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title: "7 Scoring Film Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Scoring Film quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Scoring Film sayings and thoughts."
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> [When scoring a film, empathy is the key. And it is just as important to use music to express the actors' emotions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rza/when-scoring-a-film-empathy-is-the-key-and-it-is-just-as-important-to/)

[RZA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rza/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/rza-1981_audience_when-scoring-a-film-empathy-is-the-key-a_758237.png)

> [I was playing in a band and was approached to score an independent film. I had never done it, but had written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-pipes/i-was-playing-in-a-band-and-was-approached-to-score-an-independent/)

[Douglas Pipes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-pipes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/douglas-pipes-83445_composer_i-was-playing-in-a-band-and-was-approach_770024.jpg)

> [I'm a hip hop dude who loves scoring for film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-younge/i-m-a-hip-hop-dude-who-loves-scoring-for-film/)

[Adrian Younge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-younge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/adrian-younge-10129_cinema_i-m-a-hip-hop-dude-who-loves-scoring-for_1379945.jpg)

> [My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lee/my-biggest-dream-from-the-beginning-besides-evanescence-is-scoring/)

[Amy Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/291/amy-lee-7949_dream_my-biggest-dream-from-the-beginning-besi_1969219.jpg)

> [The way that I write songs is pretty simple. I hear music first, much like you would when you're scoring a film.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-hart/the-way-that-i-write-songs-is-pretty-simple-i-hear-music-first-much/)

[Lauren Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-hart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/lauren-hart-50227_emotion_the-way-that-i-write-songs-is-pretty-sim_2170393.jpg)

> [But that's something that I like about scoring film: it makes me reach out of the parameters of my self, it requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-coleman/but-that-s-something-that-i-like-about-scoring-film-it-makes-me-reach/)

[Jim Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-coleman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a5/jim-coleman-20905_about_but-that-s-something-that-i-like-about-s_2488668.jpg)

> [I really wanna get my paws on scoring a film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee/i-really-wanna-get-my-paws-on-scoring-a-film/)

[Tommy Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/tommy-lee-3389_cinema_i-really-wanna-get-my-paws-on-scoring-a_3175663.jpg)

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