“I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.” WarSeemsFilmOpportunityStarsFictionScience FictionMusicalDestroyedGenreOne TimeGreat MusicGreat Day Author:Carter Burwell
“Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.” FilmSidesViewsTasteSense Of HumorDarker Side Author:Carter Burwell
“Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.” FilmMediaConnectionsMediums Author:Carter Burwell
“Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that the relationship between the sound and the image is unique.” FilmGivenSoundVoiceUniqueMusicalHopefullyInstrumentation Author:Carter Burwell
“John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.” FirstsFilmTeenagerComposerSoundtracksFilm Composers Author:Carter Burwell
“Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.” FilmMusic IsNarrativeFeaturesConnectingSubliminalSubliminal MessagesAdhesive Author:Carter Burwell
“I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.” FilmListening Author:Carter Burwell
