[Data-modeling] Film: new property experiment on sandbox this week, featured song in film

[Robert Cook]

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On Nov 5, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Gordon Mackenzie wrote:

> For Hollywood films from the early talkies to the early eighties there
> would often be a featured popular song or two (usually specifically
> written for the film). The song would be sold as a single (a precursor
> to the slick commmercialized prepackaged would be mega-hit soundtrack
> albums with Top-40 pop songs barely heard in the actual film in the
> 1980s onwards). Even more recently a film would occasionally use a a
> particular song to such great effect that it could often be referred
> as that movies theme song (if not literally within the songs title).
>
> "Moon River" for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
>
> "The Way We Were" for movie of the same name.
>
> "As Time Goes By" for "Casablanca"
>
>  "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" for "Butch Cassidy and the
> Sundance Kid"
>
> "In Your Eyes" for Say Anything
>
> NOTE that this property is not meant for all music pieces within a
> film, that's what the film score/soundtrack property captures quite
> adequately. This is hopefully to be used for songs that are indelibly
> linked to the film. I'd like to specifically capture the relationship
> within the film type. What does the community think?
>
>
> ~ Gordon
>
> <<< gordon at metaweb.com >>>
>
>
>
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