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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The music's job is to get the audience so involved that they forget how the movie turns out.
I just want my music to involve an audience in what's taking place onscreen.
It's always easy, I think, to raise the importance of a scene through the addition of music. But it's very awkward to end it unless there's a door slam or a gunshot or something that just takes you right out of it.
The experience of a film is immersive, and music is supposed to underline and help that experience.
If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
Usually music is used to hide a film's problems.
Music is a performance and needs the audience.
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.
I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.
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.