"The first thing I do is lay out……" — Danny Elfman
"The first thing I do is lay out that melody and figure out how it has to hold here and then finish to land here, because you know in advance you're going to want the melody to catch four things in the action."
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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 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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Doing Tim's film is always going to be the most pleasure. Let me just put it that way. So, without…
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Well begun is half done.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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