Carter Burwell – 11 Quotes

11 Quotes by 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

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

Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films.

– Carter Burwell

The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.

– Carter Burwell

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

– 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

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

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

In mainstream romantic comedies, I’m usually tearing my hair out. It’s just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

– 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