To show what I mean, take a look at:
http://musicbrainz.org/showrel.html?id=815&type=artist
- the composed by relationships for the classical covers are bullshit.
lennon *wrote* these songs, but a composed by credit in the context of
a classical recording implies that he composed them for an entire
symphony orchestra (ie, wrote the string, brass, etc, parts), which is
obviously not the case.
he could potentially be credited with 'composer' in the context of a
beatles album, as it's true he 'composed' (err, with mccartney, and
not all songs, but go along with me on this) the songs, but this
credit is a 'written by' one in the context of a classical recording,
or cover, because it is (typically) the tune being covered, not the
composition (ie defined instrument, vocal parts, bass lines, etc).
composed by = written by + arranged by
(again there's a degree of overlap between all 3 but i believe this is
typically the case)
On 02/05/06, Chris Bransden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
no. as shown on the wiki, writing is just a less involved subset of composing.
composition is like a midway point between writing and arranging.
not my words, but:
Writing is creating the most basic form - anything from the melody
idea, to the tune as a whole. Composing is like building the song from
the tune, deciding what instrument plays which bit, creating
basslines, deciding speed, etc. Arranged by is slightly less than that
- putting together all the bits and pieces of a song once it's already
been built.
Writer - Architect
Composer - Builder
Arranger - Painter & Decorator
On 02/05/06, Thomas Tholén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > the fact that they are very often credited seperately "ie 'written and
> > composed by X' on liners should be reason enough. i tried to explain
> > the differences in more detail on the wiki page - hope that helps.
>
>
> Would that not mean that the lyrics (written) and music (composed) was written
> by X?
> //[bnw]
>
> >
> > On 02/05/06, Simon Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Chris Bransden wrote:
> > > > New AR time!
> > > >
> > > > "artist {additionally} {guest} wrote {lyrics:lyrics for}OR{music:
> > > > music for} album or track"
> > >
> > > To me the writer of the music was always the composer.
> > >
> > > Simon (Shepard)
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