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> [When I was younger, I'd make a point of driving to the middle of nowhere and spending an evening with just me, the wind, and the moon. Your skin crawls up an octave. This is what I tap into when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/when-i-was-younger-i-d-make-a-point-of-driving-to-the-middle-of/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

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## More by Christopher Young

> [Writing in the electronic world, you imagine a sound, and then you have to go and find it. It's not like imagining a flute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/writing-in-the-electronic-world-you-imagine-a-sound-and-then-you-have/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [Film composers are the most prolific music makers on this planet, and most of us are, like, losing our minds if we're doing five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/film-composers-are-the-most-prolific-music-makers-on-this-planet-and/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [As a kid, I had a Beatles poster and a Bela Lugosi as Dracula poster, so both worlds always appealed to me. Horror allows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/as-a-kid-i-had-a-beatles-poster-and-a-bela-lugosi-as-dracula-poster/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> ['Sinister' is the first score I've done in which there's no orchestra in it whatsoever. There are traditional instruments I sampled, then manipulated, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/sinister-is-the-first-score-i-ve-done-in-which-there-s-no-orchestra/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [I don't think when I started off that I was expecting to become so specialized, but what happened is that when my career started,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/i-don-t-think-when-i-started-off-that-i-was-expecting-to-become-so/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [In horror movies, you can write music that if it was performed on the concert stage would have the audience running out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/in-horror-movies-you-can-write-music-that-if-it-was-performed-on-the/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [I'm a fan of 20th century orchestral music, the experimental avant-garde composers of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. In horror movies you can write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/i-m-a-fan-of-20th-century-orchestral-music-the-experimental-avant/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [I don't care how inventive you are; once you introduce strings into the ensemble for a horror film, you're entering into a world where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/i-don-t-care-how-inventive-you-are-once-you-introduce-strings-into/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [Horror films are the ones that pay the bills, and historically, they have shown that they are good investments. They helped Universal survive with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/horror-films-are-the-ones-that-pay-the-bills-and-historically-they/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [People who work in horror know they are contributing to a genre that has always been loved and will always be loved - privately.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/people-who-work-in-horror-know-they-are-contributing-to-a-genre-that/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [Horror allows you to do things as a composer than you're able to do in no other style of movie. The music has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/horror-allows-you-to-do-things-as-a-composer-than-you-re-able-to-do/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [My job scoring a horror movie is like being the barker at a carnival. A good barker can get anyone to walk into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/my-job-scoring-a-horror-movie-is-like-being-the-barker-at-a-carnival/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [I've always had a fascination for everything surrounding things that are unexplainable. Not surprising that my first movie was a horror film, even though,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/i-ve-always-had-a-fascination-for-everything-surrounding-things-that/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> ['Psycho' is probably the best known example of a horror film whose exclusive sound was strings, and since then, it's been hard to avoid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/psycho-is-probably-the-best-known-example-of-a-horror-film-whose/)

[Christopher Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-young/)

> [Usually when I am approached to do a score for a horror movie, it's to attempt a repeat performance of what I did way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-young/usually-when-i-am-approached-to-do-a-score-for-a-horror-movie-it-s-to/)

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