Appropriate Quote by Quentin Tarantino

Some of the ideas are kind of inspired by the songs, and I always want to use music to tell the story and give…

— Wes Anderson

Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie.

— Spike Jonze

I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone…

— Max Winkler

I find music the the clearest and easiest way in to what a movie will feel like - more so than visual references or…

— David Michod

The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.

— Jeff VanderMeer

Music, I find, gets you out of a trap [when screenwriting], because it speaks to your emotions directly, it's an abstract thing, it's not…

— Tony Grisoni

I like to write a piece of music that reflects how I felt about a film as opposed to, here's this action scene; here's…

— Michael Giacchino

When I see a movie, the music often gets in the way for me. It's something that, say, for myself and Claire, we never,…

— Stuart A. Staples

I just finished a novel, and I'm back kind of noodling on the screenplays. Screenplays are tough. I am making music, I'm just not…

— Michael Nesmith

You go through different stages when you're working on the music in film. At least, I do. You have a temp score, so you…

— Duncan Jones

I look at the film without any music or sound. I try to grasp the story from the screenplay. I try to write to…

— Howard Shore

I can watch a movie about a person that can make me feel depressed or remind me of something else, and then later on…

— Christopher Owens