Para su reseña de la partitura de Doyle para el Hamlet de Branagh, Gary. S Dalkin decidió comenzar citando estas palabras de Martin Scorsese.

La pregunta es, Bruce, como experto en este film (el bardo es también una de mis grandes pasiones, y yo seré experto in all things Branagh , pero tú eres incuestionablemente la máxima autoridad en lo que a este film respecta, habiendote tragado EN MULTIPLES OCASIONES las cuatro horas de metraje, creo que incluso lo llegaste a calificar de obsesión por tu parte en cierto momento de tu vida). La pregunta es, decía, ¿exagera Scorsese, o estas de acuerdo con el?.

Dejo aquí sus palabras.

Let's talk about film not as it is, but as it could be. Film as art at the highest level, made without compromise or undue consideration of commerce. Imagine a world in which a major filmmaker could approach the greatest play ever written, and even if that play took four hours to perform, present it complete. Imagine if that filmmaker could bring to the play a fine cast, a supreme technical department and an utterly coherent vision, making the great play relevant to modern audiences. Imagine if that filmmaker could work to the highest standards of presentation, shooting a ravishingly beautiful film in 70mm, creating a work of staggering visual beauty which dwarfed all completing films. Surely for such a film there would be a level of anticipation to rival any previous spectacle? Yet in 1996 such a film was made, it was William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Kenneth Branagh, with sublime music by Patrick Doyle, and it was all but ignored, by critics and public alike.