Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.
I like business and personal life to be distinct.
Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.
Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.
Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that the relationship between the sound and the image is unique.
How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.
I have always loved Scottish music – all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.
I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.
I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.
I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director’s enjoying it too.
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.