Movie Music Quotes

I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.

I not only composed music for my albums but also for the film 'Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh.'

I was always proud of the score to 'Newsies.' The movie is good, but it was under-budgeted.

It's a deliberate choice. I am a fervent supporter of the idea that you don't have to have wall-to-wall music in good films.

When I was working on the music for this I didn't want to just use pop songs as the score - most movies do it and I've done it before.

I think it's a big deal to have a great soundtrack for a movie.

I'd love to do a whole soundtrack to a movie.

If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie.

One of the most interesting things, at least for me, are the soundtracks for 'The Social Network' and 'Drive.' Basically, it's what I did in 'American Gigolo.' I could have done the music for those movies blindfolded. And one of them won an Oscar, and the other is this massive soundtrack.

In 'Secret Life of Pets,' it's a huge orchestra - really, really big.

'Raaga' is one of those movies which is very special for any music director to compose music for.

I'm one of those people that really pays attention to the music in films.

Considering 'Kaante' is an action film, its music is brilliant.

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 piece of music over the scene, and we both listen to it.

Music is such an incredibly affecting part of any movie-going experience, and it just... it shapes your whole experience.

John Ottman's music has emerged...as a brilliant new sound in the spectrum of Motion Pictures.

When Kubrick called me about 'The Shining,' it was very strange. He first asked me to write music for his film, but I instead gave him suggestions about some of my pieces. I told him about 'The Awakening of Jacob,' which he did use in 'The Shining.'

Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two of the best at using music.

I've always been a film lover - that's why I've always wanted to write music for films.

I have composed music for many city-based movies.

I always wanted to be a film composer. So very early on I started collecting soundtracks and paying attention to how movie music works. Actually I'd like to have the opportunity to conduct for the rest of my life.

I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call it movie.

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

My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.

I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat.