Quote Originally Posted by The Ceej View Post
Yeah. I don't understand why people want to use existing songs for the soundtrack of their life. I mentioned earlier I would have John Williams compose the score, and I expected that to get people thinking in a different direction about the soundtrack of their lives. Existing songs aren't personal. They don't get the job done. You should have something composed just for the occasion. Besides, movie soundtracks are always better when the soundtrack is composed rather than stolen from existing sources.
Though I disagree with your sentiments about original scores being better than compilations; that's a topic for another thread

But to be honest, if you were going for originality, wouldn't it be better to compose the music yourself since commissioning someone else to do it for you would still count as a biographical expression of yourself? To me, having a composer commisioned to do it for you is the same as choosing pre-existing music to express yourself since both processes lack the level of personalization to truly reflect who an individual is. But that's just my take on it...

Besides, the method of choosing pre-existing songs allows others to better understand and learn about another individual. We can listen to the music and understand where they are coming from; at least from a minor level.