Comfortable Quote by Henry Jackman

There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music.

— Alex North

Some people feel like you need to have a very specialized understanding of music to have the authority to talk about it. They are…

— Henry Jackman

Directors love to do music, they've been doing that all along.

— Melvin Van Peebles

I think the kind of togetherness and understanding between music directors and singers, and between producers and directors, is not the same anymore. Now,…

— Kumar Sanu

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

— Taylor Hackford

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're…

— Ben Folds

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if…

— Mike Figgis

Basically, great directors know how to combine music with the scenes that they are working on.

— John Gourley

Music runs through everything I do - I even think musically; even when I was acting, but, especially, when I am directing. Directing is…

— Robby Benson

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

— Michael Mosley

I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a much stronger…

— Zach Condon

Composing music for a film, from my point of view, is like getting into the skin of the subject. It is just like how…

— Devi Sri Prasad