Why is Macleod spelled Mc Cleod on the newer Cue Sheets?
In the beginning, up to and including December 31, 1994 -when “Highlander-The Series” was new- the music was being published through an affiliate of the Performing Rights Society ASCAP, and the publishing company which owned the music copyright was named Connor Macleod Music. Then, the music publishing was changed to BMI instead of ASCAP. And the name of the music publishing company had to also be changed. The new name was Macleod Connor Music, a simple reversal of two words. And the Cue Sheets were filled out as such for quite some time. Then something happened. Apparently, the people who were responsible for changing the name had actually changed the spelling of Macleod as well as the word order. The Officially correct name registered with BMI was Mc Cleod Connor Music. No one seems to know why the spelling was changed, but that’s the way it is. When the spelling error came to light, it was to late to redistribute the previous Cue Sheets worldwide, so it was decided to just switch to
