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Sadik Hossain

Jonny Greenwood demands his music be pulled from ‘Melania,’ and now Universal Pictures faces a potential legal nightmare

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and director Paul Thomas Anderson are demanding that music from their 2017 film, Phantom Thread, be removed from the new documentary about First Lady Melania Trump. The documentary, titled Melania, recently hit theaters, but using Greenwood’s score has created a major problem for the studios involved.

According to Billboard, the composers and director released a joint statement confirming their demand. The track causing the issue is Barbara Rose, which Greenwood composed for Anderson’s 2017 Oscar-winning film. People on social media noticed the unusual soundtrack choice after the film premiered on January 29, 2026.

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