Author: Carter Burwell

Quotes

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

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

- Carter Burwell

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

- Carter Burwell

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

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

- Carter Burwell

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

- Carter Burwell

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

- Carter Burwell

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

- Carter Burwell

I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.

I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.

- Carter Burwell

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 my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.

- Carter Burwell

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.

- Carter Burwell

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