[78-L] ^Questions re airplay of old recordings on radio.

[David Lennick]

Once upon a time, "The Great Gatsby" had to have its entire soundtrack replaced 
with fuzzy echoey not-quite sound-alike music on all television showings. And 
the scoring had won a freaking Oscar.

(Just did a little Googling and apparently the VHS version also had a 
replacement score, possibly because of a dispute with Nelson Riddle.)

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> Probably the high cost of licensing synch rights from recalcitrant record companies. In addition to taking forever to grant licenses, they are fairly inflexible in their quotes. It's much easier to hire musicians (union or non-union) to do a quick knockoff in the studio, which probably saves thousands of dollars and is faster.
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>> From: mlk402 at verizon.net
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:56:07 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] ^Questions re airplay of old recordings on radio.
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>> Why is it that contemporary producers refuse to use old music? I notice 
>> that PBS productions NEVER play 'real' old music anymore. Even a recent MAD 
>> MEN episode had a dance band playing an "almost but not quite" fake of 
>> Charleston, although "Old Kentucky Home" was okay. Can it be too expensive, 
>> or is there another reason?
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