Art Quote by Henry Mancini

It's very hard to write music for a film because you're writing about somebody else's experience.

— Alessandro Nivola

The great composers I worked with along the way, I always felt they were filmmakers more than composers. They would talk about the story…

— Steven Price

The fact that certain composers have been able to create first-class music within the medium of film proves that film music can be as…

— Jerry Goldsmith

I think TV composers don't get enough credit. I really think it is one of the hardest jobs.

— Lorne Balfe

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

If you're a film composer, you have the music tell the story of the character.

— Ludwig Goransson

I mean, I think as a composer for film, I am very frequently deferential to the drama. My motto is, 'Do no harm.' My…

— Bear McCreary

When I watch films now, theres more of a musicality to the way the film are written.

— Q-Tip

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

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I dont understand why this happens in the…

— Ennio Morricone

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the…

— Ennio Morricone

You can be far more challenging, articulate and intelligent writing for television than you can writing for the cinema.

— Peter Morgan