Quotes about Film Music

Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion. Votes: 6

I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes, I listen to Indian music quite often, and other non- film music. Votes: 4

I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is. Votes: 4

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading. Votes: 4

Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt. Votes: 4

I don't believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. If we program film music, it will be because there is a real artistic reason for doing so. Votes: 4

I'm pretty proud of my film music in general. Votes: 3

I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually. Votes: 3

I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all! Votes: 3

Beautiful film music can be made relevant to any period. Votes: 2

So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in. Votes: 2

When you're working on film music, you're only working on 20, 30-minute sections at a time. Votes: 2

For me the best kind of film music is liturgical music. Liturgical music is essentially a million scores for the same film. Votes: 2

Film music really is about point of view and you can shift it wherever you want really depending on how you look at it. Votes: 2

Robert Townson at Varese is a huge fan of film music and has really done a lot to educate audiences about film music and scores. Votes: 2

I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter? Votes: 2

The consumption of information, films, music has been changing in recent decades. It's hard to know what will become the film that can not easily reach [audiences]. Votes: 2

In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel. Votes: 2

There's a whole gamut of things to do with film music that don't apply when you're making a record or if you're writing a concert piece or something. Votes: 2

Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list. Votes: 2

The fact that certain composers have been able to create first-class music within the medium of film proves that film music can be as good as the composer is gifted. Votes: 2

Does film music really matter to the average moviegoer? A great score, after all, can't save a bad film, and a bad score - so it's said - can't sink a good one. Votes: 2

It's a funny thing with the inspiration thing. There's always loads of music around that I absolutely love and films going back to when I started making film music in the mid-80's. Votes: 2

Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further and there is no other music innovating as much as film music Votes: 2

I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film music that could be used for movies like war movies and love movies. Votes: 2

It is really amazing to be able to do cinematic, big feature style film music on a weekly basis and do it in LA, on a big scoring stage, on a studio lot, and do it with the right players and make it sound great. Votes: 2

I studied music all the way through college, but as soon as I graduated from university, I got straight into London and got straight into film music. So really my experiences have been being around the orchestras in London and being around the people who work in film music. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Votes: 2

I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like. Votes: 2

After moving to Los Angeles in the early '90s, I started looking into "music for picture" more seriously and in broader scope. My collaboration as a programmer and arranger with Graeme Revell exposed me for the first time to the full spectrum of film music, including the hectic demands of orchestral scoring and the power politics surrounding the finalization of any score for a major motion picture in Hollywood. Votes: 2

Music is half the film. Votes: 0

Writing, film, sculpture, music: it's all make-believe, really. Votes: 0

Usually music is used to hide a film's problems. Votes: 0

I would say music, film, and talented people inspire me. Votes: 0

A singer's biographical film should have their music and their voice. Votes: 0

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film. Votes: 0

The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film. Votes: 0

The record producer is the music world's equivalent of a film director. Votes: 0

Music and film are parallel experiences: they are linear, they are narrative. Votes: 0

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character. Votes: 0

Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be. Votes: 0

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something. Votes: 0

I've always believed film is most close to music of all the other arts. Votes: 0

Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character. Votes: 0

If you watch a film without music, there's nothing that you can connect with. Votes: 0

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. Votes: 0

I'm developing a record company. I'm learning how to supervise music on a film. Votes: 0

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. Votes: 0

I'm obsessed by film. I'm obsessed with music and producing and making things happen. Votes: 0

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films. Votes: 0

It's very hard to write music for a film because you're writing about somebody else's experience. Votes: 0

Creating music, visual art, producing music and film are always at the forefront of my life. Votes: 0

I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial. Votes: 0

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music. Votes: 0

Sometimes you want to use the music in a clarity way to explain something in the film. Votes: 0

I've played guitar and piano for a while, so it's really fun to play music on film. Votes: 0

It's hard to have a film and television career and do music work at the same time. Votes: 0

The music is not used repetitiously to create film atmosphere. It is, in fact, the leading character. Votes: 0

Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks. Votes: 0

My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film. Votes: 0

I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about. Votes: 0

I think, for me anyway, music and film is where you can really transport yourself to another universe. Votes: 0

I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth. Votes: 0

Being a recording artist, selling music, selling concerts out, having a reality show, starting film; it's great, it's beautiful. Votes: 0

I haven't thought about making a music film, but if I did, that would be a very interesting idea. Votes: 0

We like to think of film and music as art, but actually art is something that is not restricted. Votes: 0

The music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk. Votes: 0

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it. Votes: 0

I can't really say that film music inspired me; it is more the films themselves, in connection with the music. Votes: 0

One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film. Votes: 0

It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes. Votes: 0

Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion. Votes: 0

The only film I ever made for money was something called Music From Another Room, which I really didn`t like. Votes: 0

I have to give credit to Giorgio Moroder ; among the first to make us realize the importance of music in film. Votes: 0

