Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.
John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.
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.
If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd do brain surgery the same way. I'm always up for something new.
I think being a little nuts is helpful.
I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.
I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.
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.
Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.
The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.