Composer Quote by Howard Shore

What is so beautiful about a composer and a lyricist is that their job is to push a story along and not halt it.

— Keala Settle

When you write music that you are very passionate about, being able to bring the visual aspect of it alive with the music is…

— Maria Brink

It's a myth that you need to understand all the ins and outs of music. The ideal scenario is you have a conceptual, directorial…

— Henry Jackman

The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else than a…

— George Gershwin

Being a composer is a little like being a painter. Sometimes you hire a painter because you want a beautiful painting for your wall,…

— Bear McCreary

Our industry holds a musical perception about each emotion that we depict in our narrative. As music composers, our job is either to cater…

— Amaal Mallik

Composers are very individual creatures.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts.

— Ken Burns

When I start a song, I have an image and a story. In many ways, it's more like painting than making music.

— Goldie

A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated…

— Hanns Eisler

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

It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak

— Michael Bolton