Talk:Soundtrack

message: I've got to be honest, I've never contributed to this page, but I read it and I don't think it should be merged with film soundtrack. Simply because soundtrack is a thing of it's own. Movies have soundtracks, but games also have soundtracks. This should be rewritten to mention this. The article should be written with the thought of what is a soundtrack in general and not speaking about film soundtrack only. – DarkEvil 06:32, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
I agree 80.179.13.34 23:19, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging 

message: I'm going to remove the Airwolf references, it seems too much like spam.  Before restoring please comment here first Reflex Reaction 20:36, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Airwolf soundtrack 

message: The section listing "Outstanding" soundtracks is POV.  Either it can be removed entirely, or changed to show, for instance, only soundtracks that have won Academy Awards. Nationalparks 14:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, though the Academy Awards are often not awarded to soundtracks which go on to be considered "classics". I propose that anything listed must (1) earn a nomination in either the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, BAFTA, or equivalent organization with an industry-recognized prestige, as well as (2) soundtracks which are financially successful and sell well. If the soundtrack has not sold many copies and has not received any nominations, it does not belong on this list. --Ilyag 02:25, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: Is this change ok? The previous edit by the ip () was reverted correctly as vandalism. Nsaa (talk) 06:34, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, if you look closely, the person replaced content with the same stuff as below. I reverted it back to how it was the last edit three days ago. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 11:24, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this a ok change? 

message: Off my beaten WP editing path, so I leave it to someone else to hunt for the references, evaluate, and edit as they see fit:
One useful general rule of thumb is that all "first" claims should raise a big red flag, as they usually prove to be wrong unless very carefully qualified. That appears to be the case with the claim that "The first musical film to have a commercially issued soundtrack album was MGM’s film biography of Show Boat composer Jerome Kern, Till the Clouds Roll By [1946]." Setting aside the question of whether Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), previously mentioned in the article, also qualifies as a musical, The Wizard of Oz is usually accepted as one, and a 78 rpm album of its songs (including the deleted "Jitterbug" number) was commercially issued in conjunction with the original 1939 release. If I am not mistaken, all of the recordings were taken from the sound-on-film scoring sessions, and possibly even from the composite soundtrack, and were not record studio remakes. At the least, it would seem that another qualifier or two must be added if the current claimant is to be left standing.
:Retraction: the Decca Wizard of Oz album sides were record studio remakes, not dubs from MGM optical sound sources. AVarchaeologist (talk) 04:53, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously not a reliable source, but there's been a few topics on the forum at FilmScoreMonthly.com about this over the years. That might help. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 22:06, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

text: I dunno where you got that info, but the first original score was for The Assassination of the Duke of Guise, in 1908. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 01:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "First" soundtrack album 

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message: I will start a cleanup on the article Soundtrack Mysteriumen•♪Ⓜ •♪talk  ♪• look 16:06, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have moved the current refs to the bottom of the article source, and ordered the refs with wikitext comments for easier managment. I prefer using citation templates WP:CIT and naming references WP:LDR for inline citations WP:IC. I find it easier to work on the main body of the text when there is not too much clutter. The problem with references looks different in the visual editor WP:VE/UG. Mysteriumen•♪Ⓜ •♪talk  ♪• look 17:08, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have cut the current article into pieces that are transcluded WP:TRANS onto the main article space Soundtrack, to help in working on each pieces from the current article structure WP:LAYOUT Mysteriumen•♪Ⓜ •♪talk  ♪• look 17:37, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The current layout seem to be Lead->Definition->Elaboration. That is a good start, but I am not sure if this is the best layout for this article. I will sift the text to look for other possible layouts.Mysteriumen•♪Ⓜ •♪talk  ♪• look 18:11, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Reference 1 provide little information to the article and seem to serve only as a point of exit. The dictionary definition behind reference 1 is of little use, and should perhaps be omitted.
 
The lead seem to be built of 
* an attempt at a definition, without references
* a subject specific elaboration, and special definition
* etymology
* an “also known as” section
There are no good references for the lead part of text
 
(an attempt at a definition, without references)
A soundtrack[1] can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.
 
(a subject specific elaboration, and special definition)
In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (dialogue track, sound effects track, and music track), and these are mixed together to make what is called the composite track, which is heard in the film. A dubbing track is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M & E track (music and effects) containing all sound elements minus dialogue which is then supplied by the foreign distributor in the native language of its territory.
(etymology)
The contraction soundtrack came into public consciousness with the advent of so-called "soundtrack albums" in the late 1940s. First conceived by movie companies as a promotional gimmick for new films, these commercially available recordings were labeled and advertised as "music from the original motion picture soundtrack", or "music from and inspired by the motion picture." These phrases were soon shortened to just "original motion picture soundtrack." More accurately, such recordings are made from a film's music track, because they usually consist of isolated music from a film, not the composite (sound) track with dialogue and sound effects.
(an “also known as” section)
The abbreviation OST is often used to describe the musical soundtrack on a recorded medium, such as CD, and it stands for Original Soundtrack; however, it is sometimes also used to differentiate the original music heard and recorded versus a rerecording or cover
Mysteriumen•♪Ⓜ •♪talk  ♪• look 19:00, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: The article lacks the link between "incidental music" and 'soundtrack" now, let alone it lacks proofs "OST" is synonymous to "official soundtrack". 81.89.66.133 (talk) 13:54, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not sure if this clean-up was perfect