American - Composer | November 19, 1955 -
John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.
Carter Burwell
LifeHeroBondMy LifeBackMovies
There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.
HappyPeopleBeing HappyIronyBeing
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.
MusicConnectingNarrativeFilm
I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.
New YorkWorldLooksNewBackwards
I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
RomanticWalkThinkComedyDone
Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.
LearningMusicInterestImprovise
The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.
InspirationalFlowWellStudio
I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.
LifeSeriouslyTakeOurselvesWhich
Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that the relationship between the sound and the image is unique.
RelationshipVoiceUniqueSayImage
I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.
MyselfMeFindAlwaysComeAlmost
On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable.
WishEnjoyCinemaMoreI WishBeing
Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.
DeathSocietyHelpAlwaysCorner
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Carter Burwell quotes