incidental music
nounDefinition of incidental music
: descriptive music played during a play to project a mood or to accompany stage action
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Allen is a theater composer, a guy who writes everything from incidental music for dramatic presentations to full-fledged musicals. — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, "Love it. Hate it. We all have strong feelings about 'Cats' the musical. Why is that?," 6 June 2019 Felix Mendelssohn’s overture and incidental music—that seemed to follow him through life. — Jennifer Homans, The New York Review of Books, "Jennifer Homans," 17 Jan. 2019 Adding to the lyricism of the film is the dreamy-epic theme music by Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell), while other incidental music sounds tacky and syrupy to Western ears. — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms': Film Review | Shanghai 2018," 27 June 2018 Great incidental music by Matt Orenstein, incidentally. — Max Maller, Chicago Reader, "The Book of Maggie follows an epic quest to preserve Armageddon," 24 May 2018 Sound mixing is the art of adjusting various tracks — the score, the dialogue, the incidental music, the sound effects, etc. — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, "All the Oscars Predictions You Need to Win Your Party Pool This Year," 22 Feb. 2018 Yet, even with another 88 handwritten pages of original incidental music, Mr. Lowe was still short. — Matt Trueman, New York Times, "‘He’s All Impulse’: Making Disney’s ‘Pinocchio’ Naughty Onstage," 14 Dec. 2017 The cast is mostly young, and the actors themselves perform Palmer Hefferan’s incidental music in a cheerfully rough-and-ready manner. — Terry Teachout, WSJ, "‘Twelfth Night’ Review: Silly Succor for Modern Malaise," 20 July 2017 The mature Mendelssohn 16 years later added about 45 minutes of incidental music to go with Shakespeare’s play. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Shakespeare in Disney Hall: An L.A. Phil 'Dream' deferred," 3 Nov. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'incidental music.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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