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When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me.

I hate this idea in the Cinematheque that you must watch silent movies with no music, like it's a piece of art. It's not true.

Music is such an odd thing when you think about it - behind an image until you take it away, and then you realize a movie sounds blank without it.

When you go into something like a space movie, you think there's going to be no music or little music.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

I can't leave home without certain movies. 'The Godfather' is a big one for me. And I've gotta have my beats so I can write new music.

You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.

If you have a smartphone, you can give content to the world. The days of putting a movie in movie theaters because people don't have a choice is over.

In the end, you don't want music to be noticed as much as digested and integrated into the storytelling. And make audiences sit forward in their seats and enjoy the movie.