‘Melania’ producer spills on superstar soundtrack snubs
‘Melania’ producer spills on superstar soundtrack snubsMelania, the Amazon MGM documentary about the former First Lady, faced unexpected soundtrack hurdles when several music superstars refused to license their songs.
Producer Marc Beckman told Variety that politics played a major role in the rejections.
“There was music that we tried to get, but sadly, there were politics to it,” he said.
Beckman shed light on which artists refused to let their songs be used.
The team hoped to license a track from Guns N’ Roses.
But the band’s members were divided politically.
Because approval required unanimous consent, the split meant the song was off the table.
“So Guns N’ Roses was definitely...