Carter Burwell

Composer

1955-11-19

Books by Carter Burwell

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John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.
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All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
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The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.
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Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.
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In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.
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Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.
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