I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.

Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.

There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.

In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form.

I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.