There's just so little mystery left in music or film. It was all that was magical to me as a child. Votes: 0

I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies. Votes: 0

Music without the ebb and flow would be like "watching a film with only good guys in it." -attrib Frank Zappa Votes: 0

In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob. Votes: 0

When I was doing 'The Sopranos', I liked putting music together with the film; that was my favorite part of it. Votes: 0

Good film, television, or music keeps you awake, anxious for the next movement or act, and wanting more when it is finished. Votes: 0

Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film. Votes: 0

I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship. Votes: 0

Music has an immediate effect. If you want to go beyond that and look underneath, film is a good way of explaining. Votes: 0

I think that is what film and art and music do; they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings. Votes: 0

I want to continue to produce film, television, and theater, and to make the most amazing music that I've made in my life. Votes: 0

[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio. Votes: 0

Music is such an integral part of a film and really drives the emotional narrative, it has to be integrated from the beginning. Votes: 0

I've studied film a lot, so I know much more about film than music, but I don't think I could have made films. Votes: 0

I don't want to direct music videos at all. Any work I do with a camera I'd like to be for a film. Votes: 0

Music has fed me a lot of ideas... The film BLUE VELVET came out of Bobby Vinton's version of the song BLUE VELVET. Votes: 0

I think my music is great for film, but I don't have the opportunity, or goesche to go and pitch myself to Hollywood. Votes: 0

I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon. Votes: 0

Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly. Votes: 0

Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God. Votes: 0

After working as a producer on many pop, electronica and some soundtrack, incidental music projects, I became more focused on film and TV scores. Votes: 0

I think if you write music for soundtracks then sometimes you do something that you could never do if the film did not exist. Votes: 0

There is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect. Votes: 0

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert. Votes: 0

The only music I've ever written was for a film called Frank, and the idea was that it was the worst music in the world. Votes: 0

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're replaced. Votes: 0

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert Votes: 0

When work resonates with a person, whether it is literature or film or music, then they want to know more about the artist. That's very natural. Votes: 0

My life in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities became a point of view for me - sports, fashion, music, film, arts, and politics as a media play. Votes: 0

You have to be able to use it [art] to effect change in the community. That's what gives the film and the music an impactful legacy. Votes: 0

There are parallels between the music and film worlds, but they're really very different. I feel like they're just two different ways to channel my creativity. Votes: 0

In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film. Votes: 0

Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives. Votes: 0

When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it's real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it's real. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, music, but there really isn't hip-hop film. So I was trying to do that. Votes: 0

All of my most significant moments somehow involved music. It's like my life was a John Hughes film and somebody had to put together the perfect soundtrack. Votes: 0

In times of war, starvation, hunger and injustice, such tragedy can only be put aside if you allow yourself to be uplifted through music, film and dance. Votes: 0

I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film school and theatrics. Votes: 0

I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff. Votes: 0

Whether we're talking about books, music or film, it's all about storytelling. You get a powerful new way of connecting with people once you hear their stories. Votes: 0

The Indian music market is very film-oriented, and any other creative music venture doesn't receive enough support. I'd rather do singles and put them on my website. Votes: 0

I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around. Votes: 0

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it's me. I don't feel frightened; I feel challenged. Votes: 0

If you're someone who's making film or TV or music, or any kind of art form now, there's a billion outlets and they all have an opinion. Votes: 0

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world. Votes: 0

I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study. Votes: 0

I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect. Votes: 0

When I was younger, I didn't read that much. I was more interested in film and music. Now I'm curious. I want to know what it's all about. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer. Votes: 0

With television you are producing hours and hours of music and for film it is a shorter experience for both the audience and for you as a composer. Votes: 0

What you do in your art - TV, music, film stuff - touches people. And they want to touch you. So that's a blessing. I'm okay with it. Votes: 0

For at the hour of death you became a celebrated film star, it is a moment of glory for everyone, when the choral music scales the top notes. Votes: 0

I hope to do a visual for every 
single thing, even if it's as small as a gif or as big as a whole dance music film. Votes: 0

Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can't imagine what the movie would have been like without it. It made the film. Votes: 0

There's always the influence of music, film, art and the other things that drive me. I'm usually inspired by my environment and whatever is making me happy or mad. Votes: 0

There have been times when I've made special arrangements to meet people in music, film, business or politics, and I'll continue to do so if the people are sincere. Votes: 0

I'm passionate about music, food, books, film, blah, blah. The same things everyone is passionate about, no? Love, sex, connection. Peace. Not f - - g up our planet. Votes: 0

Gene Autry was a pioneering star in the early days of music, radio, film, television and rodeo performances. I am proud to posthumously honor such an inspiring role model Votes: 0

My inspiration always comes from different places. Sometimes it's a piece of music or being in nature or seeing a film or reading a magazine. I find inspiration everywhere. Votes: 0

I love the conversation between film and music. Votes: -1