I like to do a lot of research on all of the films I work on. So, I like to read a lot. That's always an interesting part of it with me.

The techniques of different directors are very different, and people have different ways of expressing ideas in film. I'm happiest when working with a director as I would be if I were an actor. I'm wanting to provide a really good performance.

The piano is really the featured instrument of a 10-piece chamber orchestra. The construction is the harmonic language.

Saturday Night Live was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in Ontario when we were 14 and 15. We would do an improvisational show with music, comedy and acting.

There are many things that have stayed consistent. But the biggest change, of course, is technology, the way it's used, the way films are shot, the format that they're shot in, and the way films, of course, are edited. It's very different than it was in the past.

I like to do a lot of research on all of the films I work on. So, I like to read a lot. That's always an interesting part of it with me.

The art of making films is a collaborative art. As a composer, you're always working with the cinematographer because he's so much the heart of the world they've created on film.