 Although there was an Internet rumor that Jerry Goldsmith was  originally contracted to score this film but quit due to budget cuts  (and then supposedly used his "unused" P3 score later in 1999s "The  Haunting"), this rumor is untrue. Goldsmith was unhappy with the  results of "Poltergeist II," and thus did not have an interest in  doing the third film. Also, its clear that MGM did not want to  spend the extra money they knew it would cost to hire Mr. Goldsmith,  considering that "Poltergeist III" was being made on a lower budget  than the last film. Ultimately, "Poltergeist III" was scored by  Joe Renzetti (qv), who director Gary Sherman recommended due to  him having worked with Renzetti previously on his other low