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Brian,

It is an important bit of information to know. However, I didn't not make that distinction in the original posting because even the background cues are played at high levels and lower levels throughout the scene. It would not work if the song was not "polished" as the quality would have been obvious at all of the higher levels and even when they are not at the highest levels.

For example, Cue #11, "Tighten Up," It starts off at a high level and continues until the dialogue starts and the levels are dropped to make it appear as just background music. Then there's few seconds of no dialogue and the levels are raised to about half of the highest level. Then we cut to the kitchen and the level is at its lowest with some echo/reverb effect added to give the impression that the music is coming from another room. Then as the scene ends the levels are raised just a bit. This one had to be well polished.

The only song that is never at a high level is Cue #24, "Dreamt," and that cue has been closed to submissions almost since the beginning. It is totally a low volume level cue.

I had a scene in a past film where we were looking specifically for songs that were not fully produced, i.e., scratch demos, because it was supposed to sound like the kids in the band in the garage where playing the song. The demo sounding songs that came in were still of pretty good quality but not that mastered sound.

There are times when these unpolished tracks are necessary.