Cast Recording and Sountracks----the difference?
Cast Recording and Sountracks----the difference?
#1Cast Recording and Sountracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 3:11pm
I was thinking about this the other day and it really started to bother me. What is the difference and why do they call them Cast Recordings and Sountrack?
I know one would say, "well one is from the stage capturing the live performance and the other is the music that supports the movie" ok, I understand that part..but why "Cast recording" I think it should be called "Show recording", it's not like they just picked a cast, made-up some songs and recorded it (and in both shows and movies, there are both a considered a cast), then that to me would be a "Cast Recording", because it's just a cast and not the show.
Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but I was like that does not make sense to me now.
Opinions and comments are greatly excepted! Please discuss!
#2re: Cast Recording and Sountracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 3:23pmThink of it as Original Cast Recording, rather than Cast Recording, and it will make more sense to you.
#3re: Cast Recording and Sountracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 3:26pmThanks Tobias and Rathn, I totally know the difference, but a friend asked me the question the other day and I explained it to her and then I started to think more about it myself. I TOTALLY understand, but started to think about it too much! LOL
#4re: Cast Recording and Sountracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 3:28pm
"Soundtrack" - referring to the audio track that plays underneath dialogue and sound effects in a film or television program.
"Cast Recording" - referring to the recording of a stage show's songs. The "Cast" is always specified as either Off-Broadway, Broadway, Revival, London, Studio, etc.
--Aristotle
#5re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 3:48pmsounDtracks
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#6re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 3:58pm
and in both shows and movies, there are both a considered a cast
But it is not the cast singing on the soundtrack. It is actually the cast singing on an OCR.
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#7re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 4:24pmThere is absolutely no difference between Soundtracks and Cast recording. You can use both interchangeably. The words mean exactly the same thing!
#8re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 4:26pmDon't rile up the children right before bedtime, Joe.
#9re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 4:28pm
If people are that picky, "Cast Recording" isn't accurate either. You're recording the orchestra as well, and the songs from a musical.
Not merely the "cast."
Let's start a hissy-fit-queeny bitch fight about THAT, now.
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#11re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 4:36pm
Yes.
Damn it.
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#12re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 4:56pm
Joe - they're not the same thing. Just because they are similar and many people who don't know the terminology use them interchangeably doesn't make it correct to do so.
Gloves and mittens are almost the same thing, but that doesn't mean either word can be correctly used to identify both. It works the same way with the cast recording vs. soundtrack thing. In the grand scheme of life, will it really matter in either case if you use the words interchangeably? No. However, it's important to understand they are different. Since, chances are, eventually what you are trying to say is going to get misunderstood by someone. Plus, if you have the knowledge, why not use it? It just makes you seem more intelligent if nothing else.
sondhead
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#13re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:02pm
The difference between the two that no one seems to be pointing out is that when you buy a soundtrack, you're buying a portion of the film (basically): the sound track, or the movie minus the video track. Of course, they mix stuff differently and take stuff out to make it fit on discs and stuff but that's the basic concept of a soundtrack.
On the other hand, a cast recording is a special and separate recording made for CD release. Literally, the cast goes in and records whatever they record hence the name cast recording.
As for cast recording not encompassing orchestra and such, once could argue that all parts of the live theatre experience are really part of the cast but if not, why don't we just call them Ensemble Recordings.
OR we could just call them Cast Recordings since no one in the not-represented groups are really all that pissed about the nomenclature here.
#14re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:05pmsorry I left the "D" out of SounDtracks. Me sorry. I think it is polite and correct to know the difference between the two. That said, for example: Dreamgirls would that be considered a Movie Cast Recording or Soundtrack, because in both they sing musical #'s?
#15re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:22pmSoundtrack. It's easier to differentiate.
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#16re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:25pmActually, it's only a soundtrack because it is literally the sound track (think of them as two separate words.. a sound track is separate from a video track) from the movie, mixed a little bit differently and cut to work well on a CD. Had the cast from the movie gone in and recorded a separate cut of the music specifically for a CD then it would be a movie cast recording.
#17re: Cast Recording and Soundtracks----the difference?
Posted: 12/21/06 at 5:29pm
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