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Thread #50684   Message #769543
Posted By: Sir Roger de Beverley
22-Aug-02 - 07:35 AM
Thread Name: Background Music on TV
Subject: Background Music on TV
Why is it that (in the UK anyway) records used in TV programmes are never credited whilst music composed for the programme is. It seems to be different for films where the soundtrack is often more important (and better) than the film.

Incidentally I caught a snippet of Painting Box by The Incredible String Band during a programme last night about the TV Chef Keith Floyd (it was during some archive footage of the sixties and was seting the scene). It wasn't credited at the end, though.

R