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Some songs from Baby Driver soundtrack grayed out

Why are some of the songs from the Baby Driver soundtrack available yet others are not (grayed out and cannot download or play)?

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Posted on Jul 1, 2017 8:07 AM

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Posted on Jul 3, 2017 11:43 AM

Though I would personally prefer if they were able to just make the album available for streaming, there is a playlist available here that has most of the songs on it.

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Dec 26, 2017 1:05 AM in response to Kelub

Kelub wrote:


There's a playlist by Filtr that has all the songs, and the cover art for the playlist is the movie's soundtrack art. I don't get how the songs can all individually be in Apple Music, but not licensed to be available officially for the soundtrack. Silly.

HI,

Soundtrack albums often has music sourced from different sources ie different record labels. The label that has compiled the album has the rights to sell the it either by Cd or digital download. The owners of the copyright decides what music can be included in the streaming services - they usually want to reserve this for themselves. Therefore, we have the situation where some tracks from the original compilation are not available but a playlist can be created by compiling the songs from all available sources in Apple Music.


You often find this in greatest hits compilations where the artist has recorded for different record labels. At the end of the day, it all depends on who has the rights to allow the music to be included in streaming services.


Jim

Some songs from Baby Driver soundtrack grayed out

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