To compose and/or produce a musical score or jingle before the film or video has been shot. This can be done in anticipation of filming live actors to playback, or in animation to provide the animator with exact scene lengths, cue points, and other information necessary to match the animated scene to the music. Almost all animated films are pre-scored, including dialog and effects, after which frame counts are taken from this in the music so that the animators can time actions to fit the soundtrack. The opposite of post-score.