Quotes by Composers

The kind of industrial wasteland that you see in so much of Europe has a tremendous poignancy to me, especially when it's run down and you see the collapse and failure of this system. And also how nature reclaims it. Johann Johannsson

Nature Me Failure You Down Tremendous Collapse System Kind Run See Poignancy Industrial Also How Much Europe

A lot of my music tends to combine electronics and orchestra. Johann Johannsson

Music Tends Combine Lot Orchestra Electronics

I love 'Treasure.' It's one of my favourite albums. Johann Johannsson

Love Favourite Treasure Albums

I don't really take vacations. Johann Johannsson

Take Really Vacations

To be honest, I don't particularly see myself as an Icelandic artist. I'm a European artist. Johann Johannsson

Myself To Be Honest See Particularly Artist European Honest

I was completely fascinated by the studio process and layering sounds and creating soundscapes out of layering massive squalls of sound. Johann Johannsson

Out Studio Massive Sound Sounds Process Creating Fascinated

I am not very extreme in my life. But I'm very attracted to art that works with extremes and works with limits, that transgresses limits and transcends limits and crosses borders and has a certain boldness. Johann Johannsson

Life Art My Life Extreme Extremes Borders Crosses Attracted Am Limits Very Transcends Certain Works Boldness

When I'm writing film music, I feel like I'm more a filmmaker than a composer. It's more about what the film needs. I'm basically part of the team that's creating a film, and the music is a very important part, but it's just one part of many. Johann Johannsson

Film is a collaborative medium, and I very much enjoy that. Johann Johannsson

Enjoy Medium Collaborative Very Much Film

With 'The Theory of Everything,' it seems that people really like the voice I've found with the music, which is great. But I may not do that again. Every project is different. Johann Johannsson

Music Great People Every Everything Project Seems Voice Like May Different Which Again Really Theory Found

My first album, 'Englaborn,' was based on music originally written for the theatre. My solo albums, like 'IBM 1401, a User's Manual' and 'Fordlandia,' have also had narratives attached to them. Johann Johannsson

Music Theatre First Solo Attached Had Written Like Also Narratives Them Manual User Originally Based Album Albums

I tend to get hired because the filmmakers like what I do, so there's usually not that much conflict about the direction. Johann Johannsson

Conflict About Direction Tend Like Because Hired Get Much Filmmakers

There are some stunning visual moments in 'Arrival' that are out of this world, but it's all on the earth, and it's about an academic, a woman that is dealing with a personal tragedy, but there's a circular view of time that makes things more complicated. Johann Johannsson

I tend to spend quite a lot of time on the film scores that I do. Johann Johannsson

Time Spend Tend Lot Scores Quite Quite A Lot Film

Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration. Johannes Brahms

God Me Mind Harmonies Distinct Eye See Only Directly Ideas Orchestration Clothed Forms Themes Right Flow

I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer. Johannes Brahms

Me Sometimes Ought Purer Restrained Seems Variation More Form Ponder

I wouldn't know Robbie Williams if I fell over him. John Barry

Williams Over Know Fell Him

Frank Sinatra did 'Born Free', Tony Bennett did 'Walkabout,' but you have no control over who does what, really. So you just hold yourself responsible for the stuff you do, and then get filthy rich on all this stuff that other people have done. John Barry

You Yourself People Free Control Rich Other Filthy Bennett Frank Frank Sinatra Responsible No Control Born Stuff Sinatra Over Does Get Did Done Just Hold Then Really Who Tony

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. John Cage

Nature Purpose Highest Puts Operation Accord Manner Her