Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami
Marco Edward Beltramiis an American film composer best known for his work scoring horror films such as Mimic, The Faculty, Resident Evil, Don't Be Afraid of the Darkand The Woman in Black. A long-time friend and collaborator of Wes Craven, Beltrami has scored seven of the director's films including all four films in the Scream franchise. Beltrami has been nominated for two Academy Awards for 3:10 to Yuma and The Hurt Locker, and won a Satellite Award for Best Original...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth7 October 1966
CountryUnited States of America
I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy that part.
Film has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.
I think of each movie as a puzzle. The fun is in solving the puzzle: finding a musical identity for the picture, however that can be summed up.
To me, music is music, and it's not limited by the medium; it just encompasses everything.
When I think of Morricone, more than his using a specific instrument or a specific sound, it's his way of approaching music that sticks out.
One of the major aspects of film composing is that it's not so much a musical thing as it is communicating your ideas with the director, who often does not come from a musical background.
I am inspired just by the way a scene can be interpreted by the actors. It can make a huge difference on the type of music that you write. It's best for me if I don't work at all on a project until the movie is shot and I have some sort of edit in front of me.
If it's a real bad score, then it can ruin a movie for me, or, at least, it will draw a lot of my attention to the score.
I think the only thing that I really haven't done much in, and I haven't felt too attracted to, is romantic comedies.
Robert Townson at Varese is a huge fan of film music and has really done a lot to educate audiences about film music and scores.
I started out coming from more of a concert music background. It just turns out that 20th-century music techniques lend themselves to scary movies and horror movies.
The thing that struck me most after first viewing 'The Sessions' was the charm of Mark O'Brien and the intimacy that the director, Ben Lewin, manages to capture perfectly on screen. I did not feel forced or cajoled in any way into believing the story.