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

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.

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.

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

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

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

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.