Greenwood, who composed the score for the film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, alleged in a statement earlier this week<\/a> that the usage of the music was a breach of his composer agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a joint statement obtained by Variety, Greenwood and Anderson\u2019s representatives said: \u201cIt has come to our attention that a piece of music from Phantom Thread has been used in the Melania documentary.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n The musician\u2019s attorneys have claimed that while Greenwood does not own the copyright in the score, film distributor Universal<\/a> \u201cfailed to consult Jonny on this third-party use, which is a breach of his composer agreement\u201d.<\/p>\n Beckman has denied the breach, claiming they followed all the requisite protocol and own the rights to use the music.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s a blatant lie. We have a legal right and permission to use every song and piece of music in the film. We have the legal rights to use it. We’ve done everything the right way. We followed protocol. We respect artists. We compensated everyone for their music,\u201d Beckman told right-wing outlet Breitbart News. <\/p>\n \u201cWe have legally binding, fully executed contracts in place to use every song in Melania,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is just ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Brett Ratner (left) and Marc Beckman at Amazon MGM’s ‘Melania’ world premiere at The Trump Kennedy Center (Getty Images)<\/p>\n The film includes a long excerpt of \u201cBarbara Rose\u201d, a song the Radiohead guitarist composed for Anderson\u2019s film.<\/p>\n The Independent has reached out to representatives for Anderson, Greenwood, Amazon<\/a> MGM Studios, and Universal for comment.<\/p>\n The Brett Ratner<\/a>-directed documentary, which followed first lady Melania Trump in the 20 days leading up to her husband\u2019s second inauguration, has earned $13.35m domestically <\/a>after two weekends of release, exceeding box office projections thanks, in part, to organised groups of Republican women who have made up a large portion of the audience.<\/p>\n In the film, Melania meets with stylists, interior designers and political allies before she is seen hand-in-hand with her husband at his swearing-in ceremony.<\/p>\n The film has been critically panned across the board, receiving a one-star review fromThe Independent\u2019s Nick Hilton, <\/a>who wrote: \u201cPerhaps Melania is merely a piece of post-modern post-entertainment. After all, it is transparently not a documentary.\u201d<\/p>\n Hilton continues: \u201cMelania spends most scenes playing a staged version of herself, and shots of the first lady are composed with all the deliberateness Ratner brought to his work on X-Men: The Last Stand. This is somewhere between reality TV and pure fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Melania Trump in her new documentary, \u2018Melania\u2019 (Amazon)<\/p>\n Although the film has performed better than expected, making $7m at the US box office in the opening weekend, it is unlikely to recoup the $40m Amazon MGM paid for it<\/a>. Amazon reportedly spent an additional $35m to market the film.<\/p>\n The project marked the return of Rush Hour director Brett Ratner<\/a>, who moved to Israel following multiple sexual misconduct allegations in 2017. He has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any offences.<\/p>\n![\"Brett](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2258947147.jpg\")
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