I loved this idea of always being a foreigner. There's this thing where people bring cultures, bring the music together. I love it when the music, wh….

The challenge in scoring a sequel is, how do you not get bored? The only way around that one is to go, "Okay, let's throw everything out that we had ….

If I play you a piece of music, that's when you can truly look inside me..

The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I don't see a lot of daylight. I hang out with….

You can only make a good noise on the guitar if you're committed. Little careful noise doesn't work. You have to be bold..

Never let your wife prevent you from buying equipment. A car will not buy a synthesizer, but a synthesizer can buy a car..

What are you going to do when you are not saving the world..

If something happened where I couldnt write music anymore, it would kill me. Its not just a job. Its not just a hobby. Its why I get up in the mornin….

Trust me, if you're working on a $70 million movie and you're the last guy, you feel all that weight on your shoulders..

I've spent my life trying to make things simpler. Because I find ultimately that complicated doesn't reach the heart..

I think one of the things which always is forgotten in music class, is the first thing you have to do as a musician is you have to learn how to liste….

Inspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script..

Get rid of the shitty sound. Life's too short..

I want to go and write music that announces to you that you can feel something. I don’t want to tell you what to feel, but I just want you to have th….

There's a power that movies and music has, that can move you and motivate you to look at your neighbor in a slightly more respectful way, and look at….

Information is floating around really fast. I write something, or a piece of my music comes out and I see people writing about it on the Internet as ….

A good score should have a point of view all of its own. It should transcend all that has gone before, stand on its own two feet and still serve the ….

A violin is nothing more than a piece of wood and a dead cat. But it's a piece of technology. So when computers came along, in the '70s, I suddenly t….

The thing that hasn't changed, and I don't think will ever change, is that the operative word in music is "play." You have to have a playfulness abou….

Why get up in the morning unless you’re going to have an adventure?.

The main thing the composer needs to do is it needs to remember that the director is there to cheer you on. The director wants you to succeed because….