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I don't personally see my wor...

I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

Conducting, I tried it once o...

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

I would like to do a science ...

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.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

I had piano lessons when I wa...

I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

Los Angeles is an industry to...

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.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

The jarring change going from...

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.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

Any film which views the dark...

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

I prefer a life in which we d...

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

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

I almost never try to make th...

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

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

New Yorkers may think they're...

New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a town I've ever seen.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

How does my music connect to ...

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

I like the fact that New York...

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

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I think I've only done one ho...

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

Hopefully each film can be gi...

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.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

Performing written music, eve...

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

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

Most films I work on, the peo...

Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the audience. It is very hard to accomplish anything in that situation.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

A carefree quality is a whole...

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

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John Barry was my hero when I...

John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

All my music is very simple i...

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

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

Music is the subliminal conne...

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

Carter Burwell 49 quotes

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