Just go ask James Horner if composers get royalties off of the OST. Horner's bank account would be about $25,000,000 shy of what it is today, thanks to Titanic.

Man!

PeterK

As has been mentioned, from a fan point of view, DVD iso scores are probably the best way to hear all of the music. I think it's a stupid idea (sorry) to mix them with sound fx, because I want to hear the MUSIC, and I also want to be able to make CDs from the iso score (I'll be doing this soon with "Alien" and "The Matrix"). To be honest, I will not buy the original "Matrix" soundtrack.

Still, does it make a difference for the composer if the people buy the score CD or the DVD? Because if it does NOT, most composers should be glad if their works are at least released in their entirety, even if they don't get any money for it. They don't get LESS money, either. OK, guys like Jerry Goldsmith who don't want to see much of their music released, are a different topic.

I think it's fair enough for all of us to wait - who knows? - 20, 30, 40 years to finaly be able to hear a decent release of a score we like a lot...

Considering the fact that I'm 29 now I will probably be around 70 when scores like "PREDATOR" or "SPACEHUNTER" got their oficial release. And - lets say - more 20 years to get the complete score album! I think I'll keep my boots - just in case I don't get to 90...

What do you think?

It might interest you to know that the person at MGM who in large part was responible for making "The Maganificent Seven" possible for Ryko To Release was Mr. Chris Neel.

After you are done laughing , you might want to thank for that release.

It's people like him that make such releases possible.

Regards

Ford A. Thaxton

Unfortunately, we fans of the "Pitch Black" score seem to be just plain out of luck. Varese has no plans to release it. That was our best shot at getting this album released too. Awww nuts.

I sure thanks Mr. Chris Neel for that release, and you for several others in my collection - "Krull" (2cds), "Battlestar Gallactica" (4cds), "Dead Ringers", etc, etc...

But this won't make me agree with you guys when say we shouldn't want to listen to complete scores on DVD or any other source available.
I sure would buy any OFICIAL release of a complete score, but when there's no other option I will buy what I can get.
It's better than wait 30 years ("The Magnificent Seven") or 20 years ("Superman" - altough the original album was pretty good, thanks God!) to hear music I love so much, don't you think?

Maybe if the Record Companies people stop complaining about what us, the buyers of his products, think about all these poor score releases and start trying to give us all the stuff, things would change for better.

We are here to support you guys. And, believe me, we are tired to spend our money on "Tomorrow Never Dies" (OST) then "Tomorrow Never Dies" (the "almost" complete score 3 years later), then "Tomorrow Never Dies" (The definitive complete score, to be released some day...), etc...

I don't know how to play the politically correct game. Just say what I think. Sorry if I offended someone.

why is the composer or record company gonna turn down my money? No one says you have to press 500,000 copies of the CD. press a few thousand CDs and let those of us who REALLY want the music have the option to buy it.
Surely there are enough big sellers out there to balance out.

I know, stupid unrealistic idea. I can dream though, can't I?

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Originally posted by TimT:
So is it ok if I buy a CD like... Zimmer's regarding Henry for $13 and sell it for $50 on eBay years later? Is the composer still loosing out?

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When you're selling one CD, that's your personal property, you get to profit from the sale of that item. If you are selling copies of that score (CDR's or whatever) the owners, writers, and performers are losing out.

[This message has been edited by ChrisN (edited 30 March 2000).]

Intrada would certainly object. Just because the CD is no longer available, does not mean that it is not still copyrighted and is not still fully protected by intellectual properties law.

If Intrada, at sometime, decides to re-issue the CD, you are damaging the market for it by making illegal copies of it. Are customers likely to buy a second print if they have a copy? Some would, most wouldn’t. Further on this point; they might not re-issue that album, but might make use of some of the material on another compilation. Unauthorized distribution of this CD could hurt sales of a potential updated CD.

Second, there is the question of public domain. If you are the holder of copyrighted material and you become aware of an infringement of those materials and do nothing to stop the infringement, the courts can rule that your copyright has lapsed and the material is now public domain. In other words, If you made copies and posted them on the web, Intrada found out about and did nothing, after a specified period of time (I don’t know how long) you could argue that the material is public domain and freely available. This is what happened to a lot of the Star Trek Fan sites that you used to see on the web. They got cease and desist orders from Paramount. Paramount zealously guards their copyrights because of this law.

So, I suspect that they would care, if they knew about your potential copy.