Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.

There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

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.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.