This is not actually a very original arrangement only the bridge part. He borrowed the main melody from Bruce Springsteen's Racing In The Street

JNH writes such delicate melodies, this piece is actually a great piece for warmup on the piano, this and Water for Elephants are two of his greatest scores in my opinion.

That's a very common thing. Composer start writting for a film before it's finish (and sometimes even shot). For Once upon a time in america (from Sergio Leone, music by Ennio Morricone), the music was composed entirely before the movie was shot and the music was used during filming to set the tone for the actors.

@@Kupperdurden I mean, it happens a fair bit, but relatively infrequently especially currently in Hollywood. A lot of that comes from trust being established over time with a director they frequently collaborate on, who trusts the composer enough to do that sort of thing. Saving Private Ryan is a good example of that, Harry Potter 1, Inception. Though there are a few cases where nothing was shot to score to for the composer, but the deadline wasn’t going to move back for the composer so they have to write whatever they can regardless. Star Trek the Motion Picture comes to mind. But the more common scenario is that the composer will receive some cut, probably very rough, of the film to start working from. The advent of virtual instrument sounds/digital audio workstations also hugely shifted the way things work, so composers can do a more or less realistic mock-up for the director/producers ahead of the scoring session, so less is left to chance. Studios want to control or guide the creative process every step of the way these days.

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Yeah, I would like to know that, too.

This was in rehearsal for his tour in 2017, it was recorded in late 2016 in Prague

@Ayustria Salma Clearly but that didn't seem like his goal..got the impression he wanted to finish as quick as possible..

I thought the same. but I think it's actually meant to be played that way