--- title: "3 Douglas Pipes Quotes - Famous Composer" description: "American composer (born 1962)... | Douglas Pipes is an American film score composer whose feature films include the Academy Award-nominated Monster Hous..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-douglas-pipes-83445.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Douglas Pipes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-douglas-pipes-83445.jpg) # Douglas Pipes (1962) Composer **3** quotes in **33** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Douglas Pipes is a composer. ## Quick Facts About Douglas Pipes Born September 27, 1962 Profession Composer ## About Douglas Pipes American composer (born 1962)... \| Douglas Pipes is an American film score composer whose feature films include the Academy Award-nominated Monster House, the horror film Trick 'r Treat, and the Christmas comedy-horror film Krampus. His brassy instrumentations have drawn comparisons to action-music composer guru Alan Silvestri and hi ## Quotes by Douglas Pipes > [I was playing in a band and was approached to score an independent film. I had never done it, but had written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-pipes/i-was-playing-in-a-band-and-was-approached-to-score-an-independent/) [Douglas Pipes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-pipes/) [Composer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/douglas-pipes-83445_composer_i-was-playing-in-a-band-and-was-approach_770024.jpg) > [I use all types of instruments, really depending on the film. Instrument choices are very much tied to lighting, colors, art direction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-pipes/i-use-all-types-of-instruments-really-depending-on-the-film/) [Douglas Pipes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-pipes/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/douglas-pipes-83445_art_i-use-all-types-of-instruments-really-de_2327143.jpg) > [I've been fortunate in that the films I've worked on in the horror genre are themselves not pure horror, and have allowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-pipes/i-ve-been-fortunate-in-that-the-films-i-ve-worked-on-in-the-horror/) [Douglas Pipes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-pipes/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/douglas-pipes-83445_action_i-ve-been-fortunate-in-that-the-films-i_2788227.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-pipes/#itemlist", "name": "Douglas Pipes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was playing in a band and was approached to score an independent film. 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