incidental music

Example Sentences

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Schumann’s moody overture to his incidental music for Byron’s “Manfred” was the opener.

From Washington Post

He has a commanding, near military presence, which he brought to the characterful pieces Grieg collected from the incidental music to “Peer Gynt.”

From Los Angeles Times

He’ll probably spend the rest of his life under the shadow of Whip It, but the former Devo member has built himself a respectable second career as American comedy cinema’s go-to guy for incidental music.

From The Guardian

And jazz titan Duke Ellington composed some 20 pieces of incidental music for a 1960s version of the play that reached Broadway.

From Seattle Times

Yet, even with another 88 handwritten pages of original incidental music, Mr. Lowe was still short.

From New York Times