I don't pretend to want to write the Great American Symphony.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
My father started me out on the flute and I began going to teachers.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
Too many schools across the country have cut back heavily on their music curricula.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
If a film is not doing well, a record company will not take a chance with the score.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
In the mid-1930s, a lot of the Big Bands sounded the same.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
Some of the prettiest music I've done was in films that really were not a smash. Your music fares as the film does.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
If I'm writing songs for a country-Western picture, I have to know about country music.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
Film music, over the years, has taken from everybody.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
Blake Edwards has set up an extraordinary combination of moods in 'Peter Gunn.' When you stop to analyze it, you can't find the boundaries where the music stops and the show takes over.