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Question: What is your opinion of the "Troy" affair? Do you think that Yared's reaction was justified? Do you think that his rebellious act is gonna damage him?
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Cinemusic.net: Film Music and Soundtracks
Cinemusic.net: Film Music and Soundtracks
Ryan Keaveney. Webmaster
Gabriel Yared has built up a great deal of goodwill in the film music community for what happened to him on "Troy". I’ve heard some of his score and I thought it was fantastic. Not because I didn’t like Horner’s replacement score (it was merely ho-hum for me), but because I felt that Yared was scoring the movie that "Troy" aspired to be. Yared’s music was truly a world-class epic effort, and in it’s heart, the movie wanted to be the same. I don’t think Gabriel will be hurt by the subsequent fallout with Warner Bros. And the circulation of his score as a bootleg. It would have been nice if everyone could walk into a decent music store and buy a copy of his score on CD, but it doesn’t look like that is going to happen. Luckily most film music listeners are incredibly resourceful. They’ll find a way to hear the music. One way or another...
Film Score Monthly . COM
Film Score Monthly . COM
Lukas Kendall. President
I think Yared was understandably upset, and while I think for career purposes he might have been better served staying quiet, his outrage certainly made for interesting press. However, I had the opportunity to hear his score, and sadly I could hear why the filmmakers had to discard it. While much of it is stunning and beautiful, there is a sensibility to his handling of the action sequences that I can only describe as that of "Airplane!" -- it makes it seem funny. The filmmakers made a tough but necessary business decision replacing the score. However, letting the music get so far along without realizing this creative problem is incompetant on everyone's part. It just goes to show how little filmmakers really understand music and pay attention to it, that even when they are played demos they don't understand how to interpret what they are hearing. So Yared should have not written "Airplane!" and the filmmakers should have waited until the 11th hour to realize that "Airplane!" was going to be a problem.
Filmmuziek! - Recensies van de allerbeste soundtracks
Filmmuziek! - Recensies van de allerbeste soundtracks
Arvid Fossen. Webmaster
The film industry is often more about business than about art. Troy is big budget movie and producers want to limit all risks as much as possible. Maybe some judged Gabriel Yared's music as to be a risk. I guess this decision was more the result of film studio politics.
Filmtracks Modern Soundtrack Reviews
Filmtracks Modern Soundtrack Reviews
Christian Clemmensen. Webmaster
Yared's response is understandable, given the quality of the music and the kind of breakthrough project it could have been for him personally. He vocalized what many composer have, for 50 years, felt about the rejection process. His open, written response was interesting (and it certainly gained him significant attention), but he probably burned a few bridges in the industry by doing it.
Movie Wave Film Music Reviews
Movie Wave Film Music Reviews
James Southall. Webmaster
The first part of the question is very difficult to answer; the second part is not, so I will answer that first, and say that sadly I think Yared may have burned too many bridges - scores being rejected are a sad but true fact of life in Hollywood and he was hasty in saying and doing the things he did - he may find it hard to work for a major studio again.  Over the issue of the actual rejection, I think he wrote fine music and the studio was "wrong" to reject it, but (and this is a BIG "but") it was apparently test audiences who didn't like it, and the audiences are, after all, the people who will be paying the money to see the film.  Film music fans are not a representative section of the kind of audience a $200m epic wants and needs.  Would the film have been more to OUR tastes had Yared's score remained?  Almost certainly.  Would it have been more to the tastes of the public-at-large?  Perhaps not.
Music from the Movies
Music from the Movies
Paul Place. Editor of the printed version
The rejection of film scores is not exactly new. This was a very public airing of a common practice. Film has always been an industry. Entertainment is produced in order to produce a profit. However the extent to which filmmakers are allowed the freedom to work within those parameters has unquestionably diminished. The extent to which a product is shaped by Executives and test audiences rather than filmmakers has grown and was clearly at play here. That said, Petersen is a director surely with some clout? The whole affair is regrettable and worrying. I know fans were angered by the rejection of Goldsmith’s Timeline. But at least that this was something driven by the filmmakers, who at least had the guts to own up that they had made a mistake and sent the composer in the wrong direction.
scorereviews.com soundtrack reviews
scorereviews.com soundtrack reviews
Andreas Lindahl. Webmaster
Without doubt his reaction was justified. Must have hurt real bad. And I appreciate that he decided to share his thoughts with the rest of the world. Although, one can't deny that it probably wasn't that smart. Probably hurt his career. But only time will tell, I suppose.
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