Recently a movie I did is to be released in USA by Lionsgate ( I am a Hong Kong movie scorer ). The original contract I signed with the studio was not a WFH contract, but according to the studio, Lionsgate insisted that to have the film distributed in USA, the contract has to be a WFH. On my stand point of course I don't want to sign this deal, the term was not on the original contract and furthermore the scoring was completed quite a while ago.
The question I'd like to raise is. is WFH a must for all scoring contracts in USA? As far as I know, WFH is not common in Europe and if the European composers do not sign the WFH deal, how are the European films distributed in USA ( if non WFH films cannot be distributed in USA )?
And for argument sake, if I have a publisher and I do not publish my works, then surely I cannot sign a WFH contract and consequently I cannot do any scoring job because ' your works cannot be distributed in USA'. This is so ridiculous....
The question I'd like to raise is. is WFH a must for all scoring contracts in USA? As far as I know, WFH is not common in Europe and if the European composers do not sign the WFH deal, how are the European films distributed in USA ( if non WFH films cannot be distributed in USA )?
And for argument sake, if I have a publisher and I do not publish my works, then surely I cannot sign a WFH contract and consequently I cannot do any scoring job because ' your works cannot be distributed in USA'. This is so ridiculous....
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