Quantum Leap

[jpskewedthrone]

I loved this series and believe I caught every episode at the time, so I've been flirting with the idea of buying the DVDs. However, after looking online, I have discovered that Universal (who released the DVDs) screwed with the music in some of the seasons, in particular, Season 2.

So what's the deal with this? Are they seriously saying that the only way I can get ahold of these episodes is with the wrong music? I don't want the wrong music. I want the original series, with the original music.

Does anyone know what the deal is with this, and whether or not it's been resolved so that I can get the original music? I mean, sure the show is about Sam and Al and all of the jumps, but since it's about time travel, the music seems to me to be an integral part of the jumps.

Comments

[kmarkhoover.livejournal.com]

Huh. That sucks if true. :(

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

They don't want to pay for the rights to the original music again. I've seen this happen with other series on DVD as well. It totally blows.

[mindyklasky.livejournal.com]

Alas, this happens a lot with DVD releases. The copyright licenses that let them air the shows over TV do not extend to DVD release. Rather than go back and negotiate new licenses (which might not be possible in all cases, because the performers might not be around anymore...) they substitute available music.

It's really lousy when you're watching something like WKRP in Cincinatti (sp?)

[mouseferatu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this happens a lot, especially with older shows. Completely ruined a few episodes of The Greatest American Hero when I got it on DVD. (Heck, one of the episodes actually makes reference in dialogue to a song that no longer appears in that episode.) :-(

[mardott.livejournal.com]

The Greatest American Hero... what a cool show that was.

[elven-wolf.livejournal.com]

Oh that sucks. But from other comments seems like nothing to be done about it. I loved that show too. (I actually once tried to write Quantum Leap fanfiction... don't ask.)

[mardott.livejournal.com]

I already own the first season of Quantum Leap. But to tell you the truth, I don't remember anything about the music. If it was different on the DVDs, I didn't notice.

Did they do special sounds with the leaps?

[amysisson.livejournal.com]

Oh, for frak's sake. I mean, it's one thing when a show like So You Think You Can Dance can't go to DVD at all because it's too complicated to get all the appropriate permissions.

But for a show like QL, when there are a few songs per show and they tie in to the time period of the episode, that's just sad.

[house-draven.livejournal.com]

I have all the QL DVDs and never noticed a song substitution. I guess they did a good job of using similar songs. They had a similar licensing problem with Roswell, too.

[orejen.livejournal.com]

They did that with the wonderfully cheesy movie "Love at First Bite". Boyfriend and I are watching, scene starts which SHOULD have been them dancing to "I love the night life, I love to boogie" etc, and it...isn't that song. That was a letdown. :(

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

I was disappointed WKRP didn't have the original music, but I still enjoyed the first-season DVD a lot for the writing and the acting and the scenarios. I expect you'll still enjoy Quantum Leap.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

That happened with "The City On The Edge Of Forever" episode of Star Trek. They couldn't get the rights to "Good Night, Sweetheart." Ugh. That really messed up the episode.

[bookzombie.livejournal.com]

It's the main reason why a hugely popular British 1970s detective series called 'Shoestring' has never been released on VHS or DVD: the hero was a radio disc jockey and it's been regarded as prohibitively expensive to get the rights sorted.

Mind you, they managed to release 'Taking Over the Asylum', set at a radio station in a mental hospital, last year...