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“As a film composer, you have to be a good collaborator.”
“I always really wanted to do film scoring, largely because I hate writing lyrics. I just won't do it. I need help with the words.”
“You could argue that 'Game of Thrones' has been around longer than 'Westworld,' but honestly, either one - I don't have a side or anything - I love them both equally.”
“With 'Game of Thrones,' the most dominant instrument would definitely be the cello. That's something I just felt really captured the mood of the show very well.”
“Performing was always something that I actually used to do before I settled in the studio as a composer.”
“That's what I like: to kind of get up and start working right away in the morning.”
“I love performing on my own scores. I do it quite a lot.”
“Deep down, classical Romantic music is what I love: Brahms, Tchaikovsky, the Romantics.”
“What's so cool about 'Light of the Seven' - and what I love about 'Game of Thrones' - is you never know what's going to happen.”
“What I love about 'Game of Thrones' is that the positioning of the music is so well done, because it's not overdone. When the music cuts in, it really has something to say.”
“With 'Westworld,' the player piano plays a very important role.”
“It's always daunting to start from scratch, but it's exactly what I love about my job.”
“What I love is that 'Game of Thrones' is always up for surprises.”
“'Game of Thrones' offers such a wide range of instruments that I use and stylistically for what I'm doing, but 'Westworld' is the same.”
“When I work on my music, I always kind of just try to do my best work.”
“I'm one of those artists who, if you'd let me tweak, would probably keep going and going, so it comes to the point where sometimes you just have to let go and make the decision, 'Okay, that's it.'”
“The piano is such a timeless instrument.”
“I started out on an apprenticeship in Hollywood working as an assistant to Hans Zimmer and another composer Klaus Badelt. That's how I got my foot in the door.”
“When I work on multiple projects, I'm really good at dividing my days, so I start in the morning with a clean slate.”
“I love to do animation movies, and those might be some scores that are lesser known, unless you really kind of dig through my work and see.”