Freedom. I will not give you up.
I prefer live musicians whenever possible. And I tailor the ensemble to what is appropriate for the film and the score I'm writing.
For as long as I can remember, I've been passionate about music. I can't recall a time when I didn't have music playing in my head.
When I was a young child my folks would ask me why I was rocking back and forth and I'd answer "cause of the music in my head!"
It was a natural thing for me to go become a musician, and then to start writing music. I don't even really remember making a decision to go into music, it was just there for me, always. If I weren't making a living at it, I'd still be writing music.
One of the earliest memories I have of feeling the power of film music was watching Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. That was a really clear epiphany for me, when I realized that each film has its own music, and that there was someone out there who wrote this very specific music for just this one film.
I'm also always thinking about the score as a recording, as opposed to a performance that can be recreated in a live environment. Some of what I write could of course be played in a concert hall, but for the needs of a film I don't consider that.
There's enough evidence that variation in sexual orientation is more a function of genes than of environment and for that reason alone, it should be accepted as but another example of human variability.
Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God.
It's awkward doing it with anybody, but it's like Twister.
He who assists a poor or needy villain does evil to his neighbor. . . for through the assistance which he renders he. . . supplies him with the means of doing evil to others.