I've always wanted to make music for films.

Quite simply I just wanted to make what I wanted.

— Peaches

I just wanted to be in show biz. I wanted to make music and sing and dance, tell jokes and stories, make ya smile,…

— David Lee Roth

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.

— Gavin O'Connor

I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.

— Jan Hammer

Our responsibility is not just to make films for music but to make music for films.

— Bhushan Kumar

I'm not doing any more music films!

— Kevin Macdonald

I've always been a film lover - that's why I've always wanted to write music for films.

— Alexandre Desplat

I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.

— Ikue Mori

What kills music in films is when it's done as performance, drawing attention to the fact that someone's in the background playing it.

— Ry Cooder

There is rap music in all my films. In 'La Vie des Morts,' there is rap music too. It's because I'm French, and when…

— Arnaud Desplechin

I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.

— Kevin Barry

Me and music are not good friends, so I do my best to augment the music part [of my films] and come up with…

— Jon Jon Augustavo

I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.

— A. R. Rahman

Since the start of my career I've been doing a lot of music for films. It was important for me to focus on only…

— Amaal Mallik

I had difficulty in grasping how music was made for films. It was a huge learning curve and the toughest phase of my life.

— Ilaiyaraaja