Film Composers: Tarantino doesn't like your music, and neither did Kubrick!

Kubrick:

Exclude a pop music score from what I am about to say. However good our best film composers may be, they are not a Beethoven, a Mozart or a Brahms. Why use music which is less good when there is such a multitude of great orchestral music available from the past and from our own time?

Tarantino:

Music is so important. The idea of paying a guy and showing him your movie at the end. Who the f*** is this guy [who's] going to s**t on my movie?

The problem is, film music is nearly always done in a rush, from the top of the industry to the bottom. It's hard to deliver 60-90 minutes of great music in 6 weeks. Even Debussy had unfinished operas that he worked on for years. Bands typically spend a year recording and mixing a 50-minute album.

Start earlier, maybe pay extra for extra time, be willing to be different, and you can get better music.

Even with all that, it's still hard to beat a moment like this: