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.

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.

When you start on a new film, no matter how many you've done before that, I think I've done close to 80 films, but it's always kind of a fun adventure.

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

You don't always want to be using the music in a way to express ideas inherent that are on the screen. You might want to work more around the fringes of the story, and work more with the subtext, and add more depth to the story through the use of music.

Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.

I look at the film without any music or sound. I try to grasp the story from the screenplay. I try to write to the novel or book if there is one. I try to create music that's honest and true to my heart for the story.