elevator music
Bland background tunes
Elevator music is the bland, inoffensive instrumental music played in elevators, waiting rooms, and retail spaces—designed to fill silence without demanding attention.
The term is usually dismissive, implying something so aggressively pleasant it becomes irritating or forgettable: This jazz station plays nothing but elevator music.
Also called Muzak, after the company that pioneered background music systems.
- easy listeningUndemanding melodic audio
- shopping mallLarge indoor retail center
- exoticaUnusual, striking collectibles
- on holdTemporarily not proceeding
- instrumentalServing as means
dentist office · new age · easy going · smooth jazz · chillout · soft rock · Kenny G · background noise · generic · saxophone · pan flute · boring · hotel · relaxing · waiting · soft · lobby · office
- production musicunderscore, cues, soundtrack, soundtracks, film scores
- hold musicmuzak
- instrumental musicpiano solo, guitar track, orchestral, symphony, concerto
- mood musicfilm scores
- onholdwaiting, queue, callback, transfer, pause
- ambient musicBrian Eno, new age, deep listening, atmospheres, textures
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Aggressive amplified rock genre
death metal · punk rock · thrash metal · hardcore punk · industrial music
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Formal composed tradition
avant-garde music · experimental music · progressive rock · classical music · jazz
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In-person musical performance
live performance · arena rock · festival music · silence · club music
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