set to music

set (something) to music

To arrange for a piece of music to accompany something. Often used in passive constructions. I actually think that scene in the film would have worked much better had it not been set to music. The way I create songs is to first write a poem and then set it to music.
See also: music, set
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

set something to music

to write a piece of music to accompany a set of words. The musician set my lyrics to music. The rock band set the poem to music.
See also: music, set
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • perceive
  • perceive (someone or something) as (something)
  • perceive as
  • preclude
  • preclude (someone or something) from (something)
  • preclude from
  • starve (someone or something) of (something)
  • starve of
  • sandwich (someone or something) between (someone or something else)
  • sandwich between
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Yet if confidence in his claims had been strong, the belief of connections in Set To Music is arguably even greater.
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Fancy Free, Robbins' breakout 1944 ballet that later inspired the musical On the Town, is set to music by Leonard Bernstein, whose 100th birthday is also celebrated this year.
Round Robbins
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The squad won out with a combined score of 197.030 for their technical and free routines, both set to music by Denis Garnizov.
Russia still champs; LONDON 2012 IN BRIEF SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
NAOMI MATTHEW: 1.40 Cuckoo Rock, 2.10 Laconicos, 2.40 King Oliver, 3.15 Red Invader, 3.50 Star Breaker, 4.20 Set To Music (nap), 4.55 Rebecca Romero, 5.25 La Pampita.
Tomorrow's tips
SET TO MUSIC faced what was probably an impossible task last time, but an easier test awaits at Newbury tomorrow.
Win would be sweet Music to Bell's ears
SET To Music faced what was probably an impossible task last time but an easier test awaits at Newbury tomorrow.
TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC
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TODAY'S TIPS
SET TO MUSIC can get Royal Ascot week off to a flying start for her owner the Queen by scoring at Warwick.
Music can hit Royal note
While the Queen was at Epsom, 2-1 favourite Set To Music carried her colours and the faith of punters in the Grosvenor Casinos Pinnacle Stakes at Haydock on Saturday.
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Germany to Hold Exhibit on Ferdowsi's Masterpiece
Grosse Fuge, set to music by Beethoven and created by Hans van Manen for the Nederlands Dans Theater in 1971, brings together four male and four female dancers into tableaux of couples.
Still a good move after 20 years
Second-year master's degree candidate Valerie Ifill will present "Le Boompsy," a high-energy work for 10 dancers teetering between adult playfulness and absurdity, set to music by The Brazilian Girls and Jon Brion.
UO dance students show off their choreography
of Aberdeen, Scotland) analyzes how the text of the Crucifixus from the Catholic Mass was set to music during the period of 1680 to 1800 and considers the related musical tradition.
The crucifixion in music; an analytical survey of settings of the Crucifixus between 1680 and 1800