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Helkite
6th July 2003, 03:45
I'm just wondering, what is the difference between a Movie Score and a Movie Soundtrack? I've always thought that a Soundtrack contained songs played in the credits (or sometimes during an interlude during the movie), and those songs are usually lyrical. A score contains (usually) symphonic background music played during the entire movie, usually non-lyrical.

That's what I thought.

However, many movie music CDs I bought seem to contradict my reasoning, for example, on the case of the FOTR "movie music", it said "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"...

Can anybody clear this up for me? Thanks...
Mattress
6th July 2003, 05:17
Soundtrack and score can be the same thing for some movies and different things for other movies. Your idea of the difference between the two is basically correct, but movies like FOTR don't really have soundtrack type songs so the score becomes the soundtrack.
papadoc
6th July 2003, 20:18
The "score" is the written or printed composition of the music.
The "soundtrack" is the actual music recorded on tracks in the film,
or on a CD.

The score you read.
The soundtrack you hear.
ryan
7th July 2003, 07:51
Originally posted by papadoc
The "score" is the written or printed composition of the music.
The "soundtrack" is the actual music recorded on tracks in the film,
or on a CD.

The score you read.
The soundtrack you hear.


Beat me to it :)
Timeship
10th July 2003, 16:32
Check out our own soundtracks at http://timeshipstudio.com and let me know if you love/hate it?
Xerxes
14th July 2003, 09:35
The terms are ambiguous and not used correctly.

Watch however, for they phrase "Original Score" which indicates music composed for the movie, and not another random pop music collection.
Timeship
14th July 2003, 14:48
The soundtrack I'm talking about WAS composed for an anime movie, which now is used in a radio drama theater. Also, there ARE soundtracks scored and composed especially for radio theaters. However, I'm not sure to which of the posts you're replying here, so... I rest my case.
Mr_007
15th July 2003, 08:21
Use of your pc.
no player!
player any cant coverd a your digital movies!