A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Art is the triumph over chaos.
As a kid, I had a Beatles poster and a Bela Lugosi as Dracula poster, so both worlds always appealed to me. Horror allows you to do things as a composer than you're able to do in no other style of movie. The music has to be aggressive. You can't tiptoe around. It has to be incredibly focused dramatically - no time for second thoughts.
I feel the horror audience is a great audience, and I would ideally make a movie that would give them as much energy as they're willing to give to the picture.
'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.
I have the picture in my mind of how emotional I will feel if I win again.
Great horror movies are earned. 'Halloween' is an earned picture. Every moment of grotesque violence is earned by the suspense they're able to maintain getting there.
The idea of a Frankenstein-like creature is something I've done several times. It's such an icon of the horror scene.
The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life.
When art wins, everyone wins.
From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.