Approach Quote by Adrian Younge

Composing music for a film, from my point of view, is like getting into the skin of the subject. It is just like how…

— Devi Sri Prasad

I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach…

— Claire Denis

When I'm writing film music, I feel like I'm more a filmmaker than a composer. It's more about what the film needs. I'm basically…

— Johann Johannsson

I mean, I think as a composer for film, I am very frequently deferential to the drama. My motto is, 'Do no harm.' My…

— Bear McCreary

The fact that certain composers have been able to create first-class music within the medium of film proves that film music can be as…

— Jerry Goldsmith

The way I sort of approach my work is that the historical and socioeconomic and cultural worlds that the music is exploring dictate the…

— Todd Haynes

When people score films, the job is to be visual. When people make music, it's about evoking feeling. It's great when you get both…

— Adrian Younge

Music is a very, very powerful tool that filmmakers use to sway people into emotions that they intend you to feel.

— James Ransone

As a film composer I deal with short bursts of musical ideas that are defined to a large extent by what's happening on the…

— James Newton Howard

I think of myself as a film composer.

— John Williams

With film, it's all about the actor being able to feel the things that the character's feeling. It must do some strange things to…

— Marketa Irglova

With the new technology that keeps entering the media, film composers are constantly being placed in new learning situations. Acknowledging this and realizing that…

— Henry Mancini