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Soundtrack writing credits display issue when there are duplicate song titles
When a title has two (or more) Soundtrack song entries with the same name, and that song is linked to the same artists name page... those credits are not properly displayed on those name pages.
Example:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2781516/soundtrack
The song "Moonlight Desires" is credited twice. It's written by the same person, but performed by different people.
Now look at the name page
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332923/
and find the line for WolfCop (2014)
The first song is missing from his listing, it shows: (writer: - as Lawrence Gowan)
intead of (writer: "Moonlight Desires" - as Lawrence Gowan)
Since examples of this are too hard to locate given the limited search tools, I don't know is this is because of the (as ...) credit, or applies to all situations with song names that are the same within a single title. Either way, it needs to be fixed.
This problem may also affect other sountrack attributes, like 'Performed by', or 'Produced by'. If there were a title entry used for testing, this could be determined.
Thanks.
Example:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2781516/soundtrack
The song "Moonlight Desires" is credited twice. It's written by the same person, but performed by different people.
Now look at the name page
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332923/
and find the line for WolfCop (2014)
The first song is missing from his listing, it shows: (writer: - as Lawrence Gowan)
intead of (writer: "Moonlight Desires" - as Lawrence Gowan)
Since examples of this are too hard to locate given the limited search tools, I don't know is this is because of the (as ...) credit, or applies to all situations with song names that are the same within a single title. Either way, it needs to be fixed.
This problem may also affect other sountrack attributes, like 'Performed by', or 'Produced by'. If there were a title entry used for testing, this could be determined.
Thanks.
bderoes
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8 years ago
What I usually see on the Title's Soundtracks when a song is performed more than once in a film is something like:
Moonlight Desires
Written by Gowan (as Lawrence Gowan)
Performed by Gowan
Performed later by Shooting Guns
But I'm referring to older films that didn't list many of the songs (or other credits) onscreen.
Do you have access to the film's credits? Is it listed twice there, 5th and 7th?
I'll be on the lookout for a similar situation, and will report back here if I find one.
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ron3
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8 years ago
https://www.amazon.com/Wolfcop-Leo-Fafard/dp/B00UHCMGHQ/
I know I've come across this more than once, and probably a couple of times in the last couple of months. But there's no way to know because I don't know how to search for this specific set of circumstances.
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ljdoncel
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8 years ago
As you suspect, I think that the issue has to do with the use of as... attributes. As long as every instance of the linked artist for a same song name and a same role ("written by", "performed by", "by", etc.) is represented the same way (i.e. every instance with the exact same as... attribute, or no as... attributes at all) there'll be no problem at the name page.
For example, the three titles on IMDb where a same song name is most repeated are:
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"Stairway to Heaven" in The Money or the Gun: Stairways to Heaven (1992) (V): 19 times
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"Paraules d'amor" in "No me la puc treure del cap" (2010) {Paraules d'amor (#1.15)}: 14 times
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"Theme" (uncredited) in Citizen Kane (1941): 14 times
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"Music" in The Darjeeling Limited (2007): 6 times
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"This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" in This Must Be the Place (2011): 6 times
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"Pardesiyon Se Na Ankhiyan" in Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965): 5 times
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"En El Molino" in Tuset Street (1968): 4 times
On the other side:Since Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are always listed the same way (without as... attributes), there are no errors in their respective name pages.
No errors in Joan Manuel Serrat's page (no as... attributes).
No errors in Roy Webb's page (no as... attributes).
Other examples:
No errors in Ravi Shankar's page (all his appearances have the same as... attribute)
The credits for David Byrne, Tina Waymouth, Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz look ok in their respective name pages (always the same as... attribute).
No problems with Anandji Veerji Shah or Kalyanji Veerji Shah (same as... attribute)
Augusto Algueró has two different as... attributes (A. Algueró and Augusto Algueró Jr.), but affecting two different roles ("writer" and "performer"), so there's no displaying issues in his name page. In fact, the actual roles are "composed by" and "orchestra conducted by", but these are interpreted by the system as "writer" and "performer" respectively.
Sebastián Yradier has the attribute (as Sebastián de Yradier) in all his writing credits except for one. This causes the display glitch in his name page.
Skip James has three different roles ("written by" [4 times], "performed by" [2 times] and simply "by" [once]):
• All except one of the "written by" entries have the attribute (as Nehemiah James): this results in "Devil Got My Woman" being excluded from the songs listed with "writer" and (as Nehemiah James); it does appear under "writer" though, but without the NAKA.
• One of the two "performed by" credits has the attribute (as Nehemiah "Skip" James): again, this results in "Devil Got My woman" being excluded from the list of songs where he's "performer" with a NAKA.
This happens again with the same person and song in "The Blues" (2003) {The Soul of a Man (#1.2)}: 4 times
Malcolm Yelvington has two "performed by" credits, only one with the attribute (as Malcolm Yelvington & The Star), so the song name in his page is missing from one entry.
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Will
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Regards,
Will
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