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some of my favorites are:

Glen Danzig's "Black Aria"

the score to "Escape From LA"

the score to "Pee Wee's Big Adventure"

the score to "Army Of Darkness"

the soundtrack to "Final Fantasy 7" (a playstation game)

the soundtrack to "Rockman X" (a playstation game)

and when i'm feeling kinda rockin, i throw on some "Red Elvises"

of course when i'm cleaning up and noone's around, it's "Mr.Bungle" all night!!

jasoN

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Yes, we already pay an annual fee to APRA (Australian Performing Rights Association). All cinemas here must pay this fee.

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John Walsh wrote: 'Oh, and a note to John Wilson; There's been an amemdment to the US constitution. Playing "YMCA" by the Village People has been defined as cruel and unusual punishment, and has be banned from playing anywhere....'

I didn't mention... just before the last show went in I got a call from the floor to look out the port. I did and saw three pathetic ushers looking up at me doing the YMCA dance without the music...Sad, isn't it? So I done spun that tune agin!

Spookily (!) enough, I turned on the television at home today and there in all its glory was "Can't Stop The Music" and GUESS what song they were singing? Hmmm? Okay, it was 'Milkshake' but it was soooooooooooo close!

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Several theatres I used to be involved with (as well as Carmike, I noticed) used to use a service out of Gallatin, TN called Mark V productions. (They made great pre-show tapes with top-40 hits, for drive-ins.) I believe it was just an old retired DJ who did various production work, because I recall getting some tapes from him when I worked in broadcast. He had a great voice. All of a sudden, Mark V's no where to be found. I wonder if the guy died?

Anyway, at the drive-ins, we had to pay ASCAP $10 a year to play these Mark V tapes, because of the music in them.

For indoor theatres, I'm of the belief that the n.s. music should be in the background, and unobstrusive. Instrumentals. There shouldn't be some guy screaming, "Heeeeeyy, groovy guys and groovy gals! This is from the HOT new CD by N-Sync...!"

And we would play Muzak videos in our theatres through the Telex projectors when we weren't using our DMX (set usually at Ch. 80 the 80's Hits for one manager, and Ch. 24 Power Hits for another)at Granda Movie Grill Prestonwood in Addison. When I worked at GCC Town East 6 in Mesquite, me and afew friends who are soundtrack aficionados would bring our scores to work and play them when I or the chief assistant projectionist Scott was working booth (the chief operator wouldn't let us sometimes). And we never got any compliants from the customers. I even put Goldsmith's Total Recall in the player once and no one bitched that it was too exhausting or inappropriate (which it is now that I think in retrospect) to listen to. Like Aaron said, it's elevator music to most of these people.

I liked what they did at GCC Northpark 1-2 in Dallas. They played the soundtrack from the movies they exhibited. I'm sure some of the patrons didn't notice or care, but it was a nice touch. I actually got to keep some of those soundtracks when the theatre closed. After the closing party we had there, Ron Beardmore, the projectionist there just said "Help yourselves." That was pretty cool of him.

But now it's all definitely commerial. And I'm sure the patrons tune out the tunes as well as they tune out the scores. Personally, I'd like to put in the Dust Brothers' Fight Club or Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman's Ravenous in the player and see how well those scores go with the people downstairs.

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"At Landmark we used to have a deal set up wit h a local music store where they would supply us with albums to play in each auditorium (each soundrack had its own CD player) and they would advertise the album right outside the auditorium door in a little display. It was a really nice set up - it provided us with an ever-changing supply of good music to play for free."

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that's a darn cool idea! we have a great used record shop right down the road, who sometimes helps me out with advertising certain films. i'll have to run that by the boss. thanks Nic!

jasoN

Up here in fargo I "volenteer" at the fargo theatre, a recently remodled single screen art house with wonderful art deco. BTW sorry so late with the reply. I've been busy

Josh

Oh, and Jason, Long Live FF7!!!!

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