All Danny Elfman Quotes
- 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
- I like creating these rhythmic patterns. These interlocking rhythmic things are really fun. Creating
- I can't get that live and I don't have the time to take the tape, after I've finished recording it, into a little studio somewhere… Different Kind
- I really liked doing a number of the projects and directors, and etc., etc., I knew about half-way through that I would never be doing… Composer
- I'll just start laying out the melody exactly where I want it to fall. And then I'll go back and fill it out. Whereas, in… Bars
- I'll look back and I'd be better to answer that in about three months from now. Or when the movie comes out and I see… Answer
- I'm looking for a feel and I have to find what that feel is before I can move on from there. I'm not necessarily catching… Catching
- It's just hard. I wish the studios felt there was more value in these themes and these pieces of material - that they're worth protecting… Cared
- So I've learned in the past, if a company approaches me and they want something like this, or something like that that I've done and… Approaches
- Sometimes I like them artificial and sometimes I like them real. And the reason is because sometimes I like a real close sound. And I… Artificial
- That still has to be there. And so, it's kind of an interesting question you brought up. Because, on the one hand, yeah, it'd be… Brought
- The beauty of a main title is that you establish your main theme and maybe a bit of your secondary theme. You plant the seed… Beauty
- There's kind of a cool feel that happens every now and then. I guess that feel is the thing that makes the score its own… Answer
- You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you're not quite sure. It's the same in -… Cold
- You're allowed to rip-off another score so close that it's ridiculous. In my opinion it's ridiculous, how closely one can just rip-off a score that… Allowed