Usually means: Music subtly enhancing atmosphere, mood.
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  1. background music: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. background music: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. background music: Collins English Dictionary
  4. background music: Wiktionary
  5. background music: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. background music: Dictionary.com
  7. Background Music (album), Background music: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. background music: Merriam-Webster.com

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  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (background music)

noun:  Any music played in a public space whose main function is to create an atmosphere suitable to a specific occasion, rather than to be listened to.
noun:  (music) Any music in a film, video game, or other medium that establishes mood and is not meant to have the audience's focus.

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