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

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

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.

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

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.

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.