Arjun Janya Quotes

The Saina Nehwal film's soundtrack is one of the most prestigious and powerful scores I have worked on.

I'd love to do a whole soundtrack to a movie.

Music is half the film.

I've not used a score in any of my films so far.

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.

It's a deliberate choice. I am a fervent supporter of the idea that you don't have to have wall-to-wall music in good films.

Music is so crucial to every film, I think.

I really wanna get my paws on scoring a film.

When you go into something like a space movie, you think there's going to be no music or little music.

The soundtrack for 'Mr. Fraud' is classical with a decent level of fusion.

Writing for a film means the music has to serve the film, the narrative.

In 'Barfi,' we have departed from regular commercial stuff and used the melody 'Bare Bare,' sung by Sonu Nigam as the introductory song for Diganth.

I am happy film stars are singing in their films. I hope to work as a music director for a film where actors will sing all the songs.

A good theme - like the 'Pink Panther' or 'Baby Elephant Walk' - can work all the way through the picture, which is what I did with them. So, for me, a good melody is not just a pretty tune.

So I prefer to do the entire music for a film. And when I'm doing the background score, I can weave the whole film together in terms of themes and songs for a good cinematic feel.

My favourite composers are Vishal Shekhar, AR Rahman, Shankar Ehsaan-Loy.

The background score plays an important role in black comedies.

My films are based on themes, so I always go for theme tracks and background score.

When I make film music, I'm a filmmaker first and foremost. It's about serving the needs of the film. You're telling a story; in a way, you stop becoming a composer and become a storyteller instead. You tell the story with the most appropriate themes. How you approach these things is a very personal matter, but your goal is to tell the story first.

What kills music in films is when it's done as performance, drawing attention to the fact that someone's in the background playing it.

Music is the life of a film.

Godzilla' took two months because it required a two-hour-plus score. 'Imitation Game' was three weeks.

Considering 'Kaante' is an action film, its music is brilliant.

The music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk.

I am a great Nadeem-Shravan fan.