The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.

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Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage...

Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage...

Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives...

Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives...

Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not...

Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not...

I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.

I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense...

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense...

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something...

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something...

The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.

The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I...

On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I...

John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I...

John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I...

When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.

When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which...

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which...

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James...

John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James...

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I...

I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I...

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.

Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that...

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that...

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really...

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really...