For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.

I don't think people we'll miss the fact that SDC is way up there and that our profile is high.

Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography.

But I also wanted to give them an intelligent emotional journey, without having to suspend reality - to be able to look at those characters and see reasons for the relationships and why what happens happens.