Agnetha Faltskog Quotes

Well lately I have listening to a lot of movie soundtracks.

'The Graduate' must be the best use of songs ever in a movie; it adds a layer to the movie you wouldn't ever get from a score.

Obviously, the 'Rocky' theme is one of the most recognizable themes in film.

I'd say for a film composer, 'Star Wars' is kind of like the holy grail of film music. It's probably the best film music ever written.

Does film music really matter to the average moviegoer? A great score, after all, can't save a bad film, and a bad score - so it's said - can't sink a good one.

I got a lot of film companies approaching me to write some songs for their films.

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.

Alan Cumming was such a fun guy to watch. I remember he has a song in the first 'Spy Kids' movie, and when Danny Elfman came to set, they were working on the song.

Surprise, surprise! I have a band! I'm really excited that we have a song on the soundtrack of 'American Reunion' for that very reason.

The sound world that I created for 'Avatar' had to be very different, really, than anything I ever created before. There is also three hours of music.

I always related my favorite music to the movies.

I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.

To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.

When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.

I will perform My Heart Will Go On for the rest of my life and it will always remain a very emotional experience for me.

Music is so crucial to every film, I think.

Music is such an incredibly affecting part of any movie-going experience, and it just... it shapes your whole experience.

I worked with Jim James on my film 'I'm Not There' - he sang 'Goin' to Acapulco' with Calexico backing him up. We just hit it off, and it's such a beautiful moment in that film.

One thing that's thematically consistent in 'Sin City' is that all the performances seem to be of the same genre, like we're singing the same song.

When Kubrick called me about 'The Shining,' it was very strange. He first asked me to write music for his film, but I instead gave him suggestions about some of my pieces. I told him about 'The Awakening of Jacob,' which he did use in 'The Shining.'

A dream of mine is to write a 'Bond' theme tune.

'Raaga' is one of those movies which is very special for any music director to compose music for.

I have composed music for many city-based movies.

I wanted to be a film composer because I heard scores that could stand alone, from 'Vertigo' to 'Star Wars' to 'La Dolce Vita,' because this music has so much history. They're weighed with the history of music. They come from somewhere, they have a past.