All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.

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.

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.

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.