"I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies."
"There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself."
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Source: On not being Dead, as Reported
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"I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually."
"I would do the occasional score. I thought it was the most thrilling thing. It was instant. You made the music and they played it right away to millions of people. I found it thrilling."
"I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions."
"Victor Young had been hired to write the score for the dances of The Ten Commandments but he became very ill. You were then hired to write the score. But at the same time you'd written The Man with the Golden Arm score."
"Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing."