Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review Volume 8 Number 2 Article 1 3-1-1988 The Legal and Business Aspect of Motion Picture and Television Soundtrack Music Lionel S. Sobel Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/elr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Lionel S. Sobel, The Legal and Business Aspect of Motion Picture and Television Soundtrack Music, 8 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 231 (1988). Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/elr/vol8/iss2/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ARTICLES THE LEGAL AND BUSINESS ASPECTS OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK MUSIC Lionel S. Sobel* I. Introduction .............................................. 232 II. Acquiring Soundtrack Music .............................. 233 A. Specially Ordered Music .............................. 233 1. Composers' Agreements ........................... 234 a. Composers' Duties and Compensation .......... 234 b. Composers' Guilds and AF of M .............. 237 2. Songwriters' Agreements .......................... 239 a. Types of Agreements and Common Provisions.. 239 b. Songwriters Guild and AF of M ............... 241 B. Pre-Existing M usic ................................... 242 1. The Pre-Existing Musical Composition ............ 242 a. Synchronization Licenses ...................... 243 b. Movie Theater Performance Licenses ........... 244 c. Homevideo Licenses ........................... 245 2. Obtaining a Recording of the Musical Composition .................................................. 246 a. Producing a New Recording ................... 246 b. Master Recording Licenses .................... 247 c. Sound-Alike Recordings ......................