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...a very short piece about soundtracks

Background music for movies was originally played in order to disguise the noise from early projectors. Since then it has become an important part of a movie - sometimes the music lasts, but the movie fades into oblivion.

It isn't available online, but in the October 1998 issue of Songwriter's Monthly there is an article about Marius De Vries and "The Avengers" soundtrack.

It describes what happens when a composer writes music for a movie:- he may have only two weeks to work on it. The director can cut bits out. There has to be enough public interest for a soundtrack CD release. Coordinating different artists from different labels (the producer is responsible for this) is far from easy. On the other hand, it says that a "solid soundtrack...can become a lasting piece of culture."

About soundtracks - writing, finding etc:-

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