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Part of film score, perhaps minus canticle I'd composed (10,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incidental music

'part of film score perhaps' is the definition.
(incidental music plays during scenes)

'minus canticle i'd composed' is the wordplay.
'composed' is an anagram indicator.
'minus'+'canticle'+'id'='minuscanticleid'
'minuscanticleid' anagrammed gives 'INCIDENTAL MUSIC'.

(Other definitions for incidental music that I've seen before include "Notes on film" , "Background to a film or play" , "that creates a mood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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