Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
prime d'écriture
English translation:
commission fee
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Speakering (X)
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A fee paid to the composer of a film soundtrack (according to the agreement I'm translating, the budget for the sountrack includes the "prime et cachet du compositeur").
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | commission fee |
Speakering (X)
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| 3 +1 | bonus |
David Vaughn
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| 3 | creative fee |
Vicky James
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Sep 4, 2008 17:28: Speakering (X) Created KOG entry
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commission fee
this is the fee paid to basically have the composer on board, before he even writes anything.
[DOC] Commissioning Music: A Basic Guide
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Base the commission fee on the composer’s reputation, length of the work, .... Librettist fees are separate and range from 20% of the composer's fee to a ...
www.meetthecomposer.org/programs/CommBasicGde04.doc - Similar pages
[DOC] Commissioning Music: A Basic Guide
File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
Base the commission fee on the composer’s reputation, length of the work, .... Librettist fees are separate and range from 20% of the composer's fee to a ...
www.meetthecomposer.org/programs/CommBasicGde04.doc - Similar pages
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13 mins
creative fee
...Your entire music budget, even with the composer's creative fee and orchestra, will still cost you less than any other single element in your production.
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bonus
The cachet is the normal "fee", I would assume this is a bonus - perhaps tied to respecting dates or something.
Does the word appear more than once? The passage you quote doesn't include "d'écriture" - but if the prime is "d'écriture", it is possible the composer will also record (or be musical director) for the OST, and the bonus applies for finishing the first stage - "writing".
If this is a small production, it is possible that normal procedures are not followed.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-08-25 13:04:08 GMT)
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To somewhat clarify, in France composers are generally paid (for composing) in one of two ways - in droits or in cachet. Cachets are most often used when composers are performing musicians who receives/received a substantial part of their income from performing. But the composer may also be paid on a film for directing the orchestra, or singing, or whatever.
However "prime" implies something beyond these approaches.
Does the word appear more than once? The passage you quote doesn't include "d'écriture" - but if the prime is "d'écriture", it is possible the composer will also record (or be musical director) for the OST, and the bonus applies for finishing the first stage - "writing".
If this is a small production, it is possible that normal procedures are not followed.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-08-25 13:04:08 GMT)
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To somewhat clarify, in France composers are generally paid (for composing) in one of two ways - in droits or in cachet. Cachets are most often used when composers are performing musicians who receives/received a substantial part of their income from performing. But the composer may also be paid on a film for directing the orchestra, or singing, or whatever.
However "prime" implies something beyond these approaches.
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