John Ottman on Re-Recording John Wayne’s McLintock!

Dug up by a friend of the site, this hilarious anecdote from composer John Ottman, who both edits and provides the score for Valkyrie, about how he was corralled into re-recording the music for John Wayne’s McLintock! after its rights — minus all the sound elements, whoops — were snapped up by a distributor. Is that really a wise use of resources?