Black Quote by Quincy Jones

John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.

— Carter Burwell

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the…

— Ennio Morricone

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I dont understand why this happens in the…

— Ennio Morricone

I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier's first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana Ladd and…

— David Steinberg

I've been extremely lucky to work with Elmer Bernstein, Howard Shore over the years, but I've always imagined films with my own scores, because…

— Martin Scorsese

I wanted to be a film composer because I heard scores that could stand alone, from 'Vertigo' to 'Star Wars' to 'La Dolce Vita,'…

— Alexandre Desplat

I'm the same composer since my first film.

— D. Imman

I think 'Easy Rider' might have been the first time that someone made a film using found music instead of an orchestral score. No…

— Dennis Hopper

If you're a film composer, you have the music tell the story of the character.

— Ludwig Goransson

Nowadays, there are seven music directors in one film. I had never heard of such a thing before. If one of our old music…

— Lata Mangeshkar

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life.…

— Lee Grant

The fact that certain composers have been able to create first-class music within the medium of film proves that film music can be as…

— Jerry Goldsmith