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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | I was just wondering what is the best way to determine if a song is an Original Song written specifically for a film or TV Series?
Is there a good website for this?
Going only by the credits of a film/tv series it is basically impossible to determine that. |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Anything in the Oscar awards database for best original song is a shoe in, though obviously not an inclusive list of all original songs. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 844 |
| | Posted: | | | | I use a combination of Wikipedia, The Artist's website if they have one, and Amazon/other retailers.
If there is any doubt that the song is not unique or recorded first for that movie I leave it out. It is FAR from an exact process and I tend to err WAY on the side of caution. | | | | Last edited: by bob9000 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 2,366 |
| | Posted: | | | | I also once read that if a song is mentioned in the opening credits it's often, if not always, an original one. | | | Martin Zuidervliet
DVD Profiler Nederlands | | | | Last edited: by Daddy DVD |
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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | I agree with Bob and Tweeter. Besides, I try and look for the song release date: if it was released years earlier, it can't possibly be an original song. | | | | -- Enry |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 413 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have kept this simple for me: if the opening or end credits include a separate credit for a song writer then he/she gets a credit in DVDP. I never pick any names from the song lists in the end credits. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Agreed with Jykke | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sounds like a good idea - I still haven't worked up the courage to clear out my Moulin Rouge! profile - who knew all those famous rock stars wrote those songs just for that film, especially the dead ones - that takes effort!  | | | | Last edited: by northbloke |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | LOL, North or they were clairvoyant.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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