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"Music plays a critical role in the storytelling. “Different composers work differently. Don’t give Bernard Herrmann any temp tracks, he’ll kill you. I gave him a temp track of his own music and he nearly murdered me. He was furious and screamed at me. ‘Get rid of that horrid stuff. Stop! Stop! I can’t hear that!’ It was Vertigo [1958] I was playing for him. I used Johnny Williams in The Fury [1978]; he did a fantastic score. It was one of my favourite movies. It is hard to remember how I worked with Johnny but he is in the Herrmann’s school. Some composers like you to temp tracks in so they have an idea musically what you want. Other composers like [Ennio] Morricone you have to describe classical pieces and that gives them ideas..."
"Music plays a critical role in the storytelling. “Different composers work differently. Don’t give Bernard Herrmann any temp tracks, he’ll kill you. I gave him a temp track of his own music and he nearly murdered me. He was furious and screamed at me. ‘Get rid of that horrid stuff. Stop! Stop! I can’t hear that!’ It was Vertigo [1958] I was playing for him. I used Johnny Williams in The Fury [1978]; he did a fantastic score. It was one of my favourite movies. It is hard to remember how I worked with Johnny but he is in the Herrmann’s school. Some composers like you to temp tracks in so they have an idea musically what you want. Other composers like [Ennio] Morricone you have to describe classical pieces and that gives them ideas..."
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