Marc Beckman, one of the producers of the recently-released Melania Trump documentary Melania, has disclosed the identity of some of the artists who refused permission for their music to be included in the film.
His comments come in the wake of Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood's request that music he wrote for the score to director Paul Thomas Anderson's 2017 film Phantom Thread be removed from the Amazon documentary about America's First Lady.
“It has come to our attention that a piece of music from Phantom Thread has been used in the Melania documentary,” the pair said earlier this month in a statement given to film industry bible Variety. “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.”
