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I would like to ask about whom should we attribute as the artist for the album BTS World: Original Soundtrack. If we think about it, technically-speaking, we cannot attribute BTS as the sole artist for the album since not all tracks in the album were written/produced/performed by the group. Thus, is it not more appropriate to use various artists as the attribution for the artists of the album? Just like any other soundtrack albums that combine songs and musical scores into one physical album (e.g. Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Memories of the Alhambra: Original Soundtrack), a soundtrack album is usually attributed to various artists since more than one artists were recognized as writer/producer/performer for the tracks inside such albums.
In addition, Spotify and Deezer both attribute the album to various artists. Even in the BTS-Big Hit Entertainment website, particularly on the Discography page, the latest album by the group is Map of the Soul: Persona, not BTS World: Original Soundtrack, since the former is really a BTS album while the latter is a soundtrack album produced as a collaboration of various artists (BTS, other performers, and the composers for the game's musical score). —Nairb.Idi9 (talk)
I browsed some Korean music website and found that Melon, Genie and Music Bugs all credit BTS as the OST main artist. What about using BTS and various artists? --Chiyako92 13:36, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
I also thought the same as that, but considering that this album is not just any other album, being a soundtrack album, I cannot help but think that using the term various artists is still more appropriate. I do understand why anyone, even me, at the first place would attribute the album solely to BTS, knowing that its first four tracks are, irrefutably, BTS songs written for a game that is part of the entirety of the BTS franchise. But the fact remains that the album is a soundtrack album (not an EP, nor a single album, nor a compilation album, etc). I don't know if there are Wikipedia manual of styles concerning articles on soundtrack albums but that is how I see this case. This is just my opinion.... I'd love to see how other editors view this case. Thanks for the info/suggestion! —Nairb.Idi9 (talk)
In addition, I think that the use of the phrase BTS and various artists might sound misleading or vague since, if I am not mistaken, attribution to an album is given to the artist/s who are considered the overall author/s of the works inside the album. As the track listing itself implies, I think that using the term various artists is more appropriate. Using various artists also shows the collaborative nature of soundtrack albums, as a work completed between different composers, producers, singers, etc. completing different musical pieces (song, score/background music, etc.).
I think these references serve as proof for this attribution:
Yeung (n.d.): BTS World: Original Soundtrack is "...not an official BTS album per se..." It contains "...instrumental compositions by Kang Minkook, who wrote one theme song per BTS member, and showcased tracks by Korean indie duo Okdal and Big Hit labelmate Lee Hyun. Despite not being an actual BTS effort, the soundtrack still managed to land at number 72 on the Billboard 200 while simultaneously topping the Korean charts." The author also reiterates this in this review to the actual album.
