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How to determine if a song is an Original Song
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorCubbyUps
Registered: March 14, 2007
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I was just wondering what is the best way to determine if a song is an Original Song written specifically for a film or TV Series?

Is there a good website for this?


Going only by the credits of a film/tv series it is basically impossible to determine that.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributortweeter
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Registered: June 12, 2007
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Anything in the Oscar awards database for best original song is a shoe in, though obviously not an inclusive list of all original songs.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorbob9000
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I use a combination of Wikipedia, The Artist's website if they have one, and Amazon/other retailers.

If there is any doubt that the song is not unique or recorded first for that movie I leave it out. It is FAR from an exact process and I tend to err WAY on the side of caution.
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I also once read that if a song is mentioned in the opening credits it's often, if not always, an original one.
Martin Zuidervliet

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantWhite Pongo, Jr.
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I agree with Bob and Tweeter. Besides, I try and look for the song release date: if it was released years earlier, it can't possibly be an original song.
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorJykke
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I have kept this simple for me: if the opening or end credits include a separate credit for a song writer then he/she gets a credit in DVDP. I never pick any names from the song lists in the end credits.
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Agreed with Jykke
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributornorthbloke
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Sounds like a good idea - I still haven't worked up the courage to clear out my Moulin Rouge! profile - who knew all those famous rock stars wrote those songs just for that film, especially the dead ones - that takes effort! 
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LOL, North or they were clairvoyant.

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