Talk:Exodus (soundtrack)

What is actual title of the theme?

I don't know. And, unfortunately, there is no way for anyone to know for sure, I don't think.

This is because even original sources themselves are sloppy with song titles. I get the impression in a lot of these cases that the people typing up the original text used to print liner notes and record labels are like "Wait, what was the name of that song again? Wasn't it something like....?".

Now, I was raised to believe that if a movie has a theme, the theme is is the theme from that movie, not of that movie. And we weren't allowed to play with kids from "of that movie" families. But of course that doesn't prove anything. So what do the sources say?

Well, [http://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Original-Soundtrack-Ernest-Gold/dp/B00005QXCR/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299372837&sr=1-5 here] Ernest Gold (or his copyist) calls it "Theme Of Exodus". And Gold should know, since he wrote it, right?

Not necessarily. Otto Preminger is allowed to retitle it when he uses it, and so are F & T I suppose. Moving on, [http://www.amazon.com/Award-Winning-Movie-Themes-60s/dp/B0000011JM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299372837&sr=1-1 Here] it's "Theme From Exodus". [http://www.amazon.com/Mantovani-Plays-Music-Exodus-Themes/dp/B00008UT3Q/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299372837&sr=1-3 Here], the immortal Mantovini avoids the entire issue with "Exodus - Main Theme". [http://www.amazon.com/Hollywoods-Greatest-Hits-Vol-1/dp/B000003CUW/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299372837&sr=1-4 here] they go with "Theme from Exodus" (Note the lack of capitalization of the middle word). [http://www.amazon.com/Theme-Exodus-Other-Great-Films/dp/B004HV85OG/ref=sr_1_7?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299372837&sr=1-7 Here] it's "Theme From Exodus" - or is it? That's just the title of the album, not necessarily the song on the album. So what does Eddie Harris say? He says: "The Theme From Exodus". But again, that's just the album title, not necessarily the track title. This is as far as I searched. As far as I know, there's a punk band somewhere that titled their version "Two Pustulent Warthogs Fighting Over A Decayed Rutabaga (Theme From Exodus)". Probably somewhere a version titled "Theme From The Imperialist Zionist Propaganda Film Exodus" or whatever.

Well, what do Ferrante & Teicher say? They had the hit version. [http://www.amazon.com/All-Time-Great-Themes-Ferrante-Teicher/dp/B000009CBZ/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299372837&sr=1-2 here] Ferranted & Teicher's copyist decides it's "Exodus (Theme From Otto Preminger's 'Exodus')". Are the parentheses part of the title? Usually parenthisized phrases are considered part of the song title - for instance, the actual correct title of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" is "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", and so forth - but here they just may be an explanation for the customer.

But wait. There's [http://www.amazon.com/THEME-EXODUS-FERRANTE-TEICHER/dp/B004DX9ZNS/ref=sr_1_8?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299372837&sr=1-8 this], where F & T use "Theme from 'Exodus'" (no capitalization of the middle word, and "Exodus" is in quotes).

So basically, essentially ever single source I checked at random had a different title or variation on the title. So I dunno. I would say that the song doesn't have one, single, generally agreed-upon title that is universally used. I, personally, would go with "Theme From Exodus". And this is what I have done. But as I said, I'm a "Theme From..." person generally. But its probably not worth fighting over. Herostratus (talk) 22:11, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Should I respond to the above ramblings? Yes; because I'm a musician, and--as the above writer says--song titles are the most notoriously common mistakes in otherwise very reliable books, records, etc. The correct title to a song or instrumental piece (such as this music from a motion picture) is, I would say, the one found on the sheet music itself, distributed by the publisher. Usually, this is the title under which it was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. A record jacket or CD insert may indeed print an incorrect title, but I do believe this is very rare, especially on the plastic itself (CD or center-sticker on an LP). Even credits that run at the end of films rarely make a mistake when listing musical pieces heard or sung during a film. Such listings must receive clearance from publishers or copyright holders, and the lawyers usually get it right. But in any other places--books, magazines, Wikipedia, even programs from important tributes to artists or musicians, song titles are frequently given incorrectly. Perhaps the source of this is people assume that the opening words (or the most prominent words) are the title. An example from 1935: "Cheek To Cheek," from the film Top Hat, begins, "Heaven/I'm in heaven/and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak..." I've seen it referred to as "Heaven," among many other titles. It's like referring to "The Way We Were" as "Memories," which I've also seen in some books. Anyways---this piece is titled "Exodus--Main Theme." Pat Boone wrote a lyric for this music, and it was published as a song entitled "The Exodus Song," recorded by a number of well-known singers in this years following the film's release. 207.237.79.219 (talk) 18:01, 5 October 2011 (UTC)Allen Roth

lead paragraph needs to be tightened

it seems to go towards total irrelevance quickly.--345Kai (talk) 20:43, 11 October 2012 (UTC)