The technology certainly changes. I think, in terms of making films, that's been the biggest change. But many things stay the same. I mean, there's still stories to be told. There are scripts that give you a good guide and insight into the film.

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

When you're working on a film, it's intense and it's very all-consuming. There's not something in particular.

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.

To make good films, you have to have a good relationship and good collaboration as composer-director, composer-editor, composer-production designer-actor because you're working with the actors on screen.

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.

You can find the whole world of a film in one instrument, or you can find a world of sound in the orchestra.