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I'm not a frustrated concert ...

I'm not a frustrated concert composer, and the concert pieces I've done have been a small part of my work. What I've sought there is instruction, variation from the demands of film and relief from its restrictions.

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There is no proof that carbon...

There is no proof that carbon dioxide is causing or precedes global warming....All indications are that the minor warming cycle finished in 2001 and that Arctic ice melting is related to cyclical orbit-tilt-axis changes in earth's angle to the sun.

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When we see Rey, we want to h...

When we see Rey, we want to hear Rey's theme, and when the Force is referred to or felt, we want to hear the Force theme, and so on. We hope that these references make sense to the fans and make the aural connections that we want them to have.

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There are occasionally eureka...

There are occasionally eureka moments - off the top of my head, maybe Darth Vader's theme, you know, the imperial march.

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Any working composer or paint...

Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as a bolt out of the blue. We have to get our vanities and our preconceptions out of the way and do the work in the time allotted.

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I don't make a particular dis...

I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.

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When you think about Boston, ...

When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil Hall or the State House or the Old Church. But I think the pulsing, pounding heart of Boston is Fenway Park.

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As a young pianist in Hollywo...

As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.

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I, over the years, have alway...

I, over the years, have always felt more comfortable if I could go into a projection room and look at a film and not really know what to expect. If you read the script first, you form all kinds of preconceptions about how things look, what the location's like, what the actors are like.

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When I'm finished with a film...

When I'm finished with a film, I've been living with it, we've been dubbing it, recording to it, and so on. You walk out of the studio and, 'Ah, it's finished.'

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The Olympics are a wonderful ...

The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.

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I always wrote music for my f...

I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough to be a soloist, but I believed that if I worked hard enough, I could work as a player, a teacher.

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I feel very lucky, and the wo...

I feel very lucky, and the work that I do doesn't depend on much. If your vision's still good, and your hands - I have no arthritis in my hands, and I play the piano very easily - I don't think there's any reason to deprive oneself of the fun of working. Music is so rewarding.

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I was never that into the mov...

I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because of the studio orchestras in Hollywood.

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Working in Hollywood for the ...

Working in Hollywood for the orchestra world is a very time consuming and laborious job.

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I fell in love immediately wi...

I fell in love immediately with Daisy Ridley. She is just a superstar born.

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For me, there is a strong fam...

For me, there is a strong family connection to Boston and anything connected to Boston, which includes Fenway.

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So much of what we do is ephem...

So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories.

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There was a perception that th...

There was a perception that the emerging-market problems aren't over and concern that may Brazil devalue.

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Lust and learning. That's real...

Lust and learning. That's really all there is, isn't it?

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Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....