I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.
When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.
I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.
I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.
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.
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.