“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.”
— Carter Burwell
“In mainstream romantic comedies, I’m usually tearing my hair out. It’s just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.”
— Carter Burwell
“I think I’ve only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.”
— Carter Burwell
“Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.”
— Carter Burwell
“Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.”
— Carter Burwell
“The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.”
— Carter Burwell
“I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.”
– Carter Burwell
“In mainstream romantic comedies, I’m usually tearing my hair out. It’s just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.”
– Carter Burwell
“I think I’ve only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.”
– Carter Burwell
“Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that the relationship between the sound and the image is unique.”
– Carter Burwell
“John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.”
– Carter Burwell
“Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.”
– Carter Burwell
“The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.”
– Carter Burwell
“Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films.”
– Carter Burwell
“I’m one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.”
– Carter Burwell
“Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.”
– Carter Burwell
“Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.”
– Carter Burwell