Able Quote by Jerry Goldsmith

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

Music has become a very important part of any film.

— Jackky Bhagnani

I think that being a film composer, someone that gets it and actually applies the music, it allows you to open up a spectrum…

— Adrian Younge

I don't claim to be a composer, and I realize my approach is pretty dopey in comparison to the true masters of score work.…

— Aesop Rock

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

When I'm writing film music, I feel like I'm more a filmmaker than a composer. It's more about what the film needs. I'm basically…

— Johann Johannsson

You can use existing music in a film, but creating a soundtrack is very different. One note can be enough.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

Music, for me, in a film is never... I don't want to use music as a slave of the image. I want music to…

— Jasmila Zbanic

Music is the life of a film.

— Govinda

Film composers are the most prolific music makers on this planet, and most of us are, like, losing our minds if we're doing five…

— Christopher Young

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

Music is, for me, a great tool of a filmmaker, the same way cinematography, the acting, editing, post-production, the costumes are. You know, to…

— Spike Lee