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I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy that part.

— Marco Beltrami

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

For me, I'm sort of a wanna-be composer, and I love being involved with the arrangements.

— Joshua Bell

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

— Ken Hill

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

— Robert Moog

When I hear the piano played in a compositional way, like in a songwriter's way in a compositional way, there's a certain arc to that that I love.

— Chick Corea

When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings.

— Kiri Te Kanawa

I always create book soundtracks to capture the overall mood I'm going for and listen to them as I write. Those songs and scores really fuse with the scenes in my mind.

— Claudia Gray

It's funny because as a composer, you want to hear your songs live on. I think a lot of times people will create a song and it becomes stagnant or something that they're no longer interested in playing, and they leave it alone.

— Christian Scott

I consider myself a composer.

— Timbaland

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts.

— Ken Burns

The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.

— Erykah Badu