If I just happen to throw say a top 40 hit into a film Im assuming you need formal permission?Im sure you do BUT are you able to do so with proper credit?(to good to be true)
music rights do's and dont's
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Yes. You need formal permission. Just adding the credit at the end (or beginning) of you movie isn't enough.
Don't forget that song belongs to an artist - someone who worked as hard as you on their finished product. Not only do many artists want to get paid if others use their work, many of them want the final say on how their work is used.
DO: ask for permission.
DON'T: use a song without it.
Don't forget that song belongs to an artist - someone who worked as hard as you on their finished product. Not only do many artists want to get paid if others use their work, many of them want the final say on how their work is used.
DO: ask for permission.
DON'T: use a song without it.
And thus the advantage of also being a musician as well as an aspiring screenwriter. FYI, though, there is quite a bit of royalty free music out there to be had. Music you can use in any form for any kind of release and you don't have to pay anything to use it and you don't have to get permission.
Google is your friend at this point. Whether or not the music you find will work for your film is another story. But it's out there to be had. Good luck.
James
Google is your friend at this point. Whether or not the music you find will work for your film is another story. But it's out there to be had. Good luck.
James
If you'd like some good music to use in your production and you're $0 to low budget like I am, use the Creative Commons and Public Domain music found at http://archive.org
You can always contact the record company and ask! It does work also... we called Skint Records (Fatboy Slim & Midfield General to name but two).
Kindly they allowed us, free of charge, to use a track from either Midfield General or Space Raiders. In the end we chose (fior reasons that are obvious in teh film) a track called Middles Boogie, which had also been in Spaced.
We got that, the use of teh credit and the abiklity to promote it for free. Just because we asked nicely.
BUT like everyone else said DONT just use it. And respect the fact that you will never get some music (The Beetles for example are hyper protective about their rights as are the Stones).
HJope this helps!
Phil Hobden
-- Modern Life? --
Kindly they allowed us, free of charge, to use a track from either Midfield General or Space Raiders. In the end we chose (fior reasons that are obvious in teh film) a track called Middles Boogie, which had also been in Spaced.
We got that, the use of teh credit and the abiklity to promote it for free. Just because we asked nicely.
BUT like everyone else said DONT just use it. And respect the fact that you will never get some music (The Beetles for example are hyper protective about their rights as are the Stones).
HJope this helps!
Phil Hobden
-- Modern Life? --