We’re follow­ing this little scandal with interest over here at Andres & Sons Bakery Enter­prises LLC. I can’t seem to bring myself to feel terribly passion­ately one way or another; I think it’s best to approach these situ­a­tions logi­cally. Yes, it’s disap­point­ing when a musician or artist “phones it in”; it’s also incred­i­bly common. People seem to be quite miffed about it, though, so the gracious thing for Golijov to do would be to return most of the commis­sion fee, simply for failing to fulfill his contract (which I assume included language about writing original music). Maybe hold on to a couple grand to serve to compen­sate him as orchestrator/arranger.