Heaven 17 Front Man Martyn Ware Reveals He Rejected Rockstar Games’ $7500 Offer To Buyout The Band’s “Temptation” Song For Grand Theft Auto VI
Heaven 17 Front Man Martyn Ware Reveals He Rejected Rockstar Games’ $7500 Offer To Buyout The Band’s “Temptation” Song For Grand Theft Auto VI
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Wow
Now the question remains: will we ever hear of Heaven 17 ever again? Or was that $7500 and millions of listens and exposure worth it? I say they should have sold the song
> To put this in context, Grand Theft Auto 6 grossed, wait for it… $8.6 BILLION.”
Living in the future ;D
First off, I don’t believe it. I don’t think this guy was ever contacted by Rockstar. I think this is a publicity stunt. The song is obscure and mediocre and barely fits the theme of the game, certainly doesn’t fit the time period.
Secondly, I would have taken the fucking money if I were this guy. Nobody knows who you are, nobody’s gonna listen to your music ever again, might as well take the $7500 and a chance at exposing millions upon millions of people to your catalogue. You may not make royalties on that one song ever again but nobody said anything about your other songs.
7500 is very cheapskatting from Rockstar even if it isnt a famous song.
i am glad that rockstar apparently want to just pay a upfront fee and get permission to use the song in the game forever, i hate when music licenses are the cause of games being pulled, and if this is a move towards preventing that, then thats great.
now, is 7500USD a good offer? i simply dont know enough about the music or finance world to judge that, i think i would have taken that for GTA 6, just due to the expected cultural impact and exposure, but say Far Cry 7? probably not
Sorry, _who_?
That’s insane. This is going to be the biggest piece of media to release for the last decade. GTA V is already the biggest media release ever financially. This band would’ve had hundreds of millions of people hear this song and GTA radio stations have always been popular and well liked. These dudes likely just missed out on at least 10 of millions, if not hundreds of millions of streams of their other music because of saying no.
Like I get where they’re coming from and would usually agree. But would’ve been a massive boost to them and all their other music. Super unlikely them saying no to this and any popularity they gain from this decision will compare to if they’d said yes. Most people and companies would literally *pay* to have their stuff put into GTA V or VI.
Imagine not wanting your song in GTA
It peaked at No.2 in the UK charts in 1983. Their most successful single. It’s a very recognisable song due to the subject. $7500 is a pittance. Just because some people aren’t aware of it doesn’t detract from its inherent value.
I am just happy rockstar buys out songs and doesnt go the royalty way like in GTA 3 VC SA and even IV songs have to be removed from the game after a certain amount of years if royalties are not profitable anymore to pay
Considering that they aren’t that well known… they likely would have made a lot from people streaming it after the game came out.
They likely lost millions from this.