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trailerization

trailerization noun: the act of trailerizing (adapting a piece of music for use in the trailer of a film or television show).

Noun

trailerization (countable and uncountable, plural trailerizations)

  1. The act of trailerizing (adapting a piece of music for use in the trailer of a film or television show).
    • Composers are increasingly in demand for trailerization — reworking existing tracks by artists including Kate Bush, Nirvana and Kendrick Lamar to maximize their impact in film and TV previews. […] Many high profile trailerizations are applied to songs that are decades old: Remixes and overlays...2023 January 6, Eric Ducker, “Movie Trailers Keep Tweaking Well-Known Songs. The Tactic Is Working.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2023

Forms of trailerization

pluraltrailerizations
alternative formtrailerisation

Origin of trailerization

From trailer + -ization.

Questions about trailerization

What does trailerization mean?
Trailerization means the act of trailerizing (adapting a piece of music for use in the trailer of a film or television show).
What part of speech is trailerization?
Trailerization is a noun.
What is the plural of trailerization?
The plural of trailerization is trailerizations.

Words near trailerization in the dictionary

  1. trailering
  2. trailerist
  3. trailerists
  4. trailerite
  5. trailerites
  6. trailerization
  7. trailerizations
  8. trailerize
  9. trailerized
  10. trailerizes
  11. trailerizing

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