credits song

End title music

A credits song is a piece of music that plays during a film's or television show's closing credits.

It may be an original composition written for the production or a licensed track chosen to complement the story's ending: The credits song perfectly captured the movie's bittersweet tone.

A memorable credits song can become closely associated with the work itself.

Related
  • outroSong's closing section
  • rollingTurning over repeatedly
  • endFinal portion or cessation
  • finaleConcluding part of performance
  • scrollWound document of parchment

theme · title card · closing · final scene · soundtrack · film score · cast · director · acknowledgments · music · title · fade · black · cinema · movie theater · movie · names · orchestra

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Opposites
position in media

credits songopening theme

Recurring introductory music

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

narrative integration

credits songscore

Numerical standing in competition

incidental music · underscore · musical number

Family

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