You know what bothers me? I'm bothered by those high budget films who plagiarize from legitimate sources and then don't bother giving credit where it is due! A good case in point would be stolen music from one movie so that it could be utilized to advertise two other films. Ack! And the average Joe Smoe will get threatened with jail time for dubbing a backup copy of a music CD for archiving purposes.
Here are some examples of my "case in point" problem. Tell me if you can catch the similarity in music from the following two video clips. First you should view the trailer for the high budget film Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002). Make sure you listen to the soundtrack in the last half of the trailer, since that is where they really go crazy with the plagiarism. After listening and watching that trailer you should head on over to view the 30-second TV spot for the family friendly film Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005). The audio quality of the television spot is a little iffy, but I hope you are able to hear the musical score that is playing in the background.
Do you hear any musical resemblance? Now here comes the fun, can you name that tune in four notes or less? I know there are several movie fans out there who could immediately recognize the musical score, but I did find an online forum where there were several posts from those people who were wondering about the origins of the music that appeared in the LOTR trailer. And the answer is... {insert drum roll here} ...Clint Marshall, the composer of the soundtrack for the film Requiem for a Dream (2000). If you've never seen Requiem then you might want to prepare yourself for an emotional roller coaster. It is a wonderful film with an extremely unique and powerful musical score. But for me I believe the music from this film is as recognizable as the theme song from Jaws or Indiana Jones. It's crazy for the music to be copied into the advertisements for another film. I don't think it would be effective advertisement if the promotions company slipped in the Jaws theme song to play during the last half of the LOTR trailer. Of course the music wouldn't play out very well, but if it did work out it still wouldn't fly very well with the audience. The shark music is so recognizable that the audience probably would have been talking more about Jaws than about the release of the Two Towers film. Hopefully you see my point. Attention all movie promotions people -- Stop "Stealing" Soundtracks From Other Films! I would think that it sets a bad example for the audience. It's wrong for us to plagiarize, but it's okay for the movie production studios to get away with it as long as they slip a few dollars under the counter to the original artist. Oh, brother!
Here are some examples of my "case in point" problem. Tell me if you can catch the similarity in music from the following two video clips. First you should view the trailer for the high budget film Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002). Make sure you listen to the soundtrack in the last half of the trailer, since that is where they really go crazy with the plagiarism. After listening and watching that trailer you should head on over to view the 30-second TV spot for the family friendly film Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005). The audio quality of the television spot is a little iffy, but I hope you are able to hear the musical score that is playing in the background.
Do you hear any musical resemblance? Now here comes the fun, can you name that tune in four notes or less? I know there are several movie fans out there who could immediately recognize the musical score, but I did find an online forum where there were several posts from those people who were wondering about the origins of the music that appeared in the LOTR trailer. And the answer is... {insert drum roll here} ...Clint Marshall, the composer of the soundtrack for the film Requiem for a Dream (2000). If you've never seen Requiem then you might want to prepare yourself for an emotional roller coaster. It is a wonderful film with an extremely unique and powerful musical score. But for me I believe the music from this film is as recognizable as the theme song from Jaws or Indiana Jones. It's crazy for the music to be copied into the advertisements for another film. I don't think it would be effective advertisement if the promotions company slipped in the Jaws theme song to play during the last half of the LOTR trailer. Of course the music wouldn't play out very well, but if it did work out it still wouldn't fly very well with the audience. The shark music is so recognizable that the audience probably would have been talking more about Jaws than about the release of the Two Towers film. Hopefully you see my point. Attention all movie promotions people -- Stop "Stealing" Soundtracks From Other Films! I would think that it sets a bad example for the audience. It's wrong for us to plagiarize, but it's okay for the movie production studios to get away with it as long as they slip a few dollars under the counter to the original artist. Oh, brother!
