Corigliano's orphan
John Corigliano, contracted to score the new Mel Gibson film, "Edge of Darkness," has his soundtrack rejected in favor of more "action"-oriented music by Howard Shore. The abortive project paid well, Corigliano tells Mikael Carlsson of Moviescore Magazine:
http://moviescoremagazine.com/2009/10/corigliano-speaks-out-on-darkness-rejection/