Even more than in the concert hall, in church there are things you can and cannot do, just out of respect. You would never have the sound of someone being nailed to a cross, or the sound of a child being born, because everybody knows the story. We know that we're meant to feel a complicated raft of things.
For me the best kind of film music is liturgical music. Liturgical music is essentially a million scores for the same film. - Nico Muhly
For me the best kind of film music is liturgical music. Liturgical music is essentially a million scores for the same film.
- Nico Muhly
Because I had been in conservatory for so long, I was jealous of my friends in bands. - Nico Muhly
Because I had been in conservatory for so long, I was jealous of my friends in bands.
I think my generation is a lost generation in a way. - Nico Muhly
I think my generation is a lost generation in a way.
My urge, when I go to the store, is to buy everything. And it's the same when I'm composing. My first instinct is basically to bring the whole store … - Nico Muhly
My urge, when I go to the store, is to buy everything. And it's the same when I'm composing. My first instinct is basically to bring the whole store …
Every couple weeks I'll listen to Sibelius's Seventh Symphony, just to check in, to see how it's doing. It's doing OK. - Nico Muhly
Every couple weeks I'll listen to Sibelius's Seventh Symphony, just to check in, to see how it's doing. It's doing OK.
In really fancy restaurants they never point to the bathroom, they just gesture toward the bathroom or they'll lead you to the bathroom. The fancier … - Nico Muhly
In really fancy restaurants they never point to the bathroom, they just gesture toward the bathroom or they'll lead you to the bathroom. The fancier …
I'm pretty clear about what I'm capable of doing. - Nico Muhly
I'm pretty clear about what I'm capable of doing.
I'm trying to phase out my availability on the phone. People call you when you're walking down the street and say the most random stuff. - Nico Muhly
I'm trying to phase out my availability on the phone. People call you when you're walking down the street and say the most random stuff.
Writing orchestra music, you need for the emotional content to come from everyone doing everything together, adding up as it goes, a crowd mentality. - Nico Muhly
Writing orchestra music, you need for the emotional content to come from everyone doing everything together, adding up as it goes, a crowd mentality.
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