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| | Posted: | | | | For a TV Series (or miniseries, as is the case I'm talking about), would you give a credit that reads Title Music By a Composer or Theme By credit?
Literally it's more along the lines of Composer, but thematically (no pun intended) Theme By seems more appropriate... |
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| | Posted: | | | | I would enter "Title Music By" as "Theme By". |
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| Registered: November 24, 2008 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,350 |
| | Posted: | | | | Agreed. "Title Music" is the theme tune. |
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| Registered: October 4, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 352 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks that's what I was thinking too! |
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| | Posted: | | | | I agree. Title music is theme. | | | | Last edited: by Rutan |
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| | Posted: | | | | I would also 100% agree.
It seems to me TV series mostly credit as "Music by", i.e. "Composer". So if they instead say "Title music by" that's a definite "Theme by".
Maybe because that TV series has a distinct theme but then the other music used is more random?
Also, naturally the one having written the music for the theme is also a composer, but I'd guess "Theme by" still implies that.
(I must say, with all the copyright around music sometimes it's hard to decide what's what. But let's not go there.) | | | | Last edited: by MikaLove |
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| Registered: November 24, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,350 |
| | Posted: | | | | Often the theme is written by the original composer of the TV series and then someone else goes on to do incidental music for future episodes. | | | | Last edited: by GreyHulk |
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