R.I.P. Gyorgy Ligeti

[Dave Monroe]

Robert C. Cumbow's article on the music tells us how
György Ligeti "took successful legal action for the
unauthorized modification of his music", particularly
concerning the electronically treated excerpts from
Ligeti's Adventures.

As a matter of fact, Ligeti never got as far as to the
court with his case. The story is this: Ligeti met a
friend, who'd seen "2001:A Space Odyssey". The friend
commented on the use of Ligeti's music in the film -
much to Ligeti's surprise: he had not seen it himself.
What is more, Kubrick had never asked permission to
use Ligeti's compositions. His lawyer contacted MGM,
claiming that the use of Ligeti's music was illegal -
MGM replied that Ligeti had every right to complain,
but since all of the legal business was taken care of
by an English agency, a lawsuit should be addressed to
the people in England. This was the beginning of a
lengthy correspondence proving that Ligeti had a case,
but that a judicial process would be long and costly.
Finally Ligeti decided not to go to court. An
agreement was made with Kubrick's management securing
the composer a compensation - probably a lot less than
what he was entitled to, yet still more than what was
the first intention of Kubrick and MGM....

http://www.in70mm.com/newsletter/1997/48/soundtrack/2001.htm

Refering to the Rhino OST CD booklet ...

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