incidental music

Noun

Meaning

music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

music recording score dialogue soundtrack program music sound effects background music descriptive music music in a film incidental soundtrack music for creating a special mood random music accompanying song additional music

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Antonyms

illustrations visuals

Hypernyms

opus piece composition musical composition piece of music

Examples

There is no incidental music to the dramas of real life. Sax Rohmer

All the incidental music for the 2005 revived series has been composed by Murray Gold and Ben Foster and has been performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales from the 2005 Christmas episode " The Christmas Invasion " onwards. Source: Internet

Arthur Sullivan wrote incidental music for the play in 1871. Source: Internet

Jacobs, pp. 28 and 42 His incidental music to The Tempest received an acclaimed premiere at the Crystal Palace just before Sullivan's 20th birthday in April 1862. Source: Internet

He composed a ballet, L'Île Enchantée (1864) and incidental music for a number of Shakespeare plays. Source: Internet

He incorporated the existing Overture into the incidental music, which was used in most stage versions through the 19th century. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

incidental expenses incidental loss incidental mention incidental noises incidental remark incidental side-effect