Employed Quote by James Horner

I suppose I was affected by raw sounds and timbres more than a lot of other composers. Had I been involved with orchestral composing,…

— Wendy Carlos

That was my first love growing up - classical orchestral music, especially Impressionism.

— Butch Trucks

There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the…

— Bill Conti

Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing.

— Elmer Bernstein

I was greatly influenced by musique concrete when I was, like, 10. I was completely mesmerized by the idea that you could make music…

— Walter Murch

I was growing up at a time when you just couldn't go to the movies without hearing immortal film music. And I inherited from…

— Bear McCreary

I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

Like many composers, most of my compositions are influenced by the music I've listened to throughout my life.

— Nobuo Uematsu

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

— Robert Moog

Jerry Goldsmith, I have to say, is my single favorite composer of all time. He was one of the most innovative guys ever to…

— James Newton Howard

I used to be a very serious pianist, and I was one of the snot-nosed classical ones who was appalled by nightmares of Ethel…

— Robert Sapolsky

A lot of composers before me have been on this mission to change the world by getting off equal temperament, and I'm definitely one…

— Aphex Twin