‘Write as much music as you can and to always challenge your own hearing and your own writing’
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
‘Write as much music as you can and to always challenge your own hearing and your own writing’
Follow your creative passion with determination; no creative endeavour is ever wasted.
Writing the tune is the hard part
Who or what inspired you to take up composing, and pursue a career in music? I can hardly remember not being drawn to music. I
One special challenge of film music is understanding that each score is completely different from another. Every director will have a different point of view of what they want, so the process of figuring out what is it that they need will always be different. Filmmakers very rarely speak in musical terms. They communicate with feelings and emotions, so it is my job to figure out how to put those emotions into musical sounds to meet their vision.