I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.

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.

I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time.

If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music.

There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all.

I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band, doing lots of drugs and being really unhealthy.

Composing demands a degree of isolation.