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Meanings of theme music in English

Russian
музыкальная тема
Portuguese
música-tema
Spanish
sintonia musical
Catalan
sintonia

Music often written specifically for a movie or TV show.

Related terms
музыкальная тема
Synonyms
Examples for "theme song"
Examples for "theme song"
1
Everybody needs good neighbours, as the Australian soap opera's theme song begins.
The Irish Times
2
In 1970, he penned the theme song for the film, Love Story.
The Irish Times
3
C'Mon opened with a snappy theme song, performed by the Keil Isles.
Radio NZ
4
Pick a theme song, one that makes you feel brave and immortal.
The South African
5
How would you like to have a theme song written for you?
Wired
1
They sing the title song live from the ABC studio in Melbourne.
Radio NZ
2
Her golden delivery of the title song is a high point.
The Guardian
3
The title song, a cover, is her first million selling single.
Radio NZ
4
But best of all is the title song, The Blue Cafe.
The Irish Times
5
The track is the title song off of MJ's upcoming posthumous album XSCAPE.
Ebony
1
The signature tune for the evening news was playing on the radio.
The draining lake
2
In the case of LCD Soundsystem, their signature tune is Losing My Edge.
The Irish Times
3
Then Iya Femi had a brainwave and decided to sing her signature tune.
The secret lives of baba segi's wives
4
When she walks into pubs these days her signature tune is sung at her.
The Irish Times
5
In Quick's coaching career, Thompson is the signature tune, the main event, his greatest achievement.
The Irish Times
Usage of theme music in English
1
Beck flipped on his theme music, then leaned back in his chair.
Tears of a clown: glenn beck and the tea bagging of america
2
Shockingly, the theme music is -after an initial blast -sabotaged.
The Guardian
3
MySpace subscribers will also make theme music from the shows available.
Reuters
4
The theme music started up again, but Hester wasn't paying attention to that.
Caught
5
I looked up to see Larry come back onstage to his theme music.
Death masks
6
EBONY: If you were a racer, what would your race theme music be?
Ebony
7
This is the perfect theme music for Spidey's adventures throughout NYC.
Ebony
8
The newscast's theme music had just started when my phone rang.
The devil's bones: a body farm novel
9
It's only then I hear what's playing the theme music to James Bond.
Pivot Point
10
A large group of women do aerobics to the theme music from Dr Zhivago.
The Irish Times
11
It was so overwhelming, the arena started to play John Williams' classic theme music.
Ebony
12
For Taylor, she had chosen the Darth Vader theme music.
Just the Sexiest Man Alive
13
Carter Burwell's elegiac theme music can still bring an involuntary tear to my eye.
The Guardian
14
Later still, the work became the theme music for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
Radio NZ
15
Kevin began humming the theme music from that new TV show called The Twilight Zone.
Summer of Night
16
Awards; and the Super Mario theme music goes orchestral.
Radio NZ