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For the CSI series. They have the Who song credited, written by Pete Townsend. But there is no credit as Theme by or Theme Song. Does this get a Theme by credit in a grey area or shoehorn type of way?
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For the CSI series. They have the Who song credited, written by Pete Townsend. But there is no credit as Theme by or Theme Song. Does this get a Theme by credit in a grey area or shoehorn type of way?


Is this similar to the Frank Sinatra (Van Heusen & Cahn) theme song used in Married With Children?

I personally wouldn't add it if it wasn't originally written or credited specifically for the series.
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the song is Who Are You from 1978. CSI aired in 2000. there is no Theme credit in any of the episodes, just the song credit. Written by Pete Townsend, performed by The Who.
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the song is Who Are You from 1978. CSI aired in 2000. there is no Theme credit in any of the episodes, just the song credit. Written by Pete Townsend, performed by The Who.


If it's just a song credit, then it was written about 22 years before the series began. It wouldn't qualify as an "original" for a Song Writer credit in the episodes then, and if it has no Theme credit it really can't be entered as a credit there either.

If the song is a re-mix or special re-recording done specifically for the series or something, that might possibly be a grey area there... but the rules don't really clarify in such dilemmas.
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No special re-mix. all the CSI shows use a song by The Who - CSI: NY - Baba O'Reily, CSI: Miami - Won't Get Fooled Again, CSI: Cyber - I Can See For Miles.
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It wouldn't qualify as an "original" for a Song Writer credit in the episodes then, and if it has no Theme credit it really can't be entered as a credit there either.

This. So no credit.
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For the CSI series. They have the Who song credited, written by Pete Townsend. But there is no credit as Theme by or Theme Song. Does this get a Theme by credit in a grey area or shoehorn type of way?


Themes or Songs only get a credit if they were written for the show or film. This one wasn't.
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OK - No Theme by credit.
Thanks for the input.
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Themes or Songs only get a credit if they were written for the show or film. This one wasn't.


Sorry, but there is nothing in the rules that say that the theme has to be written for the show. Songs, yes, but there are no such requirement for the theme. There are nothing in the "credited as" column either so it doesn't have to be credited with theme as long as it is the theme song for the show.

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Themes or Songs only get a credit if they were written for the show or film. This one wasn't.


Sorry, but there is nothing in the rules that say that the theme has to be written for the show. Songs, yes, but there are no such requirement for the theme. There are nothing in the "credited as" column either so it doesn't have to be credited with theme as long as it is the theme song for the show.


per the rules.
Group names of crew members together within each role available and list in exactly the same order credited. The table below gives each of the crew roles available within DVD Profiler. For each category, include only those people credited with the roles listed in the "Role" and "Credited As" columns. If someone is not credited with one of these roles (or direct translations of these roles), do not include them in the Crew section.

so you are saying that since "Who Are You" is not credited anywhere in any season, any episode as a theme song, we can ignore the wording in the rules because it is played in every episode and considered a theme song.
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Themes or Songs only get a credit if they were written for the show or film. This one wasn't.


Sorry, but there is nothing in the rules that say that the theme has to be written for the show. Songs, yes, but there are no such requirement for the theme. There are nothing in the "credited as" column either so it doesn't have to be credited with theme as long as it is the theme song for the show.

Sorry, but the rules are pretty clear here.  For it to get a Profiler credit, it must be a "Theme by" credit.  Just being the theme song isn't enough.
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Themes or Songs only get a credit if they were written for the show or film. This one wasn't.


Sorry, but there is nothing in the rules that say that the theme has to be written for the show. Songs, yes, but there are no such requirement for the theme. There are nothing in the "credited as" column either so it doesn't have to be credited with theme as long as it is the theme song for the show.

Sorry, but the rules are pretty clear here.  For it to get a Profiler credit, it must be a "Theme by" credit.  Just being the theme song isn't enough.


initially what I thought until I checked the CLT for Pete Townshend and found 800 profiles and 75% are for CSI profiles.

checked the forum search for Theme and got 30 pages, after the first few pages, got bored and quit reading the posts.
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