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It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak.

As a producer, you're pretty much creating a body of work that an artist has to stand behind.

A lot of the music editing job is communication and working out what a director really wants the music to be.

Our job as producers is to make the music sound as good as possible.

Composers and lyricists are not responsible for storyline and casting. One can imagine actors shouldering this responsibility, since they charge for half the film. But producers never ask actors to share the losses. Instead, they train their guns on composers and lyricists.

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.

There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.

I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.

There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music.