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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
With film, it's all about the actor being able to feel the things that the character's feeling. It must do some strange things to your mind. Music I find much easier because you're being honest about where you are as a person.
The experience of a film is immersive, and music is supposed to underline and help that experience.
For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.
I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie.
I do listen to music. Movie scores, exclusively, because it's all about mood and nonspecificity. I love the way modern movie scoring is all about nonspecificity. You know, if I shuffled the tracks from 'Inception,' I challenge you to tell me which is which.
Usually, when I do a soundtrack, the music from the movie doesn't have anything to do with me personally. It's music to enhance to the film. My own stuff is more introspective and about what's on going in my head.
I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.
I've always been real close to film world. I love film, and I will do things in film, but music is more satisfying. It feels more like me.
I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures.