by calros » Wed May 10, 2006 9:53 pm
HK - movie definition of "music composer" is the man who creates and / or borrows (from other sources including other movies) the music for a movie.
The man who creates the music ONLY for the songs of a movie is a music composer, too.
The lyricist of these songs is not a music composer to me, but if the lyricist ALSO writes the music of the songs, is a music composer to me.
If anyone wants to create a new "job" for lyricist and singers, it is OK for me, but it will be very complicated because many movies have many lyricists and singers, you will have to separate them by (the name of the) song, etc.
Ah! Norman Wong, David Wu, etc. are "music borrowers" (film editors or sound editors who borrow music from other sources by other music composers).