21 Quotes by Marco Beltrami

I usually start from the most general to the more specific. I'll get an emotional overview for the film as a whole, trying to pinpoint what the musical identity is and come up with thematic ideas - any ideas that identify as succinctly as possible what the film is.

There's this whole other element of film scoring, which is the social and psychological side of how you're dealing with people... And that is not always in sync with what's right for the picture.

'Snowpiercer' is a little bit more experimental, I think, and crafted for a slightly different audience. 'The Giver' is more about teen angst.

I like the scene in the first 'Scream' movie where Sidney gets up, and dusk is falling, and she's looking out at the hills of Santa Rosa, there where it was filmed, and that's where you sort of hear her theme being played out. I always liked that moment because, to me, it became more than just a horror movie.

I have to admit that I really don't care for horror movies all that much. I think mainly just because I'm a cheap scare.

I had come from an orchestral background, but I didn't really have any orchestral pieces for film.

I don't really have a preferred genre. It's more up to the individual project itself and if I feel compelled by it.

'The Homesman' is my third collaboration with Tommy Lee Jones as director, and each time, I am aware of how fortunate I am.

'The Homesman' is a really interesting movie that Tommy Lee Jones directed.