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background music

music in a film, video game or other medium that establishes mood
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background music

Summary

background music is a music genre[1]. It draws 285 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #425 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • background music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • background music is a type of functional music[4].
  • background music's different from is recorded as elevator music[5].

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Definition and Type

background music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of functional music[4].

Why It Matters

background music draws 285 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #425 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Aliases → —
    Different from → elevator music
    Subclass of → functional music
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1807, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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