Film Score Quotes

“I think the best scores are the ones that are totally integrated into the film.”

“What I’ve done with the Bond music is to try to create a sense of palpable danger, a sense of adventure.”

“The job of a film composer is to be a dramatist. You have to tell the story with music.”

“I always felt that the music for Bond should be kind of tongue-in-cheek.”

“You've got to be flexible. The director's vision is paramount.”

“The process of writing for a film is about finding the emotional core of the story.”

“When I started doing films, it was a whole new world. I learned on the job.”

“Film scoring is a very different discipline. You're serving the picture, you're serving the director.”

“The music has to have a sense of Theatre to it; it has to have a sense of drama.”

“Armageddon was a massive undertaking. The scale of it was just enormous.”

“You can have the greatest movie in the world, but if the music is wrong, it can kill it.”

“I think the best scores are the ones that are invisible. You don't notice them. You just feel them.”

“Film scoring is a bit like being a session musician, but you're a session musician for a director.”

“I like writing for movies. It's a whole different kind of thing. You're not the artist. You're a craftsman.”