Booklet der CD „The Soundtracks”. Übersetzung von Hei ber
Original engl.: "I have to see a definitive cut of the film before I even start thinking about the music, let alone writing it. After seeing the movie I tell the director what my feelings are and what I would like to do. [...] I have to trust a director and he has to trust the composer."
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Booklet der CD „The Soundtracks”. Übersetzung von Hei ber
Original engl.: "I needed money and I thought it would be a good thing to write film scores, but I never asked anybody in the film industry for work. I thought, 'A film-maker must call me because he thinks what I write is fine.' So it happened that a director called me, then again, and then again, and again."
Booklet der CD „The Soundtracks”. Übersetzung von Hei ber
Original engl.: "I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds."
Booklet der CD „The Soundtracks”. Übersetzung von Queryzo
Original engl.: "You go back to what Bach composed and how much Mozart wrote in 33 years, and you see I am unemployed compared to this."
Booklet der CD „The Soundtracks”. Übersetzung von Hei ber
Original engl.: "If you scroll through all the movies I've worked on, you can understand how I was a specialist in westerns, love stories, political movies, action thrillers, horror movies and so on. So in other words, I'm no specialist, because I've done everything. I'm a specialist in music."