[TokuChris]

Not going to frontpage it because it's not worth making a stink over it, but it does kind of show you how poorly Saban treated its employees back in the day. Over at RangerBoard, Ron has been going over his redux tracks (new songs up!), and he finally revealed why he ended up leaving Power Rangers in 1995.

To paraphrase, he was given two scenes to score for the MMPR: The Movie, to do it in the TV-style of rock. 20th Century Fox apparently loved it and wanted to go forward with him doing all the tracks. Saban found out that Ron Wasserman would be creditted as a "composer", which then opens up a ton of worms in terms of contracts/payments/etc., and told him "No thanks". Being the straw that broke the camels back, Ron then left production of the show (though still worked periodically from time to time I suppose).

Kind of sad, really. And makes you wonder just how good or bad it is that Saban is in full control of the property again.

[Sentai]

Still better than Disney.

[Destroyman]

1995? But he did the theme songs for Zeo, Turbo, in Space, Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue & Wild Force. Surely he couldn't have done all of those in advance before he left?

[Secretcode]

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Originally Posted by Destroyman

1995? But he did the theme songs for Zeo, Turbo, in Space, Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue & Wild Force. Surely he couldn't have done all of those in advance before he left?

He did not do Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed or Wild Force. He DID come back for SPD, but Disney got furious about him leaking the theme on the internet, and wouldnt bring him back for Mystic Force despite him submitting a version or two. Instead they went with the Outkast ripoff.

[ComicGuy89]

Sigh, what a shame. Penny-pinching has always been the order of the day for Power Rangers since the concept of adapting Japanese concept was created to save money in the first place.

I think in this case, Saban would be the lesser of two evils. There's no denying that there are still many negatives with Saban though.

[Galvantula]

Saban's not my most favorite person around, but he's a tad better than Disney. Hopefully he's learned from his mistakes and hoping to improve himself.

[Kiryu]

Not surprised, based on what I'm read from interviews shoddy treatment was the reason why a lot of the original cast ended up leaving. It's a damned shame, but...let's hope that Saban's learned to treat people better with the change in the times.

[decepticusprime]

Who exactly bullied David yost? Was it just the producers, or was it fellow castmates as welll? Do we know?

[Matrixbeast]

Well, it's a new day and age. FB, Twitter, Tumlbr, various forums. It'll be a lot easier to keep track and hear when/if Saban does screw someone over to save a penny...

[Secretcode]

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Originally Posted by decepticusprime

Who exactly bullied David yost? Was it just the producers, or was it fellow castmates as welll? Do we know?

Little of both. Yost wont point out names, which is honestly the best decision. There are stories floating around about JDF being an outright asshole on set. They've grown out of it now, especially seeing how Yost and Frank get along so well through various shows and interviews. Time heals wounds. People move on.