Elements Quote by Alejandro Amenabar

I think great scores have to be noticed, but they're wrong when you hear the music come in.

— Alexandre Desplat

Most often the music does end up in the movie, and sometimes there's a point where I wish that it wasn't, just because I…

— Danny Elfman

When I'm scoring something like a string quartet, it's all notated music, so it's meticulously written in the score, which is very different than…

— Bryce Dessner

When scoring music, the idea is to ensure that your song makes it to the playlist on your audiences' music player and stands out…

— Arjun Janya

Generally, that's what happens-a fundamental rotting of the idea. They woke up with the wrong idea. It's just like music: If you don't have…

— William Eggleston

You're creating a score that has to have an emotional and story logic to it. You want a dramatic arc. You want all the…

— Alan Menken

I'm a music storyteller and collaborator. I hear character, location, and story as music. For me a score is there to both heighten the…

— David Raiklen

Whenever I'm writing a script, I'm scoring myself by playing the right kind of music.

— Edgar Wright

Every song has a mood, a situation and a different kind of score.

— M. Jayachandran

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

— Igor Stravinsky

The score must govern the music. It must have authority, and not merely be an arbitrary jumping-off point for improvisation.

— Cornelius Cardew

Bear in mind that parts of the score may be devoid of direct musical relevance.

— Cornelius Cardew