21 Quotes by Marco Beltrami

One of the major aspects of film composing is that it's not so much a musical thing as it is communicating your ideas with the director, who often does not come from a musical background.

I am inspired just by the way a scene can be interpreted by the actors. It can make a huge difference on the type of music that you write. It's best for me if I don't work at all on a project until the movie is shot and I have some sort of edit in front of me.

If it's a real bad score, then it can ruin a movie for me, or, at least, it will draw a lot of my attention to the score.

I think the only thing that I really haven't done much in, and I haven't felt too attracted to, is romantic comedies.

Robert Townson at Varese is a huge fan of film music and has really done a lot to educate audiences about film music and scores.

When I think of Morricone, more than his using a specific instrument or a specific sound, it's his way of approaching music that sticks out.

To me, music is music, and it's not limited by the medium; it just encompasses everything.

I started out coming from more of a concert music background. It just turns out that 20th-century music techniques lend themselves to scary movies and horror movies.

The thing that struck me most after first viewing 'The Sessions' was the charm of Mark O'Brien and the intimacy that the director, Ben Lewin, manages to capture perfectly on screen. I did not feel forced or cajoled in any way into believing the story.