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For what it's worth, the LFMG novel & film were based on a very disturbing true event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseann_Quinn

Originally Posted by danny24

I would be ok with the some of the music being changed/modified if it means getting a Blu-ray/Digital release. So we have the opening credits, some bar scenes, and bedroom scenes, etc that all use music in the film. As long as it doesn't take to much away from the movie I would be fine with it. Of course this is all pure speculation on what is holding up a modern home video release. It could be something else entirely we have no idea of or it could be simply that Paramount has no interest in releasing it and there are no ties or hold up just Paramount being Paramount.

We can agree to disagree here. I felt the music used in LFMG was essential to the movie, and if they think it's OK to replace some of it - who knows where they'll stop?

The excellent 1977 drama "Heroes" (just released to Blu recently) replaced one key rock song for the DVD release. Kansas' iconic track "Carry on my Wayward Son" that played towards the end of the film was replaced by a generic crummy song that ruined the whole pace/tone/vibe of the scene it was played over - and AFAIC marred the entire film to a great extent. That being said, I don't know if the recent Blu release has the Kansas song restored, since I don't have this.

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

There was a 25 year hold up on Nicolas Roeg's "Bad Timing" ever seeing a home video release of any kind. Finally, Criterion released it in 2005. On that disc, Nicolas Roeg confirms that it was simply a music track used in one sequence, combined with his own stubborn refusal to alter the soundtrack, combined with the film's lack of commercial popularity, that kept it off the market. No label saw the film as being worth trying to sort that music dispute out. Finally, somehow, with the passing of time, Criterion was finally able to get everyone on the same page, and they finally released the film to DVD.

Kudos to Nic Roeg for standing his ground here. Bad Timing is a brilliant & horrific film - and the rock/pop songs on the soundtrack are very important for the scenes they're placed over. Notably, a couple of tracks by "The Who" are used here - and in at least one case only a small portion of one of their songs is used.

Again, I would rather not have seen the film at all than had some key songs removed/replaced.