The new Works were to allow the extra attributes (disambig info and link to complete Soundtrack work) more than a belief that they were truly unique.
I think there’s a solid line between “a film/show that uses existing music as could be played off a CD” (diagetically or otherwise) and “a film/show that has brand new performances of existing music”. I don’t intend for this to cover the first type in any way.
I think its clear from this that using Works like I have isn’t right for the TV equivalent of a jukebox musical - if this was a stage show, it would have the ‘grouping’ aspect covered through either an official soundtrack release, or a bootleg entry doing the same. I can run through the new works and Merge them later on.
Is there a best way to do an equivalent for this grouping then - a Broadcast Soundtrack RG per episode perhaps? Maybe marked as pseudo-release? (Bootleg doesn’t feel right, the TV eps are really released.) And a series to in turn group those up? (ZEP has the benefit of real-world releases for each individual ep, but that’s not true broadly for all shows of this type.)
MB just has its own definition of Soundtrack that does not include music not written for the show. Even if it was performed as part of the show.
A “Broadcast Soundtrack” would trip over that same issue as “Film Soundtrack”.
I would be all for there to be some way of including the music in a Soundtrack, but it is just not how MB’s definition works. It seems odd to me there is no clear way to say “this song was part of this film”.
Hopefully some of those editors will drop in and explain better why music in a show is not part of the soundtrack. I’m not very good at defending it.
Official release: single Track/Recording as per usual offering of episode (one item on airwaves, one item on streaming). Length taken from current streaming service as a ‘probably right’ length; the real broadcast would probably have had ad breaks. Use of NBC as artist, as their logo and sting precedes the episode; I think that matches with “artist credit should be given to the groups or people given at the beginning of the program” from the Broadcast guidelines (or maybe episode writers should be used?).
Bootleg release: individual tracks, each linking to a Video Recording. These Video Recordings are linked to the full-length one used above with the “edit” AR. I’d point to the unofficial channels on YouTube that have posted songs as a bootleg style to justify this release and these recordings (eg track 1: Help!).
Linking things together:
The Video Recordings are linked via AR to the matching Audio Recordings from the OSTs with “music video”. It’s sort of right, and some of the audio recordings skip out sound effects and dialogue that exist in the equivalent video clip, or are longer and include bits not found in the final episode edit, so they’re often not direct 1:1 matches… just like music videos.
The Broadcast RG is linked to the audio-only OST RG with “excerpt”. As the OST doesn’t include most of the episode’s dialogue or any score, excerpt feels right, and on some of the OSTs not all songs from the episode are included.
Two series - one for the OSTs, one for the broadcasts - are linked via “recorded on/during” AR. This feels a bit iffy as the intent of that is recordings–events but it’s the right shape of AR as these are recorded specifically for and during the production of the show.
I know it’s niche but would appreciate your thoughts and advice
I’m not very good at defending it.
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