39 Quotes by Brian Reitzell

I know this as a musician: When you nail something, and you get so much attention for it, you want to strip that away and prove, mostly for yourself, that you don't need that.

If I put the sound of the ocean on, that's going to do something to you. And I know what that is because it does it to me, too.

'Hannibal' is not reality; the whole show is not reality. It's heightened reality: they want music the entire time.

I always liked the stress, the real high-stakes, get-the-orders-out line-cook job, as well as the ordering of the produce and everything - it's really similar to making music for a show like 'Hannibal.' It's like cooking; it's just like owning a restaurant.

The movie I worked on that had the most problems and interference came from the smallest indie movie I've ever done. I couldn't believe what the director had to go through; he was destroyed.

I think for a horror experience to be really scary, something has to be a bit of a shock and a surprise. It's like something you've never experienced before.

NBC has not once given me a music note. I get the freedom to do what I want, and that's kind of amazing.

The older I get, the more I think birds are the best musicians on the planet.

'Lost in Translation' was a year of my life, if not more, and then 'Marie Antoinette' was about three years of my life.