soundtrack
Soundtrack albums may include songs and score music. This topic is part of Film and Media within Music. This page currently draws on 31 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
soundtrack trivia questions
A soundtrack is music associated with what?
Answer: Film, television, or other visual media
Bonus fact: Soundtrack albums may include songs and score music.
Can a movie soundtrack include pre-existing songs not composed specifically for the film?
Answer: Yes
Bonus fact: Many soundtracks mix existing songs with original music.
How does a soundtrack album differ from a film score?
Answer: A soundtrack can include songs; a score is original dramatic underscore
Bonus fact: The terms are often confused in casual use.
Which rock band contributed music to the soundtrack of "Zabriskie Point"?
Answer: Pink Floyd
Bonus fact: The soundtrack also drew on artists including the Grateful Dead, blending counterculture music with Antonioni's imagery.
Who wrote and performed much of the soundtrack for "One from the Heart" with Crystal Gayle?
Answer: Tom Waits
Bonus fact: The moody soundtrack earned Waits an Academy Award nomination for original song score.
Which album or soundtrack is closely associated with "Bridge over Troubled Water"?
Answer: Bridge over Troubled Water
Bonus fact: Art Garfunkel sang the lead vocal on the title track.
Which album or soundtrack is closely associated with "Surfin' U.S.A."?
Answer: Surfin' U.S.A.
Bonus fact: The melody closely follows Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen," and Berry received a songwriting credit.
Which album or soundtrack is closely associated with "Fun, Fun, Fun"?
Answer: Shut Down Volume 2
Bonus fact: The song opens with a guitar figure inspired by Chuck Berry.
Which album or soundtrack is closely associated with "I Get Around"?
Answer: All Summer Long
Bonus fact: It became the Beach Boys' first U.S. number-one single.
Which album or soundtrack is closely associated with "Help Me, Rhonda"?
Answer: Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Bonus fact: Al Jardine sings the lead vocal on the hit single version.
Which album or soundtrack is closely associated with "Wouldn't It Be Nice"?
Answer: Pet Sounds
Bonus fact: The song opens "Pet Sounds" and features Brian Wilson's elaborate vocal and instrumental production.
Which album or soundtrack is closely associated with "God Only Knows"?
Answer: Pet Sounds
Bonus fact: Carl Wilson sings the lead vocal, while Brian Wilson produced and co-wrote the song.