Fight Quote by Bear McCreary

Typically, I think television music is meant to be consistent from episode to episode, to remind you what show you're watching. I feel like…

— Bear McCreary

Honestly, 'Battlestar' is a truly unique thing, and it's hard for anything to step up to that. There aren't often shows that are as…

— Tahmoh Penikett

Honestly, Battlestar is a truly unique thing, and its hard for anything to step up to that. There arent often shows that are as…

— Tahmoh Penikett

There's been a tendency to think that TV music has to be cheap and fast and for films it has to be nothing but…

— Hildur Gudnadottir

The orchestra's an amazing instrument, but I don't want to just arrange my songs for it. I think that might be kind of boring…

— Andrew Bird

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

— Skitch Henderson

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

— Thomas Beecham

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…

— Danny Elfman

Musical 'fusion' projects have earned themselves a bad name, but that's mainly because they often involve pop artists conscripting orchestras to play unimaginative backdrops…

— Charles Hazlewood

When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned…

— Patty Duke

There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction.

— John Cage

If you're working with a band and you really want to work them into the episode, you've got to say to them, "Look, we…

— Matt Stone