Underscore
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /un-der-skor/
Also spelled or known as: Background Score
Plural: Underscores
Related: Score, Cue, Cue Sheet
What does Underscore mean? Background music that supports a scene without dominating it.
In film, TV, games, and ads, Underscore helps create mood, emotion, tension, or pacing beneath dialogue or action.
Underscore synonyms: Background Score, Background Music, Scene Score
Example sentence: “The composer wrote a soft underscore for the emotional scene.”
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