Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.

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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...

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...

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I...

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I...

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in...

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in...

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World,...

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World,...

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

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...

There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

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...

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.

I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

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.

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is...

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is...

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...

New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It...

New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It...

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

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...

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.