I recieved an email with a link to www.TVShowsOnDVD.com and was directed to this...
Release timeframe and music...
10/08/2003
Fox has scheduled the season one to be released sometime in Feb, 2004. The date will be confirmed when the set is officially announced, hopefully by the end of October.
We also learned that music in the show has been replaced for the DVDs, which isn't much of a surprise. We have no idea which songs were replaced, or how many, but we know of at least one new song added to the set. While fans may be upset by this, it had to be done. With the music companies blaming lower profits on file trading they have started viewing music licensing for DVDs as another source of income. Since there's no set price for music used on DVDs, this often results in the music companies asking astronomical prices. Studios are faced with the bottom line; can we afford to license all the music used in the show and keep the price of the set reasonable? Unfortunately the amount of music used in Roswell would force Fox to charge hundreds of dollars per set, pricing it out of the range of most fans.
So Fox was faced with replacing the music or not releasing the show at all. I think we can all agree that they're making the right choice by going ahead with the release. At least consumers will be buying the set knowing the music has been changed, which hasn't been the case with some sets from other companies.
Even with the music changes, I'm still looking forward to the set being released.
Thanks to Frank Forrester who wrote in to tell us that the music was being changed on the set. Frank let us know that "The Waking Hours" had licensed a song for the first season release which hadn't appeared in the broadcast airing.
Pretty cool!!!
Release timeframe and music...
10/08/2003
Fox has scheduled the season one to be released sometime in Feb, 2004. The date will be confirmed when the set is officially announced, hopefully by the end of October.
We also learned that music in the show has been replaced for the DVDs, which isn't much of a surprise. We have no idea which songs were replaced, or how many, but we know of at least one new song added to the set. While fans may be upset by this, it had to be done. With the music companies blaming lower profits on file trading they have started viewing music licensing for DVDs as another source of income. Since there's no set price for music used on DVDs, this often results in the music companies asking astronomical prices. Studios are faced with the bottom line; can we afford to license all the music used in the show and keep the price of the set reasonable? Unfortunately the amount of music used in Roswell would force Fox to charge hundreds of dollars per set, pricing it out of the range of most fans.
So Fox was faced with replacing the music or not releasing the show at all. I think we can all agree that they're making the right choice by going ahead with the release. At least consumers will be buying the set knowing the music has been changed, which hasn't been the case with some sets from other companies.
Even with the music changes, I'm still looking forward to the set being released.
Thanks to Frank Forrester who wrote in to tell us that the music was being changed on the set. Frank let us know that "The Waking Hours" had licensed a song for the first season release which hadn't appeared in the broadcast airing.
Pretty cool!!!
, are fine by me. History of the UPN series. 
ido-- i'm pretty happy. After all, I'm sure that whoever chose the replacement songs, did so with some effort to preserve the tone of the scenes they are replaced in. 
...I don't personally think, with the exception of a few cases, that the music on Roswell "made" the show. (You know, not like the music on Signs 
) And like RM suggested, I'll bet the people who replaced the songs tried to "keep the mood." Although, I also have to agree that it does sort of take away from the "authenticity," when the music is different from the original. My DVD's will seem a little "off" from my tapes -- which I've probably watched enough times to memorize without trying!! 
But still, for the most part, I doubt it will bother me that much -- I'll be way to thrilled to finally have S1 on DVD, with *commentary* 
someone help me! 