Author: Carter Burwell

Quotes

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

- 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

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

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

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

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

- Carter Burwell

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

- Carter Burwell

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

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

- Carter Burwell

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

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

- Carter Burwell

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