where i can get some background music?

[kudamon]

Do either of you have an orchestrial (no lyrics) version of the U.S digimon theme?

[Deleted]

No, I'm afraid not. Do you mean the Album theme, or the TV theme? You'd have to ask either Paul Gordon or Shuki Levy. Paul Gordon actually has a website: www.stayawakemusic.com/

[rain]

ggctuk have you managed to contact any other artist than Udi? Just wondering how it's going with missing tracks.

[Deleted]

Nope. Amotz Plessner hasn't responded, and I cannot get the webmaster of the Shuki Levy site to respond either.

[rain]

cant you ask udi if he knows how to contact?

maybe video uploader knows him... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRveTXtvGLU&feature=player_embedded#!

Got something to say?
www.in.com/discuss/shuki-levy_419332.html

ifthereishellbelow.blogspot.com/2010/12/shuki-levy-man-who-soundtracked-your.html << email at right side.

just another related page. Looks like Haim Saban is also linked to him somehow, maybe he knowd how to contact him.

www.last.fm/music/Shuki+Levy looks like ther's some other social environments that might know shuki.

He lives in , Israel which means hie might not have as good internet access as we have in europe/america.

Looks like i found him.
english.b144.co.il/search.aspx?txtNamePrivate=shuki+levy&txtCityPrivate=&txtStreetPrivate=&txtStreetNPrivate=&_private=0&_p=&_lang=EN

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I think I found how to contact him but not gonna share it publically. Now question is: do you (ggctuk) want to talk him yourself or you want me to try it? I could PM you some valuable info if you want...

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Dec 20, 2010 14:17:34 GMT -5 rain said:

cant you ask udi if he knows how to contact?

maybe video uploader knows him... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRveTXtvGLU&feature=player_embedded#!

Got something to say?
www.in.com/discuss/shuki-levy_419332.html

ifthereishellbelow.blogspot.com/2010/12/shuki-levy-man-who-soundtracked-your.html << email at right side.

just another related page. Looks like Haim Saban is also linked to him somehow, maybe he knowd how to contact him.

www.last.fm/music/Shuki+Levy looks like ther's some other social environments that might know shuki.

He lives in , Israel which means hie might not have as good internet access as we have in europe/america.

Looks like i found him.
english.b144.co.il/search.aspx?txtNamePrivate=shuki+levy&txtCityPrivate=&txtStreetPrivate=&txtStreetNPrivate=&_private=0&_p=&_lang=EN

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I think I found how to contact him but not gonna share it publically. Now question is: do you (ggctuk) want to talk him yourself or you want me to try it? I could PM you some valuable info if you want...

I'll let you do the honours first.

[rain]

ok, but how should i ask him? How you started with udi? 1 wrong word and he might never give music out then. Is that list what you posted in this topic on page 5 (« Reply #65 on Dec 12, 2010, 12:29pm ») all?.

And how to politely start communication with him? since my first language isnt't englsih.. I can't think of anything better than:

Hi!
Are you Shuki Levy who wrote music for Digimon?

if he answers yes i would ask

I am interested on your Digimon sound tracks that haven't released, would you mind sharing these with me?

I am not sure but ... i guess it already contains some mistakes and maybe impolite expressions.. or something.

.. I never asked anything from anyone I don't know... would be better if you give me some suggestions at least..

[Deleted]

No, you want to ask for information first, what his role is - information here is just as valuable as the score itself as it can help us figure out the order. And ask if it is possible to persuade the current copyright holders to release some of the previously unreleased stuff. Reference 4Kids composer Joel Douek on YouTube, who released a slew of unreleased Yu-Gi-Oh! music (www.youtube.com/user/otmny), show him how popular that move by Joel Doeuk was (446293 views on all the Yu-Gi-Oh music videos he posted on YouTube, 33,181 channel views). I'll see what I can come up with in the next few days as a rough template of what I might say.

