Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
sigla di testa
English translation:
opening theme
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Lucrezia Amedeo
Mar 12, 2010 12:10
14 yrs ago
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Italian term
United Kingdom
sigla di testa
Italian to English
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Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
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In a film script, is this THEME TUNE? Or just OPENING MUSIC?
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Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | opening theme |
Lucrezia Amedeo
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| 5 | opening track |
Meg Mullan
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| 4 | theme tune |
Rachael Alexander
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| 4 | opening music |
Oliver Lawrence
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| 4 | theme music |
Being Earnest
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| 3 | theme tune |
BEVERLY OATES HREHOROW
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Mar 17, 2010 11:40: Lucrezia Amedeo Created KOG entry
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opening theme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_music
In the 1990s, American network television began reducing the importance of opening and closing themes in a drive to decrease intervals between programs (thereby discouraging channel switching) and to address reduced storytelling time due to increased commercials.
In the 1990s, American network television began reducing the importance of opening and closing themes in a drive to decrease intervals between programs (thereby discouraging channel switching) and to address reduced storytelling time due to increased commercials.
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Rachael Alexander
Italy
Italy
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theme tune
It's not just at the beginning, i.e. closing credits etc .
14 mins
BEVERLY OATES HREHOROW
Ireland
Ireland
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Ireland
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theme tune
Direi
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Oliver Lawrence
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Italy
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Italy
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Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
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opening music
I like your own suggestion.
"Film opening music" has plenty of Ghits.
"di testa" implies at the start, as opposed to throughout or at the end (remember the Radiohead song "Exit music (for a film)"?).
And IMHO "theme tunes" apply to TV shows, not films.
"Film opening music" has plenty of Ghits.
"di testa" implies at the start, as opposed to throughout or at the end (remember the Radiohead song "Exit music (for a film)"?).
And IMHO "theme tunes" apply to TV shows, not films.
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opening track
The music for a film is the soundtrack, thus the opening tune would be the opening track - though opening theme is fine too.
1 hr
theme music
check this on Wikipedia
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