‘Melania’ Film Producer Says 3 Iconic Artists Denied Song Rights Over Trump Ties | EUROtoday

A producer on first girl Melania Trump’s $75 million, critically panned documentary “Melania” has revealed which main music artists refused to permit their songs to look within the movie.

Guns N’ Roses, Grace Jones and the property of Prince all rejected requests for his or her music for use within the film, longtime Trump adviser Marc Beckman instructed Variety in a prolonged interview printed on Monday.

Read the total interview on Variety.

According to Beckman, the “guys from Guns N’ Roses split down the middle politically,” with one giving permission and the opposite declining.

“We needed everybody’s approval to get it in the film,” he mentioned. “So Guns N’ Roses was definitely a disappointment for us; we all have a lot of respect for Guns N’ Roses.”

Grace Jones, in the meantime, “apparently couldn’t get over the political hurdle, notwithstanding the fact that the film is not a political film,” he claimed. “So that was disappointing, too. It’s disappointing when people put politics so far ahead, and that happened a little bit with the film, for sure.”

A lawyer for the property of Prince, in the meantime, nixed approval although the rights holders had granted it.

“Literally we were ready to go, and this lawyer that manages the estate was like, ‘Prince would never want his song associated with Donald Trump,’” he recalled. “And we’re like, ‘But it’s not a Donald Trump film! He comes into the movie once in a while, but this is all about Melania. It’s not political.’ And that guy blocked it. It’s so ridiculous.”

Songs by Michael Jackson, Tears for Fears, Aretha Franklin and The Rolling Stones have been accredited for the movie.

The interview comes amid an ongoing dispute with Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood over the usage of orchestral music initially composed for “The Phantom Thread” showing within the documentary, and President Donald Trump’s settling of a lawsuit with the property of the late Isaac Hayes over unauthorized use of his tune “Hold On, I’m Coming” all through his marketing campaign.