What is the full form of OST

OST: Original Sound Track

OST stands for Original Sound Track, and the magazine Photoplay used the word soundtrack for the first time.

What is an Original Sound Track?

The Original Sound Track is recorded music synced to the pictures of books, motion pictures, drama, radio, video games, television, etc. To give more attraction to the creation.

The function of an Original Sound Track

A movie, video game, drama, radio or book without a soundtrack is boring. An Original Sound Track gives entertainment to the viewers, readers, and listeners. Thus the Original Sound Track works as an audio recording, and it is a recording with dialogues and special effects and is a mixed composite track. Hence, the Original Sound Track is nothing other than the audio portion of the video games, films, books and radio shows.

Use of Original Sound Track

Music is essential to any movie, making the movie more exciting and inclusive and providing entertainment. Hence, primarily Original Sound Track is used in the film industry while producing film or post-production. Further on, as innovations happened, dubbing came into movies, where voice used to be already recorded in another language. It came to be known as M&E. M&E stands for Music and Effects, and it did not consist of dialogues.

How did the Original Sound Track receive its popularity?

It was during the late 1940s that the people of the world got aware of the use of the soundtrack. This took place post the introduction of various Sound Track Album. The soundtrack is nowadays used by the film industry as a promotional advertisement for their movie.

The different types of Original Sound Track are as follows:

1. Book Sound Tracks
2. Film Score Albums
3. Movie and Television Sound Tracks
4. Video Game Sound Tracks
5. Event Sound Tracks
6. Composite Film Sound Tracks

Famous Sound Tracks

Some of the best of all-time Sound Tracks are as follows:-

1. In the Heights
2. Inside Llewyn Davis
3. Lady Bird
4. Licorice Pizza
5. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6. Promising Young Woman
7. A Star Is Born
8. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
9. Summer of Soul
10. The Bodyguard
11. Black Panther
12. The Harder They Fall
13. Worst Person in World
14. Selena
15. Purple Rain
16. The Graduate
17. Dirty Dancing
18. High Fidelity
19. Death Proof
20. Reality Bites
21. Call Me by Your Name
22. Moana
23. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
24. Hustle & Flow
25. Drive
26. Marie Antoinette
27. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
28. Malcolm X
29. The Lion King: The Gift
30. Tangerine
31. Crazy Heart
32. A Hard Day's Night
33. Wild Rose
34. Before I Fall
35. Inside Llewyn Davis
36. Donnie Darko
37. Pitch Perfect
38. Sing Street
39. Can't Hardly Wait
40. The Greatest Showman
41. American Graffiti
42. Legally Blonde
43. Moulin Rouge
44. Encanto
45. Back To The Future
46. West Side Story
47. Across The Universe
48. The Big Lebowski
49. Do The Right Thing
50. Hustle & Flow
51. Dazed And Confused
52. A Goofy Movie
53. Almost Famous
54. Promising Young Woman
55. The Lion King: Special Edition
56. Romeo & Juliet
57. Black Panther
58. Titanic
59. Drive
60. Brother, Where Art Thou?
61. Rocketman
62. A Star Is Born
63. Purple Rain
64. Garden State
65. The Bodyguard
66. Dreamgirls
67. The Big Chill - 15th Anniversary
68. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
69. Blade Runner
70. Waiting To Exhale
71. Beauty and the Beast
72. Submarine
73. Marie Antoinette

Some of the all-time best soundtracks in Bollywood are as follows:

1. Anmol Ghadi (1946)
2. Andaz (1949)
3. Barsaat (1949)
4. Awaara (1951)
5. Baiju Bawra (1952)
6. Anarkali (1953)
7. Nagin (1954)
8. Shree 420 (1955)
9. Pyaasa (1957)
10. Naya Daur (1957)
11. Madhumati (1958)
12. Anari (1959)
13. Mughal-E-Azam (1960)
14. Junglee (1961)
15. Bees Saal Baad (1962)
16. Mere Mehboob (1963)
17. Woh Kaun Thi? (1964)
18. Dosti (1964)
19. Guide (1965)
20. Teesri Manzil (1966)
21. Suraj (1966)
22. Milan (1967)
23. Upkaar (1967)
24. Ram Aur Shyam (1967)
25. Saraswatichandra (1968)
26. Do Raaste (1969)
27. Mera Naam Joker (1970)
28. Caravan (1971)
29. Pakeezah (1972)
30. Bobby (1973)
31. Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973)
32. Aap Ki Kasam (1974)
33. Kabhi Kabhi (1976)
34. Laila Majnu (1976)
35. Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977)
36. Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
37. Karz (1980)
38. Love Story (1981)
39. Kranti (1981)
40. Ek Duje Ke Liye (1981)
41. Umrao Jaan (1981)
42. Silsila (1981)
43. Prem Rog (1982)
44. Betaab (1983)
45. Hero (1983)
46. Saagar (1985)
47. Ram Lakhan (1989)
48. Chandni (1989)
49. Tridev (1989)
50. Maine Pyar Kiya (1989)
51. Khalnayak (1993)
52. Baazigaar (1993)
53. Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Ayee (1993)
54. Mohra (1994)
55. 1942 A Love Story (1994)
56. Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994)
57. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995)
58. Rangeela (1995)
59. Khamoshi - The Musical (1996)
60. Taal (1999)
61. Dhadkan (2000)
62. Kaho Naa Pyar Hai (2000)
63. Refugee (2000)
64. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
65. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001)
66. Lagaan (2001)
67. Devdas (2002)
68. Kaante (2002)
69. LOC-Kargil (2003)
70. Tere Naam (2003)
71. Veer-Zaara (2004)
72. Lucky (2005)