Carter Burwell Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Carter Burwell quotes and sayings page 2 (69 year old composer). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 42 we have for him.

“Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.”

“Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.”

“I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.”

“I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.”

“In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.”

“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.”

“John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.”

“New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a town I've ever seen.”

“Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.”

“The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.”