The phrase "compose a soundtrack" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of writing and creating music to accompany a moving image. For example, "The composer was tasked to compose a soundtrack for the new movie."
Sofia Coppola called on him to score 2013 teen drama The Bling Ring; Saatchi & Saatchi commissioned him to compose a soundtrack for 16 flying robots to "dance" to at a 2012 Cannes showcase.
He finds it much easier to compose a soundtrack to a game that is very visual in nature, such as a role-playing game.
Sound Shapes works within the conventions of a platform based environment where players compose a soundtrack by playing through different levels.
When he starts to compose a soundtrack, he first takes one month to gather information and artwork about the game world and scenario, so that his music will fit in with the game.
The band composed a soundtrack to the book and accompanied the author on a recent short tour.
LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA: "BODY AND SOUL" Part of both the New York Film Festival and Jazz at Lincoln Center's fall programs, this concert is the first major project by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's trombonist Wycliffe Gordon: he has composed a soundtrack to the 1925 Oscar Micheaux silent film "Body and Soul," and it's a world premiere.
Now he has composed a soundtrack to MGM's 1925 silent epic, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - the most expensive film made in the silent era.
Belgian indie dance duo Soulwax recently composed a soundtrack for the film Belgica, directed by Felix van Groeningen.
The score for the game, which was never released in album form, was composed by Kumi Tanioka and was the first time that she composed a soundtrack entirely by herself.
In that same post we mentioned that he'd composed a soundtrack for the show in the form of a mixtape that was a nod to early hip-hop's lo-fi distribution methods.
When composing a soundtrack for a video game, Sakimoto first sits down with the director or producer of the game and works out what emotions they want the game to evoke in the player, and after making a demo for them, sets out to create music that fits that feeling.
