themselves are not limited to film. One may find soundtracks to television show, ranging from ER to the anime Cowboy Bebop, and video games such as the Final Fantasy series.
Soundtracks can be divided by purpose and placement. As a general rule, soundtracks are divided into the score and the songs from (or inspired by) the movie/TV show/video game.
It is likely the film soundtrack came into existence about the same time as films themselves. Early films were silent, but were released with cue sheets or scores so that individual theater houses could play music, recorded or live, at appropriate places in the film. The first reels of 1961's West Side Story and 2001's Moulin Rouge! follow the practice of the era of silent film by beginning with an orchestra playing the opening theme. With the advent of talkies in 1927, music was optically integrated into the actual film itself, and the wide world of...
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