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I fail to see how Themes by or Additional Music qualify for such a credit.

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According to the Contribution Rules the Composer credit is reserved for the composer of the film's Original Score and I fail to see how Themes by or Additional Music qualify for such a credit. But I guess I'm wrong since the screeners apparantly feel they do .

From the rules for Music Credit. Specifically Composer:

Music by
Music Composed by
Score by
Score Composed by

Used for the composer of the film's Original Score

Totally agree.

Unfortunately this credit has been abused by contributors for quite some time now, especially where it involves TV series.  Voters are voting overwhelmingly in favor of these credits and the screeners are allowing them through.

I think it's a shame that we continue to dilute the validity of credits by allowing these into the main database.  The "Music By" credit has no real meaning anymore!  IMHO.

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I'm all for adding "Theme by" somehow to the Music credits but to shoehorn these credits into the database in total disregard of the rules is beyond the pale .

Per the rules, "theme by" gets a "song writer" credit. Here we go again: an instrumental piece of music (often called a "theme") is considered a "song" for DVD Profiler purposes, and as such, qualifies for a "song writer" credit. This is not a personal preference, nor is it based on anything else than Invelos' own contribution rules. All that we need can be found on this page of the contribution rules, under "Composer", more importantly, in the "incorrect" column:



Two things are important to notice here:

1. The "composer" credit is to be "used for the composer of the film's Original Score." Nothing more, nothing less. The rules even name four possible credits ("Music by" et al) to identify these composers.

2. The "incorrect" column specifically says NOT to give "composer" credits to "Songs by Song/Music writers". This is where things get interesting.

Let split that up, shall we?

"Songs by Song writers"
"Songs by Music writers"

Surely we're all clear on what "songs by song writers" means, right? Original songs, written especially for the movie. These get "song writer" credits, obviously. But what can the rules possibly mean by "Songs by Music writers"? Both the score and any original songs are already covered. There's nothing else left, so "Songs by Music writers" can only refer to instrumental pieces of music ("themes"). So it's right there: the rules call instrumental pieces of music "songs". "Songs by Music writers", that it, but still: "songs". While the rules explicitly say "songs by music writers" do not qualify for a "composer" credit, in that same fell swoop the rules DO declare such instrumental themes as "song". That means that we CAN credit them as "song writers".

I can not possibly think of any other interpretation of the term "songs by music writers". So, for once and for all: for DVD Profiler purposes, a "theme" is considered to be a "song", and as such qualifies for a "song writer" credit.

This is the entire problem in a nutshell: there are still some people that don't understand how to use the "song writer" credit, and instead, they use "composer" for every single bit of music. All while there is this perfectly elegant solution, which lets us track every musical contributor in a way that neatly distinguishes between the actual composer of the score and other musical contributors. And hey: it's backed up by the rules as well. I fail to see why people have so much trouble applying this.

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i never interpreted this as a single phrase.

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Stargate: Continuum is not the first such title.

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Correct! A definitive statement from the "powers that be" or a clarification in the Music Credit Table is what we need. I've asked for that many times before, but to no avail just yet...