I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.
All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.
Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.
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.
If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd do brain surgery the same way. I'm always up for something new.