Audience Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

To me, sound is a crucial component to, really, any moviegoing experience, but particularly with suspense films or thrillers. I think you need the…

— Karyn Kusama

Some producers hang-on to that old cliche that if the audience hears the music, it is no good. I say this is so much…

— Henry Mancini

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.

— Alexander Payne

Sound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I've always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my…

— George Lucas

I think, even a lot of people that make movies forget is that, in my mind, a movie should work with the sound off.…

— Channing Tatum

When I go to the cinema, I want to have a cinematic experience. Some people ignore the sound and you end up seeing something…

— Lynne Ramsay

It's about storytelling. The story is told through images. So with the cast, I had to make sure that the emotions were readable without…

— Michel Hazanavicius

If you're sitting in the audience, you probably can't see the preparation and work that goes into creating a great scene or a great…

— Tobey Maguire

There's something really emotional about not having any sound. That allows, I think, the audience to participate more actively and kind of imagine what…

— Pete Docter

Music can help uncover that tone that's in the fabric of the movie. Sometimes it's very plain to see, sometimes it's not.

— James Newton Howard

I think that most films have too much music in them; it overwhelms an audience.

— Sondra Locke

One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the candy machine, and writing pieces…

— Fred Frith