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"Moses Theme" (Journey) by Ennio Morricone

Oldiesmann

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Oldiesmann @ 2018-03-25 21:16:47 UTC

Running into some major confusion on this one.


Italian composer Ennio Morricone wrote music for the 1973/74 miniseries Moses the Lawgiver. One of the songs on the soundtrack is "Moses Theme (Journey)", otherwise known as "Tema Di Mosè (Viaggio)" on the Italian release of the soundtrack.


If I search for "Journey" in SIAE, I find one credited to both Morricone and his wife Maria Tavia, which doesn't seem to be the correct one because the soundtrack album only credits Morricone.


If I search for "Viaggio" instead, I find the following:

"Tema Di Mose (Viaggio)" credited to Morricone (no ISWC)

"Viaggio" credited to Morricone (two different entries with different ISWCs and different publishers)


ASCAP lists both "Journey" and "Viaggio" as well, though "Viaggio" doesn't have an ISWC associated with it ("Not assigned" according to ASCAP), but the publisher info matches one of the entries in SIAE.


Both versions of "Viaggio" are also listed in the ISWC database.


To make things even more confusing, the "Journey" listed in ASCAP is listed as being performed by Yo Yo Ma, which is the cover version I'm looking to add.


Do I just add it as "Journey" and ignore the "Viaggio" pieces?