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

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.

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

John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.

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.

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

I think being a little nuts is helpful.