 After Randy Newman (I) (qv)s score was rejected, a new composer  had to be found to do the score in the two weeks that were left. In  the end, longtime film composer Jerry Goldsmith (qv) got the  assignment, but was so daunted by the amount of time he had to write  the score that he began requesting that his assignments be given to  him months in advance of the finishing of a films final cut.