Sentences with phrase «of licensed songs»

Grand Theft Auto IV had a slew of its licensed songs removed today after Rockstar's decade - old licensing deal came to an end.
Most of the licensed songs in Alan Wake were great and fit the narrative well, but «In Dreams» follows the introduction of the game, where Alan is introduced to the darkness and loses his wife — whom he can't be sure was ever there to begin with.
When a game comes out with a beefy soundtrack of dozens upon dozens of licensed songs, it's usually not feasible to license the whole list indefinitely.
The presence of licensed songs by artists such as Alt - J and Syd Matters helped with character development, where each character would listen to different genres of music.
Grand Theft Auto IV had a slew of its licensed songs removed today after Rockstar's decade - old licensing deal came to an end.

Not exact matches

For evidence of artists who've been able to maintain their credibility while licensing their music for commercials, you might look no further than a certain Canadian songstress who got a «big break» when her song was featured in an iPod commercial in 2007:
Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing last week for allegedly using thousands of songs, including those of Tom Petty, Neil Young and the Doors, without a license and compensation to the music publisher.
Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs without a license and compensation to the music publisher
The Verve had licensed a sample from The Rolling Stone's song «The Last Time,» but it was later argued that The Verve used «too much» of the sample, including some bongo drums which had not been licensed.
Our siren's song from a mile over the border was that of legitimacy: we are legal, we are licensed by the state, we can accept your insurance, we are dressed business - casual and have short, clean fingernails.
A few months later he began recalling an endless barrage of license - plate numbers, song lyrics, and weather reports.
If anything, the tiny - budgeted film (though not that poor considering the filmmakers licensed a David Bowie song) is a sizzle reel for Josh Trank who shows he can do on a fraction of the budget what many directors in Hollywood can't do with hundreds of millions.
The fact that in 2017 it's still considered acceptable for a big budget film to license a song by such a deeply problematic individual — a big budget film that sells itself on the notion of female empowerment, no less — speaks to how badly wrong Hollywood continues to get it.
Briefly, I do want to touch on that David Ayer does seem to have taken a music video approach to Suicide Squad, bombarding viewers with dozens of popular licensed songs spanning multiple eras and genres of music.
What truly makes the character fascinating however is the voiceover performance from South Park co-creator Trey Parker; he has mentally never left the 80s, boasting his own curated selection of classic songs from the era's one - hit wonders (I'm not sure what it says about me that this animated feature has one of my favorite licensed soundtracks of the year), often grooving along to his evil doings.
There are follow up activities that include * recognising the influences on our prejudices * reflecting on each person * defining prejudice * defining discrimination * Quick look at Galatians 3:28 * Consideration of lyrics from songs about prejudice NB all images are either personal images or selected using BING where license has been selected as Free to modify, share and use commercially * I designed this lesson on my teaching practice and it has been a staple of my teaching every year since, when used for inspection or performance management observations (it has been used for both and interview) it has always been rated as an excellent lesson.
Mashable wrote that Booktrack «debuted as an iOS app focused on professional authors like Salman Rushdie; a total of 40 titles sold more than 250,000 downloads,» but then pivoted in 2013 to become a platform where «writers can embed songs from a catalogue of 20,000 licensed audio files, adding mood music, ambient audio and sound effects to play in tune with story lines, paced to a user's reading speed.»
Writers can embed songs from a catalogue of 20,000 licensed audio files, adding mood music, ambient audio and sound effects to play in tune with story lines, paced to a user's reading speed.
After these statistics, he found that he could think only of doggerel and slightly obscene anecdotes to tell, mostly having to do with foolish stunts undertaken after drinking too much whiskey during a fishing trip and often enough centered around running into a warden with a creel full of trout and no fishing license, or a pistol that a doctor had brought into the woods: If that pistol is nine millimeters, I'll kiss your bare, frozen ass right out there on the ice; the lyrics to a song called Come Around, Mother, It's Better When You're Awake.
They create something of value once which they license multiple times to create multiple streams of income i.e., an artist creates one song and distributes it in different formats (digital file, CD, etc.).
But while a song on a movie soundtrack might be there because of a licensing deal or to boost an artist on a label also owned by the studio, author playlists, when done well, can deepen a character and enhance a reader's connection,» noted Jami Attenberg and David Daley in an article from Salon.com (Aug 19, 2011).
The Music Unlimited service features a growing catalogue of more than 15 million licensed songs including all major labels, leading independent labels, and major publishers worldwide.
A one page segment of a non-fiction book could be considered Fair Use while a two line song lyric might need to be licensed.
Getting the licensing rights secured for millions of songs is always a challenge for every new market, says Andres Sehr, Spotify's marketing director.
