Quotes by Carter Burwell

About Carter Burwell:

Carter Benedict Burwell is an American composer of film scores.
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I think being a little nuts is helpful.

Carter Burwell

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.

Carter Burwell

There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen.

Carter Burwell

I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.

Carter Burwell

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

Carter Burwell

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

Carter Burwell

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.

Carter Burwell

I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.

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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.

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On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable.

Carter Burwell

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.

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I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameCarter Burwell
  • DescriptionAmerican composer
  • BornNovember 18, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Composer
  • WorksTwilight