Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.
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Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.
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In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.
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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.
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I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.
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I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.
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All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
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John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.
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On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable.