# Proposed text for definition of "Soundtrack" on Release Group /Type documentation

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/proposed-text-for-definition-of-soundtrack-on-release-group-type-documentation/639667
**Category:** MusicBrainz
**Tags:** en, documentation, soundtracks
**Created:** [June 1, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/proposed-text-for-definition-of-soundtrack-on-release-group-type-documentation/639667 "2023-06-01T23:13:10Z")
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### Author: ![Beckfield](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/beckfield/32/28940_2.png) [@Beckfield](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Beckfield)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/proposed-text-for-definition-of-soundtrack-on-release-group-type-documentation/639667/9 "2023-11-20T02:09:27Z")

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A soundtrack release is an album of the actual recorded music featured in a movie, TV series, stage show, video game, or other medium. This might be the musical score, or a collection of recordings that were used in the medium, or both. Video game CDs with audio tracks should be classified as soundtracks because the musical properties of the CDs are more interesting to MusicBrainz than their data properties.

The MusicBrainz project does not generally consider the following to be soundtracks:

- a single or EP taken from a complete soundtrack release (unless the single/EP is explicitly marked as “soundtrack”).
- re-recordings, or cover performances of music from a soundtrack release.
- a compilation of individual recordings from various soundtrack releases.

The association of a Single/EP with its originating soundtrack should be established using the “single/EP which was taken from…” relationship.

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