Editing Gabriel Yared (section)

===''Troy'' soundtrack===
In 2004, Yared's score for the film ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]'' was rejected less than a month before the film's opening as a result of the poor reception by a [[test screening]] audience.<ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/features/gabriel-yared-on-scoring-betty-blue-working-with-minghella-and-being-fired-from-troy/5154155.article Gabriel Yared on scoring ‘Betty Blue’, working with Minghella and being fired from ‘Troy’]</ref> The test audience were said to have found Yared's music too "brassy and bold". [[James Horner]], the composer of the scores for such films as ''[[Braveheart (film)|Braveheart]]'' and ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' was then hired to create a replacement score in less than four weeks.

Yared expressed his dismay at the score's rejection in an open letter which was posted on his website. He said that the score which the test audience had heard was not yet finished and mixed properly, and that the studio had given him no opportunity to alter his score in light of the audience's reaction.

[[Warner Bros.]] still owns the rights to Yared's ''Troy'' score and an official recording is not currently available and may never be (although selections from the score were briefly posted on Yared's website and private promotional CD).{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

Film score critic Christian Clemmensen of [[Filmtracks.com]] felt that Yared's work for ''Troy'' was far superior to what Horner had written, giving Horner's score a 3-star rating and Yared's a 5-star rating, saying that it was "outstanding," and called it the "pinnacle of Yared's career."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/troy.html |title=Troy (Gabriel Yared/James Horner) |publisher=Filmtracks |date=2004-05-11 |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>