Even when I was studying piano, I always preferred to play around with my own improvisations rather than do my studies. So I've always been interested in writing music from a very early age.
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I've never been very good at creating absolute music, which has no non-musical dimension to it. I think that is why filmmakers gravitated toward my work.
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Making 'Orphee' has been a true labour of love, one that has been a part of my life for six years, and yet the music always remained fresh - it was constantly in a state of flux and renewal.
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I like to have space between the notes. I like to use silence.
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I believe that things can be expressed very powerfully through simplicity.
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I don't really take vacations.
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I very much enjoy working with talented filmmakers who have a good sense for music, who have a strong feel for music and for what music can do in a film.
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Always really good audiences in Belgium.
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I am a trombone player, and that was my first instrument.