Talk:How I Met Your Music

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Did you know... that the first soundtrack album from How I Met Your Mother, titled How I Met Your Music, was originally released only through iTunes because the creators considered CDs to be "too 1992"?

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Difference between the original and the "Deluxe" sets[edit]

Something that could be elucidated. This is really two albums. Indeed, the track listing is obviously of one (the original album), not both, and should be clarified. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 00:33, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Might be good to add the second list of tracks? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:42, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Might also be good to consider retitling (and moving) the article to indicate it includes both album iterations. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:52, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Added a reference for the Deluxe album, which appears to be a whole new set of tracks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:58, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution[edit]

Text and ref copied from How I met your mother to How I Met Your Music (Original Songs from the Hit Series "How I Met Your Mother"). See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:15, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Copied reference from How I Met Your Music (Original Songs from the Hit Series "How I Met Your Mother") to How I met your mother. See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:01, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Deluxe Edition cover art[edit]

Hello, HeyJude70. I think File:How I Met Your Music Deluxe - Artwork.jpg is ~~unnecessary and ineffective to help readers understand the article subject. It's~~ more of a mere visual identification to one of releases. Also, the Deluxe edition is not adequately covered in context by reliable sources. The standard artwork should suffice enough. What do you think? --George Ho (talk) 19:13, 6 June 2017 (UTC); amended. 19:14, 6 June 2017 (UTC); partially struck. 00:12, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, there are two albums. This is the sequel. Both are rooted in the same series. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:06, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oh... didn't realize. Well, there are Music of Heroes, Music of the Final Fantasy Tactics series, and Music of Friends. More of those seen at search results to compare, IMO... For consistency's sake, how about restructuring the article and scope into "Music of How I Met Your Mother"? --George Ho (talk) 00:12, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Given that it is two albums named How I Met Your Music, the second being a 'Deluxe' album that has a different track listing, I think that the current title is appropriate. However, some information not restricted to being directly about the album can be removed, but there is a lack of information directly involving the album. Furthermore, given the success of the TV show, the album needs to be given it's own article. ThomDevexx ॐ (talk) 14:10, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

George Ho might be on to something.

to renaming. It also gets rid of the reasons for the carping about the scope of the article. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:09, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I see one disagreeing. May I start the RM to propose a title and scope change then? George Ho (talk) 16:57, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As a title: How I Met Your Mother -- music and soundtracks? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:36, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but I was thinking "Music of How I Met Your Mother", especially per consistency. George Ho (talk) 17:50, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No objection from me. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:52, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 7 June 2017[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: No consensus. IronGargoyle (talk) 01:25, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How I Met Your Music → Music of How I Met Your Mother – Initially, I thought that the second album cover is of the re-release of the first soundtrack. However, I realized that it was of the second soundtrack. (see #Deluxe Edition cover art.) Currently, the article discusses two separate soundtracks of How I Met Your Mother, yet the title of the first soundtrack, How I Met Your Music, is used. If the title is changed, then the scope and the structure of the article should change as well. Also, it should be consistent with articles using "Music of" for soundtracks based on fixed media, like film or TV. George Ho (talk) 18:43, 7 June 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. SkyWarrior 14:34, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My only problem with this is that it is a page for the actual album How I Met Your Music. Will The Music of How I Met Your Music. Will there be a section for the album (with album artwork, tracklisting etc)? It seems like there could be two separate articles, one being about the music used and bands featured in the show, with a (see main article: How I Met Your Music) section and the other being this minus the information about the other music used in the show. Just my opinion ThomDevexx ॐ (talk) 15:46, 11 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Who's on first? E Eng 17:00, 11 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Normally a move like this will lead to the deletion of the album cover images. There is a cabal of users who believe that WP:NFCCP #8 ("Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic...") and/or WP:NFCI #1 ("Cover art from various items, for visual identification only in the context of critical commentary of that item [not for identification without critical commentary].") preclude use of cover images in articles not dedicated to the soundtracks themselves, even when there is a dedicated section on the soundtrack. However, images have survived in some of these such as Music of The Hobbit film series and Music of Twin Peaks. Game of Thrones has both a Music of Game of Thrones and individual soundtrack articles but there is a lot more material to work with there. — AjaxSmack 21:40, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Did this album appear on any sales-popularity charts? I see no references in Billboard magazine. ~~Unless a reference is provided, I support the move.~~ Power~enwiki (talk) 21:44, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It was a download only album precluding it from the Billboard 200 at that time. It hit #8 on the Billboard Soundtracks chart[1]. — AjaxSmack 23:46, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. All possible outcomes are fine with me, I'll let people with stronger opinions discuss this one. Power~enwiki (talk) 23:53, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment as nom - Hmm... I re-read the opening sentence, which I recently reformatted. Then I re-looked at the cover of the second soundtrack, which contains both "How I Met Your Mother" at the top and "How I Met Your Music: Deluxe" at the bottom. I realized that restructuring may still be needed, even when the title doesn't change. Still, I wasn't sold on the combined infobox holding two images and separating two structures "The albums" and "Track listing". I was going to strike this part out from my OP: "If the title is changed, then the scope and the structure of the article should change as well." However, while the scope of the article should match the title, and the lead is already explanatory, readers typing or clicking "How I Met Your Music" would be confused by the structuring of the article. Indeed, I may have issues with the current structure of the article. I'm fine with "The series" section, but I think "The Albums" and "track listing" sections should be rearranged. How about each separate section for a soundtrack? That way, there can be two separate infoboxes in one article. Also, the word "problematic" sounds like an opinion to me and either needs a direct attribution or a rephrase. Also, many readers rely on the "Table of contents" that has clickable links to specific sections. Any reader wanting to read just track listings would find two track listings in one section. Nevertheless, no need to add more info about each soundtrack if such additional info is unavailable at the moment. BTW, I created "How I Met Your Music: Deluxe" as a redirect to this article. --George Ho (talk) 09:55, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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