Quotes about composer
along begins composers county eventually matter taking
I find I'm not one of these composers that are, you know, walking along a beach or walking on the mountainside in County Donegal that's, you know, 'Oh, a melody.' It's more a matter of eventually taking that moment with me to the studio, and it begins to evolve. Enya
believe classical composer electronic mixed music performer protecting tried
In India, I have been called a 'destroyer.' But that is only because they mixed my identity as a performer and as a composer. As a composer I have tried everything, even electronic music and avant-garde. But as a performer I am, believe me, getting more classical and more orthodox, jealously protecting the heritage that I have learned. Ravi Shankar
black composer credit helping name
Sidney Poitier and Sidney Lumet were instrumental in helping me get started as the first black composer to get name credit for movie scores. Quincy Jones
anybody art composers involved music people
I look at composers and conductors, anybody involved in music or writing or art in general; they got more done as they got older. If I can, I'll be one of those people because what I do is my passion. Sarah Brightman
firsts composer accordions
Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion? Alfred Schnittke
discovered german-composer meditating people soon sound visual
But being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore. Karlheinz Stockhausen
german-composer permission work worked
Schaeffer gave me permission to work in the studio with a technician, but I've never worked with him.
art encounter expand german-composer interested lead using works
And when they encounter works of art which show that using new media can lead to new experiences and to new consciousness, and expand our senses, our perception, our intelligence, our sensibility, then they will become interested in this music.
german-composer
But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.
classical composer copland work
Copland was the first important American classical composer to go to work for Hollywood. Terry Teachout
music art composer
Since Mozart's day composers have learned the art of making music throatily and palpitatingly sexual. Aldous Huxley
architecture composer
I am but an architectural composer. Alexander Jackson Davis
age background branch composer examples finest fling incidental musical orchestral primary
When there are sequences when the eye, and not the ear, is the primary object, then the composer has his fling in the writing of incidental background music. In this branch of musical writing there have been some of the finest examples of orchestral music which our age has produced.
composers dear experience friend gives legendary likes musical several worked
I know I have experience, having worked with the likes of legendary composers like Ilaiyaraaja. And, I've been long enough with my dear friend A. R. Rahman, and we've collaborated on several musical works. All this gives me confidence.
carry club contract english-composer option signed
The contract I signed was just for a year, with an option for another year. If the club don't want me, or if I don't want to carry on, that's it.
american-businessman composer delicious experience falling musical stable thrust torn
If the composer withholds more than we anticipate, we experience a delicious falling sensation; we feel we have been torn from a stable point on the musical ladder and thrust into the void. Levi Strauss
college composer dad deep education finished formal graduates high interest minimal questions rather science standards
My dad was a composer and a musician, but he never finished high school. His formal education was rather minimal from the standards of today's college graduates and Ph.D.'s, but he had a deep interest in questions of science and questions of the universe. Brian Greene
awful classical composers job mozart spent time
Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius. Wallace Shawn
add composer female great program
It's nice to have a great female composer in the program and add her color. Cecilia Bartoli
composers force good inventive limited music
If you force yourself to write away from the piano, you come up with more inventive things. If you're too good a piano player, as some composers are, the music may become flavorless and glib. And if you're not a very good pianist, you're limited to the same patterns. Stephen Sondheim
adjunct companies composers debut money record recorded touch
The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their first debut on a recording. These are all things that big record companies would never touch because there is no money in it! Gunther Schuller
english-composer french reacting though tonal younger
I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour. Gavin Bryars
english-composer initially interested piece project sculptor
The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio.
aesthetic american-director composers higher illusions
There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake. Bill Conti
composer good
To find a new British composer who is really good is rare. Tim Rice
appealed beatles both composer dracula focused horror incredibly music poster second style time tiptoe worlds
As a kid, I had a Beatles poster and a Bela Lugosi as Dracula poster, so both worlds always appealed to me. Horror allows you to do things as a composer than you're able to do in no other style of movie. The music has to be aggressive. You can't tiptoe around. It has to be incredibly focused dramatically - no time for second thoughts.
bach composer music
Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all. Joshua Bell
applied commission english-composer given humor humorous license permission
I've applied to the humor commission for a license to have humor in the book. I haven't been given permission so far. I'm awaiting their verdict. Rupert Holmes
american-musician composer drive
Sometimes you get real close, sometimes you don't. Sometimes they drive you crazy. I think every composer does that. That's a big part of the job. Danny Elfman
composer listened phone scores
Sometimes Ive listened to film scores and felt, 'Did the composer phone that in?' Patrick Doyle
andy bit composer records sell tidy tony
Sammy Davis, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett... their records sell in the millions; when I do it, it just trickles. But for the composer and lyricist, there's a tidy bit to be made that way, too, so I don't really mind. Anthony Newley
british cite composer dirty dna folk formative louis melancholy music national
Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence. There's an intense, dirty harmony, but there's a Louis XIV kind of elan and style, too. He had the melancholy DNA of our national folk heritage. Charles Hazlewood
arguing composer decided friend points rather score time trying unify waste
Rather than waste time arguing with a friend and trying to unify our points of view, we decided amicably to let another composer score the film, Peter Jackson