I think there has never ever been a career like John Williams’. That whole ‘Jaws’ phenomenon – there’s nobody that knows how to use music like Spielberg, and John is just the perfect analog to Spielberg. David Newman Read Quote
The Spirit is a kind of postmodern loner hero. He comes from nowhere; he has no real relationship to anything. David Newman Read Quote
People who go to concerts hear Beethoven’s symphonies hundreds of times, but ‘Star Trek’ is recorded, so it’s not played all the time. David Newman Read Quote
I want to write theater pieces, opera, or some kind of amalgamation where there is singing, music and theater. David Newman Read Quote
I’ll probably always write film scores. It’s the one place where a composer has almost unlimited resources at his beck and call. When music you have written works well in a film, nothing can beat it. David Newman Read Quote
I think John Williams, him and his team, have been incredible orchestrators. By that, I mean how he chooses which instrument plays which note. David Newman Read Quote
