Doing things Quote by Bryce Dessner

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too…

— Alejandro Amenabar

Whenever I'm writing a script, I'm scoring myself by playing the right kind of music.

— Edgar Wright

I think great scores have to be noticed, but they're wrong when you hear the music come in.

— Alexandre Desplat

I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

— Jane Horrocks

You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't.

— Branford Marsalis

I'm a music storyteller and collaborator. I hear character, location, and story as music. For me a score is there to both heighten the…

— David Raiklen

When scoring music, the idea is to ensure that your song makes it to the playlist on your audiences' music player and stands out…

— Arjun Janya

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.

— Chuck Mangione

I realized why movie scores are mostly strings, because it really frees your eyes to look around.

— Laurie Anderson

I cant read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

— Jane Horrocks

Now, one can often get away with playing music by ear when it is not being recorded, but writing is another matter; its mistakes…

— Albert Murray

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.

— Lance Reddick