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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood Wants Music He Wrote Removed From Melania Trump Documentary

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Jonny Greenwood, who was nominated for a Best Original Score Oscar for his work on Phantom Thread, wants music that he penned for the 2017 film removed from the Melania Trump documentary.

The Radiohead guitarist and film composer, 54, along with Phantom Thread director Paul Thomas Anderson, told Variety in a statement on Monday, February 9, that they’ve reached out to the team behind Melania.

“It has come to our attention that a piece of music from Phantom Thread has been used in the ‘Melania’ documentary,” the pair said in a statement, via Greenwood’s rep.

“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,” the statement added. “As a result Jonny and Paul Thomas Anderson have asked for it to be removed from the documentary.”

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According to People, Melania — which hit theaters on January 30 — includes a handful of songs such as “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson, “Amazing Grace” by Aretha Franklin, “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones and more.

Melania, the documentary film produced by Amazon MGM Studios and directed by Brett Ratner about President Donald Trump’s wife, 55, took in $7 million in the United States and Canada during its opening weekend.

According to the New York Times, the film had the best opening weekend for a documentary, excluding concert films, in 14 years. In 2012, the nature doc Chimpanzee took in $10.7 million at the time, per the outlet.

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The film, which follows the first lady in the days leading up to her husband’s second presidential inauguration, received mostly poor reviews from critics, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 8 percent as of time of publication.

The first lady and her husband, 79, proudly debuted the film at the January 29 premiere at the Trump Kennedy Center ahead of news that the president plans to shut down the historic venue for two years.

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