prescore

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ score

Verb

prescore (third-person singular simple present prescores, present participle prescoring, simple past and past participle prescored)

1. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score in advance.
   • 2007 January 7, Jon Burlingame, “Thinking in Colors and Textures, Then Writing in Music”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     That’s less the fault of composers than of directors, who commonly prescore their films with temporary music during editing, then frequently expect the final score to emulate that “temp track.”