Composer Alan Silvestri was originally hired to write the music, however Silvestri left due to creative differences between himself and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Central to this entertaining swash-buckling adventure has been its score, however the story of its creation is one of the strangest in film music lore. One of Disney's biggest success stories of the past 10 years, Pirates of the Caribbean, based on the theme park ride of the same name, boosted Johnny Depp to pure superstardom.
