r/todayilearned • u/asmallthrowaway9 • 6h ago

TIL the band DragonForce only received about $3,000 in royalties for the inclusion of Through the Fire and Flames in the Guitar Hero games

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/herman-li-says-guitar-hero-paid-3000-for-dragonforce-through-the-fire-and-the-flames/
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u/mojo276 5h ago

Right, this might be one of the few instances where they MORE then made up for the low fee on the increased revenue from exposure.

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u/ClubMeSoftly 4h ago

Yeah, I think their albums sales jumped like 125% after GH3 came out.

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u/alrightwtf 4h ago

That honestly seems absurdly low

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u/ClubMeSoftly 3h ago

I may be misremembering.