Who did the score for Apocalypse Now?
Also question is, who scored Apocalypse Now?
Listen to the Original Score for Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now' Share: If you're a film soundtrack nerd, you probably love composer David Shire, who created the scores for greats like The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation, and parts of Saturday Night Fever.
Furthermore, why was Keitel fired from Apocalypse Now?
Al Pacino, James Caan, and Jack Nicholson all turned down successive offers from Coppola until he gave the role to Harvey Keitel. Coppola then fired Keitel six weeks into production because he thought the actor's performance wasn't as introspective as he needed for the character.
But there's one fact that overshadows all the rest: during the grueling film shoot for Apocalypse Now, his father Martin, just 36 years old, suffered a near fatal heart attack on set in the Philippines.