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Soundtrack Genres
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I organise my physical soundtrack CDs by name of the movie or TV show, and I keep them in a genre of "soundtrack", because the CDs as units make sense that way. I can find a physical CD easily because I know it was from the "Blah" movie.
However, this is not useful in iTunes, because a lot of the functionality of iTunes and the iPod comes from individualising tags. If I have a goth rock track from a soundtrack, with the genre "soundtrack", it won't come up in goth rock smart playlists unless I include the soundtrack genre. If you do that, you'll also get all the "Bambi", "Reservoir Dogs", "Star Wars", etc. songs. Where's the goth rock in that?
The solution: Treat each song individually. Tag each song with it's actual genre. Then add a keyword, "soundtrack" in the comments field. Now the goth rock songs from soundtracks _will_ come up in my goth rock playlist, and if you really want to look for soundtrack songs, use the keyword in the comments tag.
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by japester on Feb 15 | 8:00 pm
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There is also a checkbox labeled "Part of a Compilation". With this, you label each song with its corresponding album, ie. "A Life Less Ordinary", artist, and genre. Then, you can create a Smart Playlist© that looks for any song where "Compilation is set" or "Genre is Soundtrack". Label it as "Soundtracks". Sort the playlist by album name, and, voila! Instant soundtrack gratification!