Carter Burwell Quotes

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.

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

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.

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