Fox  Corporation". None of the composers would have had the opportunity  to have seen the movie, thus it is to be assumed that they were put  up to this protestation by agents of the Stalinist regime.  Interestingly, the four "protesting" Soviet composers were at that  very time under severe scrutiny themselves for composing music that  was being construed as subversive to the Stalinist state, and for a  time their heads were on the chopping block. So it is also to be  assumed that the four filed this protest as a gesture of their  loyalty to Stalin. In any case, these composers were often obliged  to make "statements" that they personally had nothing to do with.  Coincidentally, Hollywood at this same time was beginning to be  scrutinized by the House Un