Martha Stewart Says She Wanted Dre or Snoop to Do Music for Netflix Doc But Got 'Lousy Classical Score' Instead

Martha Stewart isn’t particularly fond of the “lousy classical score” used in the R.J. Cutler-directed documentary Martha, out now on Netflix.

In a characteristically candid chat with Brooks Barnes for the New York Times, Stewart, who was in attendance for the doc’s New York premiere earlier this month, detailed the numerous grievances she had with the final cut. Among them were issues she had with camera angles, the amount of time spent on her 2004 prison stint, the doc’s final moments, and more.

As for her personal music preferences, Stewart said she told Cutler that including rap music was “an essential part” of telling her story.

“Dr. Dre will probably score it, or Snoop or Fredwreck,” she said. “I said, ‘I want that music.’ And then he gets some lousy classical score in there, which has nothing to do with me.” Noted in the piece is that Snoop’s 2003 hit “Beautiful” is heard in the credits, though that was allegedly added after an earlier version of the film was screened for Stewart.

Elsewhere, Stewart lamented the film’s last scenes, which she said lack context. Per Stewart, she had recently suffered a surger-requiring Achilles’ tendon injury at the time, causing her to limp.

“I hate those last scenes. Hate them,” she said, claiming that Cutler “refused” to take them out.

Stewart had praise, however, for the first half of the doc, as well as what she sees as its overarching intention. The full Stewart “review,” as it were, can be found here.

Stewart’s affinity for Snoop, as well as rap at large, is well-documented. Stewart and Snoop were all over the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, adding another entry to their celebrated catalog of collaborative joviality. Thankfully, those looking for something new in the Snoop and Dre department won’t have to wait long, as the two are soon set to roll out Missionary.

The album, a trailer for which shrewdly incorporates actual missionaries, is out Dec. 13. Dre has already gone on the record as saying that he considers his production work on the album to be “some of the best music” he’s ever made.