Blu-Rays With Changed Audio / Soundtrack Licensing Issues

[ThePennaSSC]

I've searched, but couldn't find a thread detailing which Blu-Rays (ie SHOUT'S RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) have altered soundtracks due to music licensing issues. Is there a master thread documenting these releases?

[thatguamguy]

If there's isn't, we can always start one...

Baby, It's You - I think the music was changed for this, but I can't find any further details about it.
Female Trouble - my understanding is that several John Waters titles didn't properly license the music, and thus will only be released with modified soundtracks, but this is the one I'm aware of actually getting released, and as far as I understand it, it's just one song that was replaced.
Junior Bonner - all post-theatrical releases in the US (including the blu) have the opening titles song changed; originally, it was "Arizona Morning" by Rod Hart.
Love Actually - comparing the original UK release to the original US release, a few music cues were changed. Early Blu-rays only had the UK version, but the "10th Anniversary" release has the US music cues reinstated.
That '70's Show - I don't have details, but I believe that a large portion of the licensed music has been replaced throughout the series.
Wayne's World - all post-theatrical releases have replaced a snippet of "Stairway to Heaven" with a generic rock riff.

[ThePennaSSC]

Fatal Instinct (1992) - changed cues and licensed music.

[filmo70]

Age of Consent - a few late 60's pop tunes have been replaced by generic instrumental music. They were heard from a transistor radio whenever that kid with the radio around his neck was in the scene

Return of the Living Dead - is missing one original song on the Shout disc

[drush9999]

Worth noting the Shout Blu-ray of Nighthawks, restores the original music in a couple of scenes, notably Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones.

[thatguamguy]

Can you clarify that? When you say "restores the original music in a couple of scenes", I can't tell which you mean:
1 - the original music was previously changed in a couple of scenes, but has now been fully restored
2 - the original music was previously changed in a bunch of scenes, some of which were restored for the blu

[ThePennaSSC]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

Can you clarify that? When you say "restores the original music in a couple of scenes", I can't tell which you mean:
1 - the original music was previously changed in a couple of scenes, but has now been fully restored
2 - the original music was previously changed in a bunch of scenes, some of which were restored for the blu

The Shout NIGHTHAWKS Blu-Ray restores the ORIGINAL audio, featuring the Rolling Stones song that was previously altered on all US home video releases. So I guess, Partially 1 and partially 2 of you're quote.

[thatguamguy]

So, no changed music on the Blu. Cool, thanks. I suspect a list of "music finally restored for blu-ray releases" will be longer than a list of "blu-rays with altered audio".

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

Love Actually - comparing the original UK release to the original US release, a few music cues were changed. When the HD master was prepared, they only did the UK version.

The newest 10th anniversary US/CAN pressing of Love Actually uses a new HD master of the US version of the film with the proper US theatrical music.

[thatguamguy]

Oh, that's cool, I saw an outdated thread in these forums, I didn't realize there was a new development. Thanks, I updated the list.

[Killer Meteor]

MULTIPLE MANIACS
BIG BOSS (Shout!) - missing Pink Floyd music on Cantonese track

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

Female Trouble - my understanding is that several John Waters titles didn't properly license the music, and thus will only be released with modified soundtracks, but this is the one I'm aware of actually getting released, and as far as I understand it, it's just one song that was replaced.

IIRC, didn't the Criterion BD of Female Trouble restore most of the previous music alterations or was that another title that i'm mixing it up with.

That's the first hearing about changed music on Fatal Instinct. Does this effect Olive's BD (which reportedly has a mono fold down of the stereo track) and all current HD prints?

[SpaceBlackKnight]

IIRC, earliest Shout! BD of The Big Boss, particularly the one in a double feature with Way of the Dragon and using older Fortune Star upscales, should have the Cantonese 2.0 or 5.1 remix tracks with the Pink Floyd riff intact. Starting with the remastered disc spanning from V2 of the Bruce Lee Legacy BD set, they took out the Pink Floyd music on Cantonese track during that certain scene.

[thecalm_7]

Region Free- so I’ll mention it. House MD seasons from the U.K. are missing music, notably the theme song. The early seasons are not available in the US, but the latter are.
US- music intact
UK- music missing

Audio changes
Trainspotting- dubbed scene
Get Carter (original)- dubbed in US
Ghost Writer- pg13 audio vs R audio
Return of the Living Dead- UK Second Sight Blu-Ray has the song
Wasn’t there a crime/gangster film that had audio changes, Schooly D and early hip hop/rap was changed, might have been a DVD

[LMFAObros]

Vacation 83 doesn't have the im so exited track playing earlier in the film, they replaced it with the song that they use later on in the film

[iamnoone]

THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN replaces the Human League song with a reprise of Devo's "Whip It".

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by thecalm_7

Region Free- so I’ll mention it. House MD seasons from the U.K. are missing music, notably the theme song. The early seasons are not available in the US, but the latter are.
US- music intact
UK- music missing

Audio changes
Trainspotting- dubbed scene
Get Carter (original)- dubbed in US
Ghost Writer- pg13 audio vs R audio
Return of the Living Dead- UK optimum Blu-Ray has the song iirc
Wasn’t there a crime/gangster film that had audio changes, Schooly D and early hip hop/rap was changed, might have been a DVD

The original audio for Get Carter is available cheap from the U.K. The Canadian disc of The Ghost Writer is not dubbed.

[thecalm_7]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

The original audio for Get Carter is available cheap from the U.K. The Canadian disc of The Ghost Writer is not dubbed.

I didn’t add that info, thanks

[8traxrule]

Bad Lieutenant had the Schooly D song replaced. I remember reading about that in Video Watchdog, saying that it was going to be reissued with altered audio so I bought the original laserdisc while I still could. It’s pretty prominent in that movie too, so the altered version must be really different. Funny enough there’s a rap song in the 1998 Godzilla movie that riffs the same Led Zeppelin track as the one in Bad Lieutenant, but seems there were no problems clearing that one.

[Deadguy2322]

Originally Posted by 8traxrule

Bad Lieutenant had the Schooly D song replaced. I remember reading about that in Video Watchdog, saying that it was going to be reissued with altered audio so I bought the original laserdisc while I still could. It’s pretty prominent in that movie too, so the altered version must be really different. Funny enough there’s a rap song in the 1998 Godzilla movie that riffs the same Led Zeppelin track as the one in Bad Lieutenant, but seems there were no problems clearing that one.

There were no problems with the track because Jimmy Page got a Featuring credit for the song.