So, It Becomes An Exercise In Futility If You Write Something That Does Not Express The Film As The Director Wishes. It's Still Their Ball Game. It's Their Show. I Think Any Successful Composer Learns How To Dance Around The Director's Impulses. - SearchQuotes

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So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball game. It's their show. I think any successful composer learns how to dance around the director's impulses.

Danny Elfman

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