and most often it is a piece of music which is owned by the studio producing the film. On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Ellen B. Edgerton wrote: > Someone here posted about the use of music in trailers. It is not really > a "tactic" but a necessity. Most of the time, a film's musical score is > not even written or recorded by the time a theatrical trailer is prepared. > So, obviously, a preexisting piece of music must be used. > > You can find a rather complete list of music used in trailers at > http://www.filmmusic.com/music/trailers.html. > > ---- > To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite