Now, when it comes to the use of obvious temp-tracking in movie scores - with rare exceptions - I don't generally mind it, mainly if the composer having to follow the temp puts a cool spin on the original music.

However, there's a recurring motif in Ken Lauber's score for Hearts of the West (for the pursuing con men) that's lifted almost verbatim from Nino Rota's Amarcord. There aren't even any cool variations on it; it's literally the same piece of music played about six times. It got really annoying after a while...and anything that could turn me against Rota's Amarcord music - even if it's tangentially connected - is the damn Devil. I don't recall seeing Lauber's name on any other projects...and maybe, there's a reason for that.