What is soundtrack? What is OST?

If you are a movie or music lover, sometimes you will hear or see the terms Soundtrack, OST. These two terms appear very much in the field of music, especially related to movies or TV series. Let's find out what Soundtrack, OST is in the article below.

Meaning of Soundtrack and OST

Soundtrack simply means the background music in movies or video games . If understood more closely, Soundtrack means pre-recorded music that accompanies and synchronizes with the image of a movie, TV show or video game; a soundtrack album is released to the music market in the soundtrack of a movie or television show. The word soundtrack appeared in the public in the 1950s with the original name of the album soundtrack, later reduced to a soundtrack.

OST refers to the soundtrack album which stands for Original Soundtrack , to refer to the songs in the soundtrack complete, not separated, cut and trim in the movie. OST sung by the original artist, not someone else's cover.

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Soundtrack or OST are important for every movie of any genre and for video games, or gameshow. Many films have attracted viewers through the soundtrack songs, pay attention to the film through the soundtrack. Or there are many famous movies that come with the familiar OST, when you just mention the movie will immediately mention the soundtrack name like the song Can you feel the love tonight in The Lion King or My heart will go on in the movie Titanic.