Eye Quote by Laurie Anderson

Most film scores have one vibe, and they stick with it.

— Mike Patton

I'm fascinated by film scores, especially film scores for children's movies because they have to be able to entertain an audience that isn't interested…

— Jack Garratt

To me, score is really important. I would rather not have any score if it's something that's going to detract from the film. So…

— Steve Buscemi

The score, which comes often quite later in a film, can help reinvigorate your emotional engagement with it.

— James Marsh

Music can help uncover that tone that's in the fabric of the movie. Sometimes it's very plain to see, sometimes it's not.

— James Newton Howard

You can get away with a lot more in a film or television score. It is contextual.

— Max Richter

I really like films that don't let the score influence the tone too much.

— Riley Stearns

Most often the music does end up in the movie, and sometimes there's a point where I wish that it wasn't, just because I…

— Danny Elfman

I've not used a score in any of my films so far.

— Andrea Arnold

I see movies all the time that manipulate you by playing a high note on the piano or some string instrument, and suddenly you're…

— Josh Hartnett

Classical scores go up and down; they're kind of hysterical in a way. And movie scores are much more - they just drive and…

— Darren Aronofsky

What I love about film scoring is that all the answers are in the story. You just need to get in tune with the…

— Joseph Trapanese