Max Joseph Quotes

I think that... the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done.

Actually when I gave out the script, I gave it with a CD of all the music I wanted to put in the movie, and again, we never thought we'd get all that music.

I think that 'The Sopranos' uses music incredibly well.

We use a lot of source music on some shows and none on others.

I'll go to the movies and hear 'Angel From Montgomery' in some film, and nobody ever even told me about it. They don't tell you your stuff is going to be in a movie. They don't have to, so they don't tell you. You get paid eventually.

I think that commercials can really ruin a song. You know that the person sold the song for a good deal of money, and that was the tradeoff. But, music and picture can marry in a beautiful way, and the reverse also.

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

It's typical for video customers to often use licensed music - whether a soundtrack, background music, or sound effects - to complement their video projects.

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 think it's important to remember that music supervision is not just about a fantastic record collection or knowledge of music, although that certainly helps for aspiring music supervisors.

When the movie's done, you talk about either the score or source music over a particular scene, what might work. You just throw a piece of music over the scene, and we both listen to it.

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 'Easy Rider' might have been the first time that someone made a film using found music instead of an orchestral score. No one had really used found music in a movie before, except to play on radios or when someone was singing in a scene.

I think every film is made better by having smart music supervision that's really in tune with the spirit of the visual content.

Some directors can become concerned when it comes to music, because it's the end of the process and they're tired. They're worried that the music will intrude or waste something, that a composer will overwhelm the story.

I can see my songs in a movie as long as it's a movie no one will watch.

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

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

Music is half the film.

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

I supply the music for Vampires, which is a new series that's coming out.

I work with companies like Audiostiles to put together mixes for my restaurants. I even created a soundtrack for my television show.

Music is so crucial to every film, I think.

The intelligent use of contemporary music in film has an enormous audience.

Whenever I make a movie, I always try to figure out what kind of music it would be.