Compose and Score

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Compose

Compose verb - To put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form.

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Score is a synonym for compose in write topic. In some cases you can use "Score" instead a verb "Compose", when it comes to topics like music, artwork.

Nearby Words: composition, composure, composing, compost, composer

Score

Score verb - Write a musical score for.

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Compose is a synonym for score in write topic. You can use "Compose" instead a verb "Score", if it concerns topics such as arrange, music, write a musical arrangement.

Nearby Words: scored, scoring, scorer, scoreless

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speech	compose speech	score speech
place	compose place	score place
shot	compose shot	score shot
music	compose music	score music
Other words: album, song.

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But by 1966, Hitchcock felt his music was becoming outdated and some of his music themes too reminiscent of each other (the fact that Hermann went on to compose the iconic score for Taxi Driver before his death undermines this a little).

Source: Film / Marnie
Though Howard being credited is itself Billing Displacement, as while it's seen as part of his score he didn't compose the song (the Suzanne Collins lyrics as published in Mockingjay were set to music by The Lumineers' Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz).

Source: Billing Displacement
This is subverted considering that he helped compose the Oscar-winning score for the movie The Social Network.

Source: Scary Musician, Harmless Music

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