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* [[Work:66862fab-04ef-4280-b5f8-94d877e28f97|Main Titles (''Pushing Daisies'')]]
* [[Work:66862fab-04ef-4280-b5f8-94d877e28f97|Main Titles (''Pushing Daisies'')]]
* [[Work:17a1e71d-69fa-4e82-9ad3-36cec3497608|Boss of Me (''Malcolm in the Middle, theme'')]]
* [[Work:17a1e71d-69fa-4e82-9ad3-36cec3497608|Boss of Me (''Malcolm in the Middle, theme'')]]
* [[Work:c06f8010-b294-3c41-be3e-da4a834668e4|Imperial March (''Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader’s Theme'')]] ''This track has an alternate name
* [[Work:c06f8010-b294-3c41-be3e-da4a834668e4|Imperial March (''Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader’s Theme'')]] ''This track has a descriptive title
* [[Work:caaf3765-fdad-3881-8659-98f9502444c2|Can You Read My Mind? (''Superman: The Movie, Love Theme'')]] ''This track has a descriptive title
* [[Work:caaf3765-fdad-3881-8659-98f9502444c2|Can You Read My Mind? (''Superman: The Movie, Love Theme'')]] ''This track has a descriptive title
* [[Work:0cc7a98e-4880-3a4e-9e75-cf32820db8c2|Main Title (''The Twilight Zone, First Season'')]] ''This show had different main title tracks in different seasons''
* [[Work:0cc7a98e-4880-3a4e-9e75-cf32820db8c2|Main Title (''The Twilight Zone, First Season'')]] ''This show had different main title tracks in different seasons''

Revision as of 20:19, 6 June 2012


Status: This page describes an active style guideline proposal and is not official.



Proposal number: RFC-STYLE-114
Champion: Hawke
Current status: RFC



JIRA ticket http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-114


Guidelines

Soundtrack style should generally follow the normal release guidelines, with the below exceptions.

Note that soundtracks for films or TV shows based on musical theatre shows should use the relevant guideline.

Work

The title should be just the basic name of the track.

The name of the show or film should be placed in the disambiguation comment along with an additional distinguisher if applicable (often the year). If the work has a descriptive title (e.g. “Love Theme”), it should be included after the show title. If the work was used in a specific episode of a TV series, the episode name may be included as well, enclosed in quotation marks.

Examples (disambiguation in link, italics):

In addition, each part of a soundtrack may be linked to one or more 'complete soundtrack' works with the use of the 'part of' relationship.

Examples:

Release

Title
Follow normal title guidelines.
Artist
The Release Artist of a soundtrack should include the composer(s) and performers featured on the front cover (except when "Various Artists" is used, see below). Use only composers and performers who are featured on the front cover (or the spine); don't add artists from the back cover or the inside of the booklet or other places. If the credits contain both composers and performers, begin with the composers.

Track

Title
The title should be listed as it appears on the cover. “OST” and other initialisms should not be expanded.
Artist
If the cover lists specific artists for each track, the listed artist should be placed in the Artist Credit field. Otherwise, use the release artist. For releases with no per-track credits, use the composer for each track instead. If the composer is unknown, use [unknown].

Examples:

  • Alien - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Pops in Space - John Williams & the Boston Pops Compilation, but one artist credit covers the entire release
  • Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection - VA Compilation. Many tracks do not include credits, necessitating the use of composer. Also includes two recordings of the same work, one a traditional soundtrack and the other a pop version, credited accordingly.

Release Group

Film scores (which showcase the background music of a film/show) should not be merged with pop soundtracks (albums of pop songs heard in whole or part in the background of a film/show).

Examples:

Alternate-language releases in which each release contains new recordings for its language should each be in separate release groups.

Examples:

Recording

Title
Use the same format as the work, above.
Artist
The Recording Artist field should contain the most important performers who appear on that specific recording, but it is acceptable that newly-created recordings have their artist information derived from a tracklist. Use a comma to separate multiple artists, except for the last which should be separated by an ampersand. This is the default offered by the release editor.

Examples:

Style
Overview
Title Style
Entities
Relationships
Classical
Special Cases/Misc.
Languages