credits music

End-of-film soundtrack

Credits music is the music that plays during a film or television show's closing credits.

It often differs from the main score, sometimes featuring a pop song selected to leave viewers with a particular mood: I stayed through the credits music to catch the song title.

The term also applies to video games and theater productions.

Related
  • endFinal portion or cessation
  • scrollWound document of parchment
  • rollingTurning over repeatedly
  • namesPersonal identifying words
  • themeCentral recurring concept

finale · outro · closing · fade to black · film · movie · titles · title card · special thanks · composer · orchestra · acknowledgments · cast · crew · dedication · epilogue · instrumental · cinematic

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Opposites
placement in media

credits musicopening theme

Recurring introductory music

intro music · main title theme · overture · theme song · opening number

narrative function

credits musicunderscore

Low horizontal text mark

score · incidental music · soundtrack · film score · background music

Family

credit, credits, credited, crediting, creditor, creditors, creditable, accredit, accredited

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G