David Newman

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. ”

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. ”

I had no interest or intention of ever writing music. I was a professional violinist in my 20s. I was obsessed with conducting, and I was conducting as much as I could, and I was studying as much as I could. I went to USC; I got an undergrad degree in violin and a master's degree in conducting. ”

I'm not very interested in pops concerts. I'm interested in special events. ”

The Spirit is a kind of postmodern loner hero. He comes from nowhere; he has no real relationship to anything. ”

We had a normal childhood. I played baseball, and we played violin in orchestras three times a week. I learned more from that than anything else. ”

There's a thing about film composing and conducting in my family. ”

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. ”