No more music ’screeners’
p2pnet news | Movies:- Not only do the people who ultimately’ decide what makes it at the Oscars, and what doesn’t, benefit from advance showings, composers and songwriters also receive special LPs and CDs of the music scores and songs.
Or, rather, they used to.
However, “the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has moved to ban mailings of all ‘recordings, sheet music (and) musicvideos of eligible songs or scores to members,” says Variety, going on the nNew rule, posted Monday, “caused a stir among composers, their reps and studio music execs, some of whom say they will formally protest the ban.
The rule was recommended to the board of governors by the music-branch executive committee, the story has executive administrator Ric Robertson saying, stating, “They wanted to make sure that members are basing their evaluation of scores in the context of the movie. There’s always the danger that if one is just listening to the CD, you’re obviously not doing that.”
Studios, and some publicists, spend thousands of dollars each year sending the 240 members of the Acad music branch specially pressed CDs of the scores and songs they most want to promote.
“In 1986, Herbie Hancock won the Oscar for ‘Round Midnight, even though much of that score was not original,” says the story, adding:
“Last year’s ‘Babel’ win was also criticized in some quarters because, in addition to the original Gustavo Santaolalla music, there was music licensed from earlier works and music by other composers.
“One music-branch committee member, who asked not to be identified, suggested that this rule may be revisited next year. As for this year, ‘That ship has sailed,’ he said.
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Also See:
Variety – Academy bans CD music mailings, August 6, 2007
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August 12th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
I guess they’re afraid that these people will make them available to “movie Pirates” sheesh what a way “legitamize the fight against piracy”