The Patriot Addendum

by Lukas Kendall

We reported last Friday that David Arnold had written and recorded a full score to The Patriot that had been rejected, with John Williams hired to write a replacement. Filmforce quickly posted a rebuttal article stating that, according to Centropolis, Arnold had written and recorded only a demo theme and perhaps a few demo cues before being dismissed (http://filmforce.ign.com/news/324.html). Well, they're right. We regret the error.

We did check with our sources about Filmforce's reporting:

"There have also been significant and repeated indications that Arnold's non-participation on The Patriot was merely a confluence of happenstantial timing, events, and decisions. I.E. no falling out, arguments, difficult rejections, etc. appear to be involved between Arnold and Centropolis."

... and can say that disapproval of Arnold's music WAS a factor in his departure. What are the filmmakers going to tell Internet reporters? "We fired him because his score stunk, even though he's our friend, and John Williams can do a much better one." No, of course not, they're going to invoke vagaries of politics, schedules, etc. -- some of which are true but obscure the issue.

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