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Originally Posted by drBill  Sorry Derek, but you're dead wrong on that. In many circumstances, the main composer is so paranoid or egotistical that they do not want ANYONE (other than the ghost writer of course) to know that they didn't write 100% of every note of the score. Sad, but true. Cue sheet or screen credit obviously blow that scam out of the water. So don't expect to get it.
If you're lucky enough to ghostwrite for a composer that gives you cue sheet or screen credit, consider yourself to be VERY fortunate. |
Really? I think to say I'm "dead wrong" is a very strong opinion. It varies from one situation to the next. In my position here at Megatrax, I get to work with a lot of these "assistant" or "ghost" writers because we hire them to write for us. From what I've been told most of the time they are listed on the cue sheets and get paid for the work they did whether as sole writer or co-writer with the main composer. But I'm sure that isn't always the case. There probably are guys out there that take all the credit, you are right. But to say EVERYONE take all the credit is just as "dead wrong" as someone saying everyone shares all the credit.
I did hear of one of the most famous composers in the business recently trying to "buy" back the credits for the music on a HUGE film he was hired to score. He was paying very large sums of money to the people he allowed to write for him so that he could remove their names from the cue sheets. There was such a buzz about the film that there were rumors the film would win a lot of Oscars, so the "credited" composer wanted to get the oscar nom and award (if it won) without having to share the credit.
This industry is never black or white... but many shades of grey. To say I'm "dead wrong" is a little over the top, no?