 Neil Jordan (I) (qv) wanted his longtime collaborator, composer  Elliot Goldenthal (qv) to do the film, but Goldenthal was  committed to score _Titus (1999)_ (qv) for his companion,  Julie Taymor (qv). John Barry (I) (qv) was considered, and he  wrote a demo theme for the film, which ended up on his 2001 solo  album "Eternal Echoes," but Jordan eventually settled on Michael  Nyman.