Cheer Quote by Hans Zimmer

Before writing a single note of music, and even before the spotting session, I find it best to sit down with the director and…

— John Keltonic

I usually work with the director and it's just a collaboration between me and the one person. I think you make good movies that…

— Howard Shore

I don't claim to be a composer, and I realize my approach is pretty dopey in comparison to the true masters of score work.…

— Aesop Rock

As a film composer, you have to be a good collaborator.

— Ramin Djawadi

One important thing, just being a film composer in general, is to have a great respect for the art that you're working on -…

— Joseph Trapanese

So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their…

— Danny Elfman

I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like…

— Danny Elfman

Any composer should be able to synthesize the primary feelings that the characters are going through in the movie.

— James Newton Howard

Both the composer and the filmmaker have to let go of their preconceived notions and listen to the film... When you do that, and…

— Bear McCreary

To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

I've been a full-time composer for many years, and I'm still learning all the time. There is always more than one musical "solution" to…

— John Keltonic

With the new technology that keeps entering the media, film composers are constantly being placed in new learning situations. Acknowledging this and realizing that…

— Henry Mancini