Btw, an British composer I know composed the music for a couple of Hollywood movies in the 70s. He said that "Hollywood rules" forced a composer to have an orchestrator even if that person isn't used (in cases where the composer orchestrate him/herself, which my fried did). Was it really like that? Or perhaps it still is like that?
I'm not aware of any "rules" that require a composer to have an orchestrator. I'm thinking that the producers/directors may have wanted your friend to have an orchestrator in place if things got tight with time. While I know of instances where a composer has done all of the orchestration themselves, it is the exception rather than the rule just because of the huge amount of work that is involved in scoring a film along with the tight deadlines.
Best,
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