'Black Hole Sun' was written in a car when I was driving home from the studio one night. Pretty much everything that you hear was written in my head.
If I make a movie that has a whole bunch of music in it, I get to listen to the music all day long, and I don't have to say, 'Well, I gotta go back to work and I gotta stop listening to the music.' I get to listen to music and go to work.
My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and you had Michael Jackson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell and Diana Ross on it. I even took it to show and tell in third grade!
I love the conversation between film and music.
I still hold on to the idea that a record can really change the way I feel.
For me, the sound design and the musical score is a big part of what makes scary movies work.
I like movies, because it's kind of a combination of every art, it's like it's picture, it's story, it's music, it's kind of like a clash and a collide of every art. It's really neat.
Music is definitely influential on how I approach my scenes.
Whenever I'm writing a script, I'm scoring myself by playing the right kind of music.
I was brought up on Black Sabbath, David Bowie, 50 Cent, and Guru. And it all comes out in my own music somewhere.
I think every film is made better by having smart music supervision that's really in tune with the spirit of the visual content.
I don't think I could make a good film, but I could definitely score a good film.
I not only composed music for my albums but also for the film 'Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh.'
There's a lot of money in doing score music. You can get a chance to get nominated for an Oscar; I would love to get nominated again.
I will never, ever forget the electricity I felt the first time I listened to the 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - and many times since.
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.
I was always proud of the score to 'Newsies.' The movie is good, but it was under-budgeted.
I wanted to make the soundtrack of people's lives.
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 that 'Vinyl''s faster-paced. I think 'Boardwalk' was much more luxurious in its storytelling.
When I was doing 'The Sopranos', I liked putting music together with the film; that was my favorite part of it.
No one wants to get their ass beat to a soundtrack.
I am very proud of 'Newton.' It's a wonderful film.
I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.
When I was composing for 'The Villain,' I looked at it as a fan and came up with tunes accordingly.
