Re: [mb-users] A style question

On 03/26/2013 04:16 AM, Louis LSJ Kruger wrote:
> I now looked at "Paint Your Wagon: Music from the Motion Picture
> Soundtrack".
> 
> I thought that the performing artist would be indicated as the artist of
> each track, but now the album artist is indicated.

It depends on how they are credited on the release.

If the release lists the performers for each track, that should be
listed; otherwise it should be the release artist, or the composer if no
release artist is listed.

See
http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Specific_types_of_releases/Soundtrack
for details.