Comments on: Music in Batman Begins http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/06/15/music_in_batman_begins.html Musings of a techie lawyer Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:54:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: Wendy Seltzer http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/06/15/music_in_batman_begins.html#comment-350 Wendy Seltzer Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:58:25 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=258#comment-350 Don't go just for the Mefistofele -- it's on screen for no more than 30 seconds. Happy Birthday was sung by the on-screen party guests. Don’t go just for the Mefistofele — it’s on screen for no more than 30 seconds. Happy Birthday was sung by the on-screen party guests.

]]> By: Joe Gratz http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2005/06/15/music_in_batman_begins.html#comment-349 Joe Gratz Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:48:00 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=258#comment-349 I may have to go see that... I haven't thought about Mefistofele since my college quiz bowl days. The version of Happy Birthday To You is credited in the credits to a string quartet -- was it instrumental? While I'm not surprised that Warner would be willing to pay itself for sync rights, I thought that the music was published pre-1923, while the words were published post-1923. An instrumental version would seem to require no clearance or credit (except for the string quartet arrangement, which appears to be uncredited anyway). I may have to go see that… I haven’t thought about Mefistofele since my college quiz bowl days.

The version of Happy Birthday To You is credited in the credits to a string quartet — was it instrumental? While I’m not surprised that Warner would be willing to pay itself for sync rights, I thought that the music was published pre-1923, while the words were published post-1923. An instrumental version would seem to require no clearance or credit (except for the string quartet arrangement, which appears to be uncredited anyway).

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