K> "So filk must have words?" Generally, but not exclusively, yes. The
 K> exception for me is instrumental music which is specifically intended to

So there is no agreement.

 K> Re the movie existing in the future: The_Blue_Danube is not filk even
 K> though it was used in 2001. If/when the hypothetical movie is released,
 K> and if/when filkers as a community decide they want to take this theme
 K> as part of the filk repertoire, then we can reconsider the question.
 K> Until then, I don't quite see why the question arises...?

What does a movie have to do with the soundtrack for the book "Shadows of
Empire?"  Music is used to evoke a mood in movies and it is used the same way
for the book.

A strict definition I was given recently is that Filk is music based on
Science Fiction books and stories.  This person hated what "passed for filk"
in most of the filk rooms he has been in in the past 5 ot 6 years.

I don't know if the book soundtrack is filk, but I do know that your reasons
for saying it is not are much to shallow.
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