I know I haven't posted in a month, and I've been procrastinating on finishing a massive review. So as filler, I will lazily post a collection of composer quotes that I've already gathered and posted elsewhere.
"This sh*t is so unpredictable. But that's good." -James Newton Howard
"I won't tell you again. I'm not Mick Jagger, you blithering idiot" -Danny Elfman
"You don't have to be a total freak to enjoy a Goldenthal score this time!" -Elliot Goldenthal, on Frida
"This is going to sound like sour grapes, not that I care" -Jerry Goldsmith
"If I want to sit here and eat plaster or whatever, it's my prerogative!" -Basil Poledouris
"I live in an area in LA that I grew up in, and have a real association with the mud and the weeds."-Thomas Newman
"It's crazy time"-Michael Giacchino
"I remember thinking on Armageddon, I was working on this bloody cue I
was doing with Bruce Willis, with a tear in his eye standing on some
f*cking meteorite and he was saving the world. I thought, this is more
than just Hollywood - this is ludicrous! I could underpin this with
very emotional music... ah.. sorry Jerry [Bruckheimer]!" -Harry Gregson
Williams
"'Kick-What'? That sounds rather rude."-Henry Jackman, quoting his mother's reaction to the news that he was working on Kick-Ass.
John Williams tends to be more serious
in interviews. But if you watch the behind-the-scenes stuff for Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, you'll find that he has
thinly-veiled attraction to Cate Blanchett.
"Film idea : a can ofbaked beans gets sold at a supermarket but the
customer hasn't got enough money so they put it back and get
embarrassed."-David Arnold, from his Twitter (davidgarnold). By the way, David Arnold's Twitter is flat out crazy. Following is just the beginning series of tweets he made recently:
"Insect incest"
"Outsect outcest"
"Shake it all about"
"If anyone wonders what exactly 'it' is all about...apparently its the okey cokey ..which you have to do."
"The okey cosy is an elaborate form of commentated kicking"
"For people with Parkinson's"
For the thrilling conclusion to Arnold's magnum opus (it makes his score to Independence Day sound like The Social Network) go to his Twitter and see the entries for February 19th (2012).
