Original Music
Due to licensing costs, entrance themes are often composed by the promotion for which the wrestlers perform in order to avoid having to pay royalties. A promotion might also purchase music from production libraries, which is considered to be cheaper than the royalties of commercial music, or use public domain music, which is available for no fee. Due to less restrictive copyright laws in Mexico, Lucha libre promotions use mostly popular songs. In addition, ECW used popular music in order to promote a hip, edgy, counter-culture image. ECW owner Paul Heyman previously worked in the music industry, and used his contacts there to secure more affordable licensing deals for music. For example, ECW licensed Metallica's "Enter Sandman" for their performer, Sandman (Jim Fullington)– but only licensed the music for live events and broadcasts. On TV and DVD productions, the song was replaced by a cover version performed by Motörhead, which was significantly cheaper to license for distribution than the original. One common misconception about ECW's licensing habits occurs because often the original music can be heard on "fan-cam" tapes. Because ECW events were heavily traded via these bootleg-style "fan-cam" videos, it is often assumed that ECW didn't license their music, but in truth, all of ECW's official productions used properly licensed music.
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