[sulix]

Hi all,

I think that 'bug music' own the rights at the moment. www.bugmusic.com/

There was a press release around a month ago saying that they'd bought the rights to Saban Music Group's entire catalogue.

They've got an extensive contact page, so it might be wise to send some email their way. Bug music are known to licence out their music: perhaps there's a chance there.

Cheers,

-- Sulix

[Deleted]

People I can deal with. Corporations take more persuasion. Still, it's worth a shot.

[rain]

have you asked from udi how to contact shuki? I found few shukis from skype, which isn't too much to find out which one is right, but... I not even sure if all of them can speak english...

[Deleted]

I have a feeling that more success may lie with this Bug Music company. Give me some time and I'll come up with a letter to them, as I said it needs a different approach with a company. If Bug Music has their entire catalogue, then there's a chance they may release the music, either commercially, or allow a composer promo.

I'm going to fire off a letter to Bug Music's London office some time, see if they respond. If anybody wants to try and they live in the UK, here's their address:

Bug Music - London
Unit 4, The Courtyard, Swan Centre
Fishers Lane, Chiswick
London, W4 1RX United Kingdom

And here's their NY office:

Bug Music - New York
347 W. 36th Street
Suite 1203
New York, NY 10018
Tel - 212-643-0925 Fax - 212-643-0897

Here's their press release:

Bug Becomes Teenage Mutant Ninja Pubco With Saban Holdings
Bug Music has acquired the worldwide rights to the publishing catalog of Saban Music Group, which encompasses such popular kids’ TV franchises as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Digimon, the Addams Family Reunion, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Generation and more. Created to build on the catalog first developed when Haim Saban served as producer of Power Rangers, Spiderman and other top children’s shows, the catalog includes theme songs; score music; and cues from more than 90 TV series, 3,700 episodes, and 100 made-for-TV films and specials.

Exciting news this is!

[rain]

Have you tried to contact Paul Gordon?([e-mail]) and have you tried to ask udi if he knows how to contact shuki?

I am about mailing them, but before i mail i want to be sure that you haven't don't this yet.

[Deleted]

No, because before then I was assuming that Shuki Levy, who co-owns Saban Music Group, still owned the rights to the music, and that was why I was trying to get hold of Shuki. Obviously he no longer owns these rights, Bug Music does. Bug Music has an impressive catalogue already so I don't see why they wouldn't be willing to release a Digimon soundtrack.

Do not worry, I am currently writing the letter now.

EDIT: Here's the letter as it stands now (Parts blanked out for obvious reasons):

Gareth Thomas
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Date: 22 December, 2010

Dear Sir/Madam,

I was recently informed about Bug Music obtaining the entire catalogue of Saban Music Group. As a fan of the music of Digimon this naturally is an interesting development. I have written to you to ask if there are any plans to release the score of Digimon, commercially or otherwise, in the near future. I write this letter as a dedicated fan frustrated by the fact that Saban has, at least in the eyes of the fans who have grown up watching Digimon, failed to release the orchestral scores for the show, written and performed by Shuki Levy, and Udi Harpaz and Amotz Plessner for the Digimon movie. At the time, and indeed today, there are a few of us who were still vocal about attempting to persuade Saban to release the score, even though our efforts have been too spread out to do any real good. It’s more for the fact that many fans believe it futile to even attempt to ask about the score, and instead they rely on downloading or importing the music of the Japanese version which, while it is no replacement for the music used in the English dub of the show, seems to have been the only course available.

I hope you will take time to consider the voicing of a dedicated fan who speaks for all the fans when I say that we would be indebted if you would release the score to Digimon. I myself would willingly pay to have this score after eleven years of my first watching the show.

Thank you for taking the time to read a rambling fan’s letter. I hope you can reply soon.

Yours sincerely,

Gareth Thomas.

[rain]

I think shuki might have something that Bug Music might not have. Bug Music might want some $$$, then we need either $$$ or some experienced haskers