Talk:Brandish (SNES)

Opening Theme Theories

User 7HeroesForceBattle posted a theory as to why the Opening theme was changed. Here's what he said:

"The opening theme was completely changed for the North American release. While the exact reason for this is unknown, it may relate to a case of (presumably) accidental copyright infringement. The introductions in the original 1991 releases for PC-98 and FM Towns, as well as the ports to Turbo CD and SNES released in June 1994, all used minor variations on a theme generally known as "Opening". It was eventually noticed, however, that major parts of the song seemed quite similar to a 1939 composition by celebrated Spanish musician Joaquín Rodrigo - specifically, the second movement (Adagio) of his popular Concierto de Aranjuez, which apparently got such widespread exposure that some people assumed the section must be a much older song (and part of the public domain).

While the exact sequence of events (as well as how the infringement happened) can only be speculated about, what is known is that the North American release of the SNES port debuted in February 1995 with a brand new opening theme, and the enhanced "Renewal" version released for PC-98 in October featured yet another new theme, "Prologue". The latter would eventually be arranged into "Tradition" for the first part of the PSP remake's opening, as well as weaved into several other song arrangements in the title. Meanwhile, the composer of the new SNES opening remains unknown, and it has never been used again." 

ReyVGM (talk) 04:20, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

I did some digging and Rodrigo's works would be under copyright laws of the Berne convention, which would cover the work until 50 years after the author of the work's death. Rodrigo passed away in 1999 so his work would still be under copyright in 1991. I'm not in a place where I can listen to the audio samples at the moment so I cannot speak regarding how similar the composition is to Rodrigo's work. - S SoNick (talk) 07:50, 6 November 2023 (UTC)