Director Quote by Ilaiyaraaja

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

— Taylor Hackford

From the composition side of a musician, we have to cater to what the director wants, what the subject demands.

— Devi Sri Prasad

Every musician out there wants to be judged on the merit of their songwriting, the merit of their performing abilities.

— Laura Jane Grace

Creating a film's background score will help me be completely involved in the project because I will be composing more than just the songs…

— Tanishk Bagchi

So I prefer to do the entire music for a film. And when I'm doing the background score, I can weave the whole film…

— Amit Trivedi

The respect for a musical score must come from the director... If the director has no power and has to surrender to budgetary constraints,…

— Ennio Morricone

When you're scoring music for a film, it has to be interwoven with the narrative, it has to reflect the mood, the ethos.

— Zoya Akhtar

Music is about the performance.

— Vanessa Mae

The best results come when people believe in and feel strongly about the music they are playing. Just as composers write for certain types…

— Michael Hersch

I'm a music storyteller and collaborator. I hear character, location, and story as music. For me a score is there to both heighten the…

— David Raiklen

When people score films, the job is to be visual. When people make music, it's about evoking feeling. It's great when you get both…

— Adrian Younge

Composing for concert performance is a somewhat lonely occupation, but composing a film score is highly collaborative.

— William P. Perry