orchestral

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Recent Examples of orchestral The final battle with Bowser contains a seamless blend of digital synths and orchestral recordings, one of many examples in the soundtrack where the two very different styles harmoniously intertwine. Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 9 May 2026 Iconic John Williams orchestral scores and themes from the first six Star Wars films also started playing Wednesday as background music in Galaxy’s Edge. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2026 The songs’ spines are elastic, accommodating the acoustic, the electronic, the Caribbean, the bombastically orchestral, in arrangements that always seem fun for performers to brand with their likeness. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 The artistic potential in Sphere is a long way from Halpin’s earlier work in production design and creative direction for Pink, Cher, Christina Aguilera, and George Michael’s final tour, Symphonica, which paired the late singer with orchestral accompanists. Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for orchestral
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchestral
Adjective
  • Working with researchers from Queen’s University, the team concentrated this light into a small region, just a few nanometers wide, using a process called coherent harmonic focus.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
  • It’s powered by harmonic resonance technology, using rhythmic pulses to gently and effectively comb through knots.
    Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The leather is accented by tonal crimson suede paisley cutouts and the style also includes extra short Western earn pulls with bullet pull holes.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
  • Here, a guest goes for a tonal look with a pop of red via her clutch.
    Amanda Le, InStyle, 21 May 2026
Adjective
  • The festival also features a Junkanoo Parade, which features street performance filled with vibrant costumes, rhythmic drumming, horns, and cowbells.
    Taryn White, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • In Tracy Arm, this rhythmic surging continued for over 24 hours.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • The attempts by the current administration to whitewash or erase certain aspects of American history, especially the horrors of slavery, are powerfully countered by the novel’s investigation of America’s origins and its polyphonic voices.
    Time, Time, 12 May 2026
  • We are left just with voices, and those voices, in the novel’s subtle and canny repetitions, begin to merge with one another, becoming polyphonic.
    Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
Adjective
  • My introduction to homophonic translation came from my former teacher, Mónica de la Torre.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
  • How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Not that Cantona’s own words have always been quite so lyrical.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • This aesthetic approach is in sharp contrast to the film’s otherwise crisp digital images, courtesy of the Alexa 35, which render Las Cruces into a lyrical, longing landscape evoking entire histories, in all its deep blues and soft yet stifling oranges.
    Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
Adjective
  • Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.
    Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
    Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022

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“Orchestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchestral. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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