Pick that jaw up before you go on reading; Columbus Nova also take on the responsibilities of Rock Band «s expensive song licensing and the burden of a franchise that may well be dead.
But this turntable title looks to have more going for it than a familiar user interface, featuring an impressive track list of 60 licensed and original songs from chart - topping artists, including the Beastie Boys, Kanye West, The Gorillaz, Run DMC and Deltron 3030, to name but a few.
There's talk of using kickstarter to license songs for the Rock Band Network and Grim Dawn, the spiritual sequel to one of my all - time favorite hack & slash RPGs, Titan Quest, will probably get a kickstarter sometime soon.
[80] Square Enix president Yoichi Wada later said that it would have been better if the American branch of the company had produced a theme song from scratch, but a lack of staff led to the decision of licensing an existing song.
With over 70 songs, both licensed and un-known, you will have no problem getting hours of enjoyment from this game and controller.
So I was doing the album and before I finished the publisher I was working with got a request from Microsoft to license four of the songs in Rally Sports Challenge 2... that was how I started and after that it was a matter of me choosing early credits in driving and sports games and then transition into the world of original composition.
The folk music instrumentals, appropriate use of licensed music, and songs specifically designed for the cult fit perfectly with the setting.
The music spans from 28 (2 songs were excluded) different songs includes an eclectic array of original and licensed songs combining the musical genres of J - pop, Hip - hop, funk, Electronic dance music, Rock, Acid Jazz, Trip hop, and even metal.
As reported previously by our sister site in the UK, Rockstar is removing a number of songs in Grand Theft Auto IV due to licensing issues.
The group has become one of the go - to sources for clearing cover song licensing quickly and affordably but their digital storefront was never a great place for discoverability.
If licensed music had been around at the dawn of gaming we may never have been exposed to the classic songs of Super Mario Bros., Mega Man 2, or Castlevania.
FIFA Road to World Cup 98: The first FIFA game with a licensed soundtrack boasting the classic «Song 2» by Blur, this game was also the first to feature accurate player rosters and of course the legendary Road to World Cup game mode.
You may have noticed a large update today as a number of songs are being removed from the Grand Theft Auto IV game due to licenses expiring.
Original songs tailored to the atmosphere and events of a game beat licensed music any day.
As mentioned, the main gameplay modes that made the previous titles so compelling have been removed that include Duet Mode, Pass the Mic and Party Mode, not to mention the licensing issues between the PS3 and PS4 which prevents some of the songs from being available on the higher end console.
The game's overall soundtrack is really good, and it also features tons of great licensed songs.
I also remember some years ago that the (pretty dismal) followup to the classic Def Jam Vendetta was a Street Fighter clone that used the game's heavily licensed soundtrack to generate mostly neglected environmental hazards (for example, fire hydrants would spray water to the beat of a song), and if you had music on your hard drive it would use it.
As usual, the game features dozens of licensed cars and a soundtrack including numerous popular songs.
Included are 8 licensed covers of Mother and Earthbound music, and 56 original soundtrack songs.
The game will ship with a wide array of licensed tracks, and will also allow players to access extra songs — and to indulge in online multiplayer competitions — through a new Guitar Hero TV service, billed by publisher Activision as «the world's first playable live music video network».
Meanwhile, Franco certainly has a lot of learning to do in terms of art's «best practices» (yes, they do exist): his 2011 solo show at Terence Koh's Asia Song Society Gallery closed after a few days because of issues regarding «unresolved licensing agreements» (according to the gallery) between Franco and artists whose work he «reinterpreted» in the show.
And before the usual shouts of «hypocrite» start up again, it is worth noting that while printed copies of the book are available for sale, both Boyle and his publishers &, dash; Permanent Publications — have chosen to release the book free online, under a Creative Commons license because, Boyle says, his words are simply «an accumulation of all that has come before them — the people I have met, the books I have read, the songs I grew up with, the rivers I've swam in, the girls I've kissed, the movies I've watched, the traditions I've learned, the philosophers I've studied, the mistakes I've made, the violence I've seen, the love I've witnessed.»
The White Stripes take strong insult and objection to the Air Force Reserve presenting this advertisement with the implication that we licensed one of our songs to encourage recruitment during a war that we do not support.
The song features a catchy loop of an Egyptian song from the 1960s called «Khosara, Khosara,» which Jay - Z licensed from one of the children of the song's creator, Baligh Hamdy.
In 2007, however, one of Hamdy's children, Osama Ahmed Fahmy, sued Jay - Z, EMI publishing and a host of others, claiming that even though Jay - Z had a license to use the song, that license only gave him «economic rights», i.e., the right to reproduce, perform or distribute the work «without alteration.»
My friend asked me if he could record a cover of a song that I put on SoundCloud called Gratitude (License: All Rights Reserved).
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