Was the sacking of Gabriel Yared one of the worst decisions in movie history?

Rating: 5/10 (7 January 2005)

Troy was a film which I thought was good for the most part but it lacked certain aspects. Foremost among these was the music. I don't wish to criticise James Horner for his efforts as he had one of the shortest time spans in history to do a film score, but Wolfgang Petersen's decision to scrap Gabriel Yared's score which, judging from the trailers, had potential was possibly one of the worst decision's in his career. As Empire magazine puts it "Portentous Synths (check), ethnic wailing (check), morose love theme (check) - until the end credits ballad really does the damage" (sic). It goes onto call Yared's score richer, more resonant and original. Subsequently the rest of the film's quality made by Petersen's film-making genius is almost lost. Strong acting from O'Toole, Bana and Bean manages to shine through the resulting deluge