Underscore

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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