I've never tried to work chronologically. I don't think I have the discipline to do that.

When you've finished the film and everybody's already made back all their money, everybody just leaves you alone and I'm very happy. That's what it has to be like.

Composing demands a degree of isolation.

Singer/songwriters spend two or three years making an album, and then it goes up for sale and everybody pirates it and you don't make any money. Whereas, writing a film score you still get presented with a paycheck.

I like challenges and I definitely would like to be more of a chameleon.

I'm kind of an antisocial person. I realised when I was playing in bands that I wasn't that comfortable being on-stage, and I preferred to be behind-the-scenes. I like the seclusion of composing.

I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.