Paul Hirsch Quotes

So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.

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.

I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach a character, to foresee the type of image - you see what I mean - it's like a part of the process.

I've always been in love with film and music.

Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative process. Essentially, it allows you to make music that's better and smarter than you are, by using your ears to lead the way.

With a lot of action scores, you're competing with a lot of noise. Say there's a big explosion: the music would conventionally have a lot of Hollywood-style percussion or brass, because that's the only thing that will cut through.

You can have music and it will stand alone by itself, but you can't have a movie without it.

Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.

When you're editing the film, you use a temp track. So you're putting music in there for a rough cut to keep track of what's going on. It can be a hindrance if wrong, it can be an enormous asset if you get it right.

When I was doing 'The Sopranos', I liked putting music together with the film; that was my favorite part of it.

Music is half the film.

I wouldn't mind doing a soundtrack someday.

There are a lot of aspects of filmmaking that I love, but one of my favorites is in post, finding the right song for the right moment.

I listen to music cinematically. I think about music and how it would make me feel when it's put to an image, a moving image, and I love it.

For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.

Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others.

I never made movies that had any of my music. I haven't crossed them over that much.

In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel.

Usually music is used to hide a film's problems.

Let's say music is needed for only 43 seconds of film. You have to score it so it is an entity, so it won't bother anyone when it ends so quickly. Or if a song runs 2 minutes and 45 seconds, but the titles run a minute longer, you have to arrange that song so it doesn't get repetitious.

Music is a very, very powerful tool that filmmakers use to sway people into emotions that they intend you to feel.

For me, shooting, editing, and scoring rely on rhythm.

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.

I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.

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.