Beginning Quote by Michael Giacchino

When I was growing up, I loved the films where you'd start them and the score might sound really odd at first and really…

— Steven Price

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

When the movie's done, you talk about either the score or source music over a particular scene, what might work. You just throw a…

— Ethan Coen

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

When someone asks me to do a score, I look at the picture two or three times. I never watch the rushes to pick…

— Henry Mancini

A good score should have a point of view all of its own. It should transcend all that has gone before, stand on its…

— Hans Zimmer

Sometimes people can see a movie of mine and not know until the credits roll that I wrote the score. That makes me feel…

— Henry Mancini

If you really pay attention to the movie, it comes into play, in many different sections.

— Chris Diamantopoulos

For me, the score is one of the main characters of a film.

— Jon Hopkins

You have to listen to the movie while you're making it. I think that's important.

— Gary Ross

When I start a film, I can sort of shut my eyes, sit somewhere quiet and imagine the movie finished. I can imagine the…

— Peter Jackson

I see a film as a puzzle, with a beginning, middle, and end, but I like to start at the end sometimes.

— Claude Lelouch