Editing Dawson's Creek (section)

===Music===
Curating popular music and breaking artists from the [[indie pop|independent]] and [[alternative rock]] genres, ''Dawson's Creek'' became impactful on shaping the television music culture of [[teen series|teen]] and other [[drama series]] in the [[1990s in music|late 1990s]] and early [[2000s in music|2000s]].<ref name="billboard20180120">{{cite magazine |first=Ilana |last=Kaplan|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8095191/dawsons-creek-music-soundtrack-history-interview|title='Dawson's Creek' Turns 20: Insiders Share Stories Behind the Music, Plot Choices & More|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=January 20, 2018|access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> Instrumentation of the episodes was generally overseen by executive [[Paul Stupin]], music supervisor John McCullough, and co-producer Drew Matich who helped artists rise to fame and made pivotal creative decisions.<ref name="billboard20180120"/> The trio approached music in "a way to convey the emotion, to convey the story," looking for songs to underplay whole sequences where viewers could also enjoy the music under dialogue.<ref name="billboard20180120"/> Thus, Stupin would often end up spending hours in the editing room with the editor going over candidates for songs that McCullough sent over. In some cases, they would look at, against picture, ten or 15 songs against each scene.<ref name="billboard20180120"/> Next to McCullough, recommendations for inclusion came "from everywhere", with writers, editors, co-producers and [[Sony Music]] executives playing pivotal roles.<ref name="billboard20180120"/>

[[File:Paula Cole @ The Triple Door (8728542794).jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Paula Cole]]'s "[[I Don't Want to Wait]]" served as the show's [[theme song]].]]
Originally, Canadian recording artist [[Alanis Morissette]]'s song "[[Hand in My Pocket]]" from her third studio album ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' (1995) served as the [[theme song]] in the unaired [[pilot episode]] of the television show. However, Morissette decided not to have it used as the theme after ''Dawson's Creek'' was picked up, prompting Stupin and McCullough to approach different artists for original material to use.<ref name="billboard20180120"/> In the meantime, The WB had licensed American singer-songwriter [[Paula Cole]]'s song "[[I Don't Want to Wait]]" from her second album ''[[This Fire (album)|This Fire]]'' (1996) and suggested them to use it instead.<ref name="billboard20180120"/> An eleventh hour decision, it was incorporated late into the promotion of the series but became a hit on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts upon the show's debut in January 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/music-90sgirls/33/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726122618/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/music-90sgirls/33/ |title=Paula Cole: Then {{!}} '90s Alternative Girls: Then & Now |website=Xfinity |archive-date=July 26, 2012|access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> The first season's [[Film score|score]] was provided by [[Adam Fields]], including the "End Credits Theme", which was used on all six seasons.<ref name="netflix"/>

Because [[Sony Music]] failed to secure the rights for home video and [[online streaming]] services when the show was produced and did not wish to pay for them later, most of the songs that aired in the original broadcasts were replaced in the DVD editions and upon the [[video-on-demand]] debut of the show.<ref name="netflix">{{cite web |first=Joe |last=Satran|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/dawsons-creek-theme-song-netflix_n_1683506.html|title=Netflix's 'Dawson's Creek' Theme Song Closes Tortured Saga|website=[[Huffington Post]]|date=July 19, 2012|access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> Starting with the third season, "I Don't Want to Wait" was also dropped from the [[opening sequence]] of the DVD releases due to budget reasons and was replaced by "Run Like Mad" from Canadian folk artist [[Jann Arden]], a regular music contributor to the series.<ref name="netflix"/> The 32-second recording was one of the original intros that Stupin commissioned after he had failed to acquire rights to Morissette's song and which international broadcasts had previously used as the theme song for the first season before switching to Cole's song for the remainder of the run.<ref name="netflix"/> In 2021, Cole recorded a new version of "I Don't Want to Wait" to avoid licensing issues with the original master, and [[Netflix]] used this new master as the theme song.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=September 3, 2021|title=The Wait Is Over: Paula Cole's Opening Song Returns to 'Dawson's Creek'|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/paula-cole-dawsons-creek-song-restored-netflix-1235055893/|access-date=September 5, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>

During its original run, ''Dawson's Creek'' spawned two volumes of soundtrack albums. The album ''[[Songs from Dawson's Creek]]'' was released after the broadcasting of the series' first season in April 1999, and became a major success worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weingarten |first=Marc |date=May 8, 1999 |title=** Various artists, "Songs From 'Dawson's Creek'", Columbia |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-08-ca-35022-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426045905/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/08/entertainment/ca-35022 |archive-date=April 26, 2016 |access-date=April 6, 2012 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> It reached the top of the [[Australian Albums Chart]] and also peaked within the top in Austria, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. During it first sixth months of release, the album sold more than 1.5&nbsp;million copies worldwide and was certified triple platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) and gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref name="billboard111999"/> In Australia, it became the fifth highest selling album of 1999.<ref name="aria_yearend">{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-1999.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 1999|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=January 28, 2018|archive-date=September 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912162022/http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-1999.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Songs from Dawson's Creek – Volume 2]]'' was released in October 2000 to coincide with the debut of the series' fourth season. Less successful, it reached the top twenty of Austrian and [[Swiss Albums Chart]]s, while peaking at number 50 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="billboard111999">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eggEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Songs+from+Dawson%27s+Creek%22&pg=PA60|title=local Noise|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 6, 1999|access-date=January 28, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008160024/https://books.google.com/books?id=eggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60&dq=%22Songs+from+Dawson%27s+Creek%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Songs%20from%20Dawson's%20Creek%22&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>