Authority Quote by Henry Jackman

Some producers hang-on to that old cliche that if the audience hears the music, it is no good. I say this is so much…

— Henry Mancini

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

— Taylor Hackford

Naturally, no one knows more about music than musicians. They talk about their own work all the time, but they rarely get to talk…

— Michael Azerrad

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

The most difficult thing about music videos is that a lot of young filmmakers come into the medium, and they have so many different…

— Hiro Murai

When you listen to the music, you see little movies in your head, and that's the beauty of it, I think. People can make…

— Sune Rose Wagner

It is our responsibility to learn how to speak to an audience that is less informed about music, to give it a reason to…

— Renee Fleming

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

In creating music you are the writer, the director, the producer, you create it from scratch. Obviously in playing a role in a film,…

— Justin Timberlake

No one's being precious about their music. They want the film to be great. And that was the huge lesson for me along the…

— Steven Price

I couldn't imagine what it's like to be a journalist talking about music. You're left with empty descriptions; you probably have to make up…

— Ariel Pink

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