I have tremendous respect for film composers.

I have tremendous respect for film composers.

Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it.

I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too.

The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge.

I think it's good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear.

You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award.