I have to give credit to Giorgio Moroder ; among the first to make us realize the importance of music in film.

The main thing the composer needs to do is it needs to remember that the director is there to cheer you on. The director wants you to succeed because if you succeed, you'll be helping the film. And they are truly your conscience. And they're truly your guide.

The honest truth is that it was just traumatizing with the piano, with the authority of the piano teacher, getting rapped across the knuckles, and so whenever you put a piece of music in front of me, there's a Pavlovian reaction where it starts off.

All music is based in one way or the other, or influenced through the ages, on technology.

Trust me, if you're working on a $70 million movie and you're the last guy, you feel all that weight on your shoulders.

I've never had a real job in my life. I didn't learn anything, I was terrible at school. It was just this thing. Music was all I wanted to do.

I've spent my life trying to make things simpler.