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I mean the public likes it more in Europe than they do here because the state supported organizations have felt that playing contemporary music was part of the education of the public. Elliott Carter

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The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different things from each other all through the whole piece. Elliott Carter

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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. Elmer Bernstein

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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. Elmer Bernstein

You wouldn't think it would but my parents were really balanced about that. When it came time for me to be out of the house and out on my own they were very supportive. Elmer Bernstein

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When you stop to think about it, so many films today where we don't have that kind of contact are films about alienation. About alienated feelings. We are much more alienated from our colleagues nowadays. Elmer Bernstein

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Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous. Elmer Bernstein

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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. Elmer Bernstein

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There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar. Ennio Morricone

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It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces. Ennio Morricone

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I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie. Ennio Morricone

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I dislike cats. I like horses, some monkeys, and sweet dogs that aren't too aggressive. I used to have a wonderful, big cat, and one day I came into the kitchen and it was on the table, ruining all the food we were about to eat. I was so annoyed that I took it to a friend's house in the country. Ennio Morricone

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My favourite type of pizza is a Napoletana: tomatoes, mozzarella, and very few anchovies. It must have a thin base. Ennio Morricone

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I don't know the names of any pop musicians. Pop music is standardised; it's made to please the largest audience possible. I also compose to please a large audience, but when you listen to my music, you understand that I have studied and applied the whole history of composition. Ennio Morricone

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It could have been extremely boring to write musical scores for only westerns of horror films. It was really exciting for me to work in all these various genres. Ennio Morricone

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If you scroll through all the movies I've worked on, you can understand how I was a specialist in westerns, love stories, political movies, action thrillers, horror movies, and so on. So in other words, I'm no specialist, because I've done everything. I'm a specialist in music. Ennio Morricone

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There are some directors who actually fear the possible success of music. They fear that the audience or the critics will think the film has worked because there was a very good music score. Ennio Morricone

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I like to feel and understand people's contentment with what I've done. Ennio Morricone

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I never watch the dailies. What I usually do is have a look at the rough or final cut, and I just get something from the story. Sometimes I start composing even before the director has shot anything. The dailies don't help me at all. Ennio Morricone

I like composing music, but I love being with my family. Ennio Morricone

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I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It can live far away from the images of the movie. Ennio Morricone

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