Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood has criticised major label Universal for licensing a piece of his music to be included in Melania, the recent film about Melania Trump, without his permission.
The movie includes an extended excerpt of Greenwood’s song ‘Barbara Rose’, which he composed for the score for the Paul Thomas Anderson film Phantom Thread. Neither Greenwood nor Anderson approved the use of the song, and have now jointly requested that it be removed from the film.
A statement released on their behalf said: “It has come to our attention that a piece of music from Phantom Thread has been used in the Melania documentary. 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.”
Universal hasn’t yet publicly commented on Greenwood and Anderson’s removal request.
