'Love at first bite" Dvd soundtrack edited

**Mixmachine** · July 11th, 2005, 11:00 PM

Tommorrow this movie will be release and reviewers of advanced copies are reporting the Dance Floor scene using Alicia's Bridges "I love the night life" has been replaced with a 'generic' Disco beat, I mention it here in case some one may be buying this one expecting the original theatrical cut.
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http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=232613

**NickNack** · July 12th, 2005, 06:11 PM

This movie has been on American TV for years with that same lousy edit. Must be a legal thing...

**Mixmachine** · July 12th, 2005, 09:44 PM

You know, I haven't seen it in years on cable, (I can't stand the commercial breaks :evil: )and I really don't remember about this scene, but I was hoping to pick up this DVD and watch it in it's original form since I never saw it in a theater back then. I may still do so...

**pepper1dancer** · July 12th, 2005, 09:47 PM

I saw this movie at the thetare and the scene where the guy is riding his bike to meet the high school girls mother had "Really sayin' Something" by Bananarama. It gave me the bumps when I heard it and then later it was replace by some other awful song. I hate when they do this stuff!!!

**Mario** · July 12th, 2005, 10:38 PM

Hello Guys... :) I was wondering how if this is really a legal tie up of some sorts, how some films like "Thank God It's Friday", that contained a variety of songs, is able to maintain its original soundtrack? Take Care... Mario 8)

**olskinflint** · July 12th, 2005, 11:44 PM

why is it of interest to disco fans? And I've never heard of songs being removed or replaced from movies AFTER they're released, but I have heard of it happening (songs removed/replaced) BEFORE release, usually because of licensing problems. You may have noticed that Laura Branigan's "Gloria" and Joan Jett's "I Love Rock and Roll" are both heard in "Flashdance" but are not on the soundtrack album. After the soundtrack sold millions, the publishers of the 2 songs not included probably were kicking themselves...

**olskinflint** · July 12th, 2005, 11:47 PM

You'll notice that ALL the songs on the "Thank God it's Friday" soundtrack are from artists signed to either Casablanca or Motown, though there were songs by other artists, like the Fifth Dimension, featured in the movie that were not on the soundtrack. It seems that whomever owns a song's publishing rights decides whether or not it goes on a movie's soundtract album.

**Mixmachine** · July 13th, 2005, 01:40 AM

Originally Written by olskinflint

why is it of interest to disco fans?

Well, maybe 'cause many Disco fans of this flick (a hit back then during the Disco days) consider the Dance floor scene in this movie the funniest part, and without "I love the Night life" is not the same experience for many, Also this movie's soundtrack contains a couple of Disco cuts released by Casablanca under the Parachute label, in many clubs people danced to "Fly by Night" by Pat Hogges a campy fun number 12:50 minutes long.

And I've never heard of songs being removed or replaced from movies AFTER they're released

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I'm sorry to tell you but it happens all the time on DVD releases, most people don't even know about it, or care, but true fans pick it up right away, the only tittles I own where they change some songs around is "Almost Famous", lots of folks were complaining about this, also on the new "Donnie Darko" SE DVD the Director replaced back his original intended opening song (forgot now) which he was denied at the last moment (lack of money)for the original theatrical release.

"I love the Night life"was released by Polydor and is not part of the original sound track, so I imagine the license was only granted for the flick not for any other releases, maybe for this DVD the asking price was to much, or maybe Sony/MGM doesn't want to pay anything at all and couldn't care less, who knows.

**Editmaster JT** · July 14th, 2005, 01:36 PM

It's a sad fact of life that studios aren't willing to spend the money to preserve their films as intended on DVD. Universal seems to be the worst offender, and they even used to have a notice on the jacket: "Home Video Version. Some music rescored".

The only other disco-related example I can think of is Warner's "National Lampoon's Vacation" which replaces "I'm So Excited" with another Pointers song and plays the same snippet of it multiple times which becomes really annoying.

I would hope that studios are smart enough now to start getting permission in advance for all formats related to the film so these issues won't come up.

But at the same time, it points to another major flaw in the money-hungry music industry. Shouldn't the use of a song be considered promotional? They should pay to have their songs included. :roll:

Edit: BTW, in regards to Flashdance, I believe the intention there was to only include the original music from the film on the soundtrack album. Same with the original release of the 'Footloose' soundtrack. For the remaster of 'Footloose' they added a couple of the non-original songs though.

It's a shame no bonus tracks were added to Flashdance. Especially the dance mix of the title song which makes the original sound like a demo and more closely resembles the version heard in the film.