If a composer is credited, but the music was not originally composed for the film - Beethoven or Vivaldi, for instance - should he be credited in the profile?

I checked the rules, but didn't see anything specific, and I wasn't certain, since the consensus is not to add the credit for song writers whose songs were used in the soundtrack (& credited) but weren't written for the film.

Tim is right, but I thin I understand your confusion.

"Used for the composer of the film's Original Score"

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I think per the rules that Beethoven and Vivaldi have to be out; it can't be the "original score" for the movie if it was written 100 years or more before the movie.  I disagree and would prefer that they be included, but that's how I understand the rule.

When talking in film terms, we are after the music written specifically for the film.  While I understand the desire to enter these guys, the rules do not allow it at this time.

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I think per the rules that Beethoven and Vivaldi have to be out; it can't be the "original score" for the movie if it was written 100 years or more before the movie.

Development hell?

I agree the wording of the rules could be clearer.

Maybe "use for composer(s) who wrote music specifically for the film".

Well... I want Profiler to be functional. For me. ( And for you. And for Invelos )

So I don't want to ruin that by thinking the rulemakers did not want me to interpret it my way...maybe.

I hope the rulemakers, and espesially Invelos wanted to make the program most functional, but of course, not inaccurate, wrong etc.

I (as I maybe already have tried to tell a couple of times) do not think it is WRONG to credit eg. Mozart for the score of the Magic Flute, even if the celluid or, indeed, the DVD was not invented.
Worst case we might not be able to credit anything written before the invention of the DVD...

I fully understand, however, that we (today) are not allowed to credit Mozart, nor Beatles, nor Bowie ("Life on Mars", anyone?), for music NOT originally intended for the play, but I still cannot understand why it should NOT be benficary to  accept the examples. (Opera is one, there might be more)

An example of my interpretation of doubtful credit according to existing rules may be Mozart's (still Mozart...) credit for Composing for "Elvira Madigan" (even if the music has inherited title from the movie, centuries after The Man's death... )

I have no wish of having to use I**B.com to find which of my DVDs containing music by any of my favourite composers, even if the were born long before the invention of sound on movies, or movies at all. Even before me.

I hope next version have options for original music as well as not original music

BTW. I loved Mole's: "was it Mozart's fault that Hollywood took two centuries to get around to making the movie?" 

((This is btw. one of my longest epos in English, I hope you understand what I try to say... ))

Unicus. And you captured precisely the intent of the Rule. Those that wish to track the Classical Music composer can always do so compltely locally OR by using the Custom data field for Music. And i do understand the desire to track it.

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