Or certainly I would need time - which I would love to have but there almost never is on a film - to just spend a week with a roomful of guys laying down these patterns.
Danny ElfmanI'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium.
Danny ElfmanSometimes on a film you just become taken with the fact that, all right this is as rough as it gets, but I'm going to support my general and I'm going to do the very best I can for him because he's a good general and I like him.
Danny ElfmanYou hear the beginning of a melody, you should kind of know it's going to lead down this path. It should start feeling like a friend, like familiar.
Danny Elfman