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> [In horror movies, you can write music that if it was performed on the concert stage would have the audience running out of the room with their fingers in their ears. But in a movie, all of a sudden it…](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/)

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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/)

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

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