Outro

An outro (sometimes "outtro", also "extro") is the conclusion to a piece of music, work of literature, television program, or video game. It is the opposite of an intro. "Outro" is a blend or portmanteau as it replaces the element "in" of the "intro" with its opposite, to create a new word. The word was used facetiously by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band for the 1967 track "The Intro and the Outro".^{[citation needed]}

Music

Main article: Conclusion (music)

The term is typically used only in the realm of pop music. It can refer to the concluding track of an album (such as Snoop Doggy Dogg's Tha Doggfather) or to an outro-solo, an instrumental solo (usually a guitar solo) played as the song fades out or until it stops. For outro-solo examples see Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog",^{[citation needed]} Vanessa Carlton's "Home" (piano solo),^{[citation needed]} Eric Clapton's "Layla" (piano, guitar and slide guitar solo composed with Jim Gordon),^{[citation needed]} Pink Floyd' "Comfortably Numb",^{[citation needed]} Eagles' "Hotel California",^{[citation needed]} Metallica's "Fade to Black" and "Astronomy" (Blue Öyster Cult cover),^{[citation needed]} Tenacious D's "The Metal",^{[citation needed]} Dire Straits' "Tunnel of Love",^{[citation needed]} Rush's "Working Man",^{[citation needed]} Blur's "To the End (La Comedie)",^{[citation needed]} and T34's "Hbabi".^{[citation needed]}

Television

In contemporary television, an outro is theme music present over closing credits or played at the end of a program (common in news programs or game shows when the lights go down and the camera angle is wide).

Video games

Main article: Outro (video gaming)

In video games, the outro is the end sequence. The term usually refers to the cut scene presented to the player on completion of the game.