About Quote by Ludwig Goransson

I often think of random melodies. And I pretty much hear in my head what I want to do with the orchestra as I'm…

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

I equate composing with orchestrating. I think my music in terms of an orchestra.

— Henry Mancini

Writing orchestra music, you need for the emotional content to come from everyone doing everything together, adding up as it goes, a crowd mentality.

— Nico Muhly

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

— Gavin Bryars

Orchestration is part of the very soul of the work. A work is thought out in terms of the orchestra, certain tone-colors being inseparable…

— Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.

— Elliott Carter

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

— Kurt Masur

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

— Paul Lansky

I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.

— Howard Shore

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I…

— John Fahey

I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.

— James Levine

The better the orchestra, often the harder it is to conduct, not the other way around.

— Simon Rattle