"I'll just start laying out the melody exactly……" — Danny Elfman
"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 other pieces I'm really just going a couple bars at a time."
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39 Quotes by Danny Elfman
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For me, writing something in the spirit of Halloween is like Mother Teresa writing on charity and sacrifice. It's just…
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It often feels like a tremendous amount of work is required to get an idea moving forward, like pushing a…
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I really look forward to revisiting this body of work which has been such a huge part of my life…
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Or certainly I would need time - which I would love to have but there almost never is on a…
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This is Halloween, everybody make a scene Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright It's our town,…
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It sounds really stupid, I hate making cosmic comments like this but, I just let it do what it wants…
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You have to write a good score that you feel good about. At least, you're supposed to. But, if the…
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In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.
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I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning,…
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The first thing I do is lay out that melody and figure out how it has to hold here and…
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The idea of performing some of Jack Skellington's songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas live for the very first time…
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Oh see, first off you gotta realize - everything for me is a reconstruction or deconstruction. I would actually say…
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Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in a bar very…
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Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
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The American legal industry is a medieval guild in which the prosecutors, bar, and bench join hands to ensure that…
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I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working…
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My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.
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The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
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I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.
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I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is.…
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The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to…
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When I go to a bar, I don't go looking for a girl who knows the capital of Maine.
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