Because in both TV and film every story under the sun is being told, and so music shouldn’t be restricted to have to follow, like, the John Williams template or something. I love John Williams, but that sound doesn’t suit every story. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
There’s been a tendency to think that TV music has to be cheap and fast and for films it has to be nothing but orchestral music, but it’s not right. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
I come home from work and I have a six-year-old I have to cook for, so to be completely honest with you I mostly listen to, well, Justin Bieber. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
There are a lot of classical musicians in my family, so I grew up with that being kind of normal. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
My mother was an opera singer and my father is a clarinet player, composer and conductor. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
I think as you have a more diverse group of people working in the industry, you automatically have more diverse storytelling. That’s definitely to be celebrated for sure. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
Music is a very physical experience, and I need to understand things physically to be able to create the narrative for them. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
Singing is something that I have done all my life, but what I did on my first two records was to hide the vocals. They’re there to thicken the web of the cello. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
There’s a lot of electronic surround-sound music, and I’ve done a lot of work where I write music for other people to move around a space. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
I view music mostly as communication, so when I record, I’m communicating to the listener in the future. Hildur Gudnadottir Read Quote
