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I just saw an ad on Scifi about the B5:LotR preview somewhere during Dune. I noticed that the music they played was the exact same music that was written for B5:ITF. How did that happen? I thought that music belonged to Sierra?
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(When I say themes, I don't mean as in what you get over the credits, I mean themes as in what composers mean.)
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Anyway, that music was playing and they showed a Narn, possibly G'Kar, standing next to some human guy.
Did anyone else see this? It was in one of the commercial breaks of today's Babylon5 episode on Scifi. Come on, anyone? I'm not crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's to hoping we see more of him when it goes to series.
I'm also grateful that Franke's on-board for the music - he's capable of both serenity, and pulse-thumping battle music. Proof that the musical score is another character in the story...
[b]The rights belong to Franke as far as I know.
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I should bloody-well hope so!
He only [b]wrote[/b] the frigging thing!
Cherio.
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[b] I should bloody-well hope so!
He only wrote the frigging thing![/b][/quote]Yes, and the developers wrote the game code and it still belongs to Sierra. Maybe it's a bit different thing with music though. Well, apparently it is. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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The closest compairison is Requiem of the Line but its got a different feel to it. So while there is similarities to classic Babylon 5 music, it is new and different.
Im 100% sure of this.
I can't wait!
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[b]After listening to the musical composition in the preview, I can tell you that its totally original music.
The closest compairison is Requiem of the Line but its got a different feel to it. So while there is similarities to classic Babylon 5 music, it is new and different.
Im 100% sure of this.[/b][/quote]
I was not referring to the trailer itself when talking about the music that seemed similar, but the 3-second ad on Scifi saying "Watch Dune for preview of B5:LotR". After seeing that ad a few more time though, I think maybe that isn't the same music as from the game after all...
[b] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Shuup Nick:
[b] I should bloody-well hope so!
He only wrote the frigging thing![/b][/quote]Yes, and the developers wrote the game code and it still belongs to Sierra. Maybe it's a bit different thing with music though. Well, apparently it is. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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This is definately one one of those "it depends" kinds of things. If Chris was either employed by Sierra, or contracted by Sierra to write the music for ItF (in which the contract states that all rights go to Sierra -- which is the usual), and he did so and got paid for it, then Sierra "owns" the music. But, if he didn't get paid, or had some sort of clause in his contract that allowed him to re-use the music, then he could legally do so.
Also, musical intellectual property rights is a pretty screwy topic. There are things about sampling, etc... that may make it legal for him to re-use some of it, as well as a ton of other legal details, I would image (though I'm no lawyer mind you). So, it really depends on a lot of things.
But either way, I'm sure it's all on the up and up [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img].
Dave
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I'm also grateful that Franke's on-board for the music - he's capable of both serenity, and pulse-thumping battle music. Proof that the musical score is another character in the story...[/b][/quote]
Hell yes!!
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