- theme song
- noun1. a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program• Syn: ↑signature, ↑signature tune• Hypernyms:2. a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie• Hypernyms:
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noun1. : a melody recurring so often in a musical or dramatic performance that it characterizes the production or one of its principal characters2. : an assertion or complaint repeated so often as to be regarded as characteristic of its user3. : signature 9* * *
1. a melody in an operetta or musical comedy so emphasized by repetition as to dominate the presentation.2. a melody identifying or identified with a radio or television program, dance band, etc., usually played at the beginning of each program.3. an expression, comment, or subject of conversation that a person or group uses habitually.[1925-30, Amer.]* * *
theme song or theme tune noun1. A melody that is repeated often in a musical drama, film, or radio or television series, and is associated with a certain character, idea, emotion, etc2. A signature tune3. A person's characteristic, often repeated, complaint, etc• • •Main Entry: ↑theme* * *
theme song,1. a melody used to identify a particular radio or television program; theme.2. a melody repeated so often in a stage play, musical comedy, motion picture, or operetta as to dominate it or establish its character.* * *
noun, pl ⋯ songs [count]He was playing the theme song from/to “The Godfather.”
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music that is played at the beginning and end and/or is often repeated in a film/movie, television programme, etc.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.