We live in a modern world, and in contemporary music the central fact is contamination. Not the contamination of disease but the contamination of musical styles. If you find this in me, that is good.

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I dont understand why this happens in the movie industry.

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds.

You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation.

I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie.

I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.

Music is an experience, not a science.