If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
