All Danny Elfman Quotes
- For me, writing something in the spirit of Halloween is like Mother Teresa writing on charity and sacrifice. It's just second nature to me. Charity
- It often feels like a tremendous amount of work is required to get an idea moving forward, like pushing a train uphill. But at a… Amount
- I really look forward to revisiting this body of work which has been such a huge part of my life and bringing it to the… Been
- Or certainly I would need time - which I would love to have but there almost never is on a film - to just spend… Almost Never
- This is Halloween, everybody make a scene Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright It's our town, everybody scream In this town… Die
- It sounds really stupid, I hate making cosmic comments like this but, I just let it do what it wants to do. Comment
- You have to write a good score that you feel good about. At least, you're supposed to. But, if the director hates it, it ain't… Director
- In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film. Film
- I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be… Aggressive
- The first thing I do is lay out that melody and figure out how it has to hold here and then finish to land here,… Action
- The idea of performing some of Jack Skellington's songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas live for the very first time is immensely exciting. Christmas
- Oh see, first off you gotta realize - everything for me is a reconstruction or deconstruction. I would actually say deconstruction. Mission: Impossible would be… Actually Say
- Doing Tim's film is always going to be the most pleasure. Let me just put it that way. So, without drawing favorites one way or… Always Going
- If there's one thing I really love... it's sad music. Funny
- I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony. Burning
- I think that there's a lot more freedom in the low budget, the independent films where, unfortunately, you don't have the money, necessarily, to get… Budget
- I think that's one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It's that all of my understanding of… All
- I would have to say I might do some stuff, but it's the film that's appealing. I was raised on film. My musical experience is… All
- I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a… All
- In some types of music I'm working out all the chords one bar at a time - the whole structure, because it's about that. And… All
- It's hard to get a film, you know, you need a very special film to be able to get that experimental. But, I would love… Able
- 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 think… Call
- So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball… Any
- I took part of Alan Silvestri's theme on the original [movie], which I really liked, and I pulled it into it new theme, which became… Alan
- It all depends on the directors. Working closely with a director is the main job of a film composer. Interpreting what he perceives as a… Abstract