I'm not a script composer. I'm a film composer and my brain is excited by images and moving elements. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I listen to Morricone, the famed Italian film composer, while I'm working. — Daniel Handler 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
I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
I would love to do more superhero work; as a young film composer, that is one of the things you dream of. — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
With every film, for which I'm the only composer, I try to switch genres. I find that really exciting. — Amaal Mallik Copy Share Image
I'd say for a film composer, 'Star Wars' is kind of like the holy grail of film music. It's probably the best… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
I don't think a guy that really has no understanding about people, or has no interest in understanding people would make a… — Stanley Clarke Copy Share Image
My education as a film composer, you can't not - if you like the orchestra like I do, if you are a… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
Howard Shore, who's an amazing film composer, told me once that it's 10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration. So I think even… — Dr. Luke Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a film composer because I heard scores that could stand alone, from 'Vertigo' to 'Star Wars' to 'La… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I remember when I saw 'King's Speech' or 'Girl With the Pearl Earring;' there are moments in my life where I was… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
As a film composer I deal with short bursts of musical ideas that are defined to a large extent by what's happening… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
I think that being a film composer, someone that gets it and actually applies the music, it allows you to open up… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
If you're the sort of person that likes a job where once you know what you're doing you can keep doing what… — Henry Jackman Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a film composer. So very early on I started collecting soundtracks and paying attention to how movie… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
Be persistent. Establishing yourself in this field could easily take years. Rarely will any composer get that one "big break." More often,… — John Keltonic Copy Share Image
If you're a film composer, you have the music tell the story of the character. — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
I think every classically trained film composer feels to some extent, maybe on some level, that they took the low road, that… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
One important thing, just being a film composer in general, is to have a great respect for the art that you're working… — Joseph Trapanese Copy Share Image
“Like all great works, it manages to be great without trying to be brilliant. It just is, and effortlessly so. . .… — Milo Behr Copy Share Image
I really liked doing a number of the projects and directors, and etc., etc., I knew about half-way through that I would… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
It all depends on the directors. Working closely with a director is the main job of a film composer. Interpreting what he… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
![“Like all great works, it manages to be great without trying to be brilliant. It just is, and effortlessly so. . . . [Has a] rhythm that's sophisticated in its subdivisions of time and its impeccable sense of proportion and pace. —James Guymon Film Composer VP, Composers Guild of America” quote by Milo Behr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/milo-behr-93832_composer_like-all-great-works-it-manages-to-be-gr_2280399.jpg)
