needle drop | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Adigitalcopy of avinylrecord; (idiomatic)The use of a pre-existing song as part of a motion picture's soundtrack2019July 3, Mike D'Angelo, “Oscar Isaac and Ben Affleck blunder through a heavy heist in J.C. Chandor’sTriple Frontier”, inAV Club‎[1], archived fromthe originalon21 November 2019:Early on, the film even blunders into outright hackwork, employing laughably literal-mindedneedle drops. Given the thorny intelligence of Chandor’s previous films (which also include Margin Call and A Most Violent Year), it’s hard to believe that he thought it was a good idea to play Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” over a sequence of Pope telling the others that he can’t do this job without them, or to accompany shots of the men running through the jungle with Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Run Through The Jungle.” (Okay, they’re stealthily walking. But still.)

Examples:

EN: Don't let that needle drop below 80.
ES: No deje que la aguja baje de 80.
EN: He was doing a needle drop.
ES: Estaba haciendo una comprobación de aguja.
ES: Estaba haciendo una comprobación de aguja.
EN: The silence was such that you could hear a needle drop.
ES: El silencio era tal que se oía volar una mosca.
ID: Keheningannya begitu dalam hingga jarum jatuh pun bisa terdengar.
EN: Your tree's needle drop may be a natural loss, or there may be a problem.
HI: यह बताना कि क्या आपके अंडे खराब हैं, एक समस्या हो सकती है।
EN: Royalty free doesn't mean that the music is available for free - it means that 'needle drop' royalties don't need to be paid each time the music is played.
TE: సంగీతం స్వతంత్రంగా లేదు-అక్కడ ఒక ముందస్తు చార్జ్ ఉంది-కాని మీరు పాటను కొనుగోలు చేసిన తర్వాత కళాకారుడికి కొనసాగుతున్న రాయల్టీలు చెల్లించాల్సిన అవసరం లేదు.

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