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I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.

~Danny Elfman

Topics: Burning Burning Desire Desire Having Myself Necessarily See Symphony Write

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I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium.

~Danny Elfman

Topics: Composer Director Film Head Interpret Kind Like Me Medium Out Psychic Through Trying

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The beauty of a main title is that you establish your main theme and maybe a bit of your secondary theme. You plant the seed that you're going to go water later in the score. And so, having that removed just made it so much more difficult.

~Danny Elfman

Topics: Beauty Bit Difficult Establish Go Going Having Just Later Made Main Maybe More Much Plant Score Secondary Seed Theme Title Water You Your

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You have to write a good score that you feel good about. At least, you're supposed to. But, if the director hates it, it ain't going to be in the movie!

~Danny Elfman

Topics: About Director Feel Feel Good Going Good Hates Least Movie Score Supposed Write You

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Doing Tim's film is always going to be the most pleasure. Let me just put it that way. So, without drawing favorites one way or the other, getting back with him and doing Mars Attacks! was certainly a special treat.

~Danny Elfman

Topics: Always Attacks Back Certainly Doing Drawing Favorites Film Getting Going Him Just Mars Me Most One Way Other Pleasure Put Special Tim Treat Way Without

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I can't get that live and I don't have the time to take the tape, after I've finished recording it, into a little studio somewhere else where I can get a different kind of percussion sound.

~Danny Elfman

Topics: After Different Different Kind Else Finished Get Kind Little Live Percussion Recording Somewhere Somewhere Else Sound Studio Take Tape Time Where I Can

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I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be this very, very famous theme, but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.

~Danny Elfman

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I like creating these rhythmic patterns. These interlocking rhythmic things are really fun.

~Danny Elfman

Topics: Creating Fun Like Patterns Really Rhythmic Things

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I really liked doing a number of the projects and directors, and etc., etc., I knew about half-way through that I would never be doing that again. It's just not me. I really am happy as a part-time film composer, not a full-time film composer.

~Danny Elfman

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I think that there's a lot more freedom in the low budget, the independent films where, unfortunately, you don't have the money, necessarily, to get the orchestras in there to play a lot of stuff. But, you have a lot more freedom, very often.

~Danny Elfman

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: May 29th, 1953

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