Character Quote by David Raiklen

You're creating a score that has to have an emotional and story logic to it. You want a dramatic arc. You want all the…

— Alan Menken

What I love about film scoring is that all the answers are in the story. You just need to get in tune with the…

— Joseph Trapanese

When you're scoring music for a film, it has to be interwoven with the narrative, it has to reflect the mood, the ethos.

— Zoya Akhtar

Good music tells a story that people relate to.

— Jen Lilley

For me, the music is always speaking from the point of view of the characters. Rarely do you score an event.

— Michael Giacchino

Working on science fiction, horror, and adventure series is fun because the music is needed to help build the world that the action takes…

— Bear McCreary

I always shoot my movies with score as certainly part of the dialogue. Music is dialogue. People don't think about it that way, but…

— Ridley Scott

My task is to tell a story with the music. I always like to have themes in terms of characters or plots, and things…

— Ramin Djawadi

I want people to know about all the kinds of music that I write. Some believe I just write film scores, which is not…

— Ennio Morricone

The whole point of music is being able to share your story.

— Camila Cabello

No matter how many scores I've written, the next project will hopefully be completely different. As hard as it is, I'm always trying to…

— John Keltonic

Sometimes the music just has to tell the story without you trying to tell the story. It depends on the type of music you…

— Tyga