Paul Thomas Anderson Requests That Melania Remove Phantom Thread Score

Not here for Melania.
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Hey, Ratner, get your own music! Director Paul Thomas Anderson and composer Jonny Greenwood, his frequent collaborator, issued a statement today decrying the Melania documentary’s use of the score from their movie Phantom Thread. “It has come to our attention that a piece of music from Phantom Thread has been used in the Melania documentary,” the statement, shared with Vulture, reads. “While Jonny Greenwood does not own the copyright in the score, Universal failed to consult Jonny on this third-party use which is a breach of his composer agreement. As a result Jonny and Paul Thomas Anderson have asked for it to be removed from the documentary.” The composer of the Melania score, Tony Neiman, has yet to comment.

Luckily for Anderson and Greenwood, not very many people have seen the Brett Ratner–directed doc. The movie has made $13.35 million worldwide, which is pretty good for a documentary but far less than the reported $75 million studio Amazon paid to acquire and market the film. In comparison, Phantom Thread made $52.2 million. Plus, the Trumps have none of Alma and Reynolds Woodcock’s haunting yet torrid psychosexual appeal.