 Michael Kamen (qv) originally composed the score for this film.  His score was rejected by director Richard Donner (qv). Donner  felt Kamens score was heavy, dreary and made the film feel slow.  Donner felt the film needed a fast, slick sounding score. Donner  didnt want to let go of Kamen as the two were close friends and had  worked together on many films. Donner even tried to give Kamen a  chance to recompose the score, but Kamen had already began work on  _Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)_ (qv) for director  John McTiernan (I) (qv). Donner then went to composer  Mark Mancina (qv), who provided him with the fast, slick score he  wanted for the film. Due to time constraint Mancina couldnt come up  with a main theme for the film as he only had 5 weeks to produce the  score for final approval. The time constraint was caused by the  films original June 95 release date which was later pushed back to  October 1995.