Style/Specific types of releases/Theatre
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A "theatre" release is a recording of a work for the theatre involving music, songs, and/or spoken dialogue, occasionally also including dance. Typically these works are of a musical nature, but they may also be dramatic or comedic.
Applicability
This guideline specifically applies only to non-opera theater releases. Opera, non-musical theater film and television soundtracks, and video game soundtracks are covered by different style guidelines. Depending on the release, classical style or audiobook style also may be more appropriate. A modified form of Live Bootleg Style may also apply, in addition to this guideline.
Examples
- Applies:
- Studio recording of a musical theater work
- Recording of a filmed musical theater work; Theater soundtrack style overrides soundtrack style.
- Live bootleg of a theater cast with a known performance date.
- Exclude the colon that Live Bootleg Style would normally require.
- If the city is easily identifiable (e.g. Toronto, London, Paris, New York, etc.), other location information may be excluded.
- Live bootleg of a theater cast with an unknown performance date, where only the performance season is known.
- Does not apply:
This guideline does not apply to compilations of songs from different shows being sung by a one or more performers, unless the songs are compiled as part of a theatrical revue.
Basic Guidelines
- The release type should be Soundtrack.
- The release, release group, and track artist should be the composer(s), not the performer(s), lyricist(s), and/or librettist(s).
- Performer(s), lyricist(s), and/or librettist(s) should be indicated using advanced relationships.
- The release and release group titles should exclude extra title information information such as "Original Soundtrack", "Music from," etc., except that:
- The performance cast (with year) should be used in the release title to distinguish the release from other versions of the soundtrack.
- Example: Carousel (1956 Film Cast)
- The performance cast (with year) should be used in the release title to distinguish the release from other versions of the soundtrack.
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Guess Case lowercases the word "original" within parenthesis, which is incorrect for this guideline:
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