Carter Burwell
Carter Burwell
Carter Benedict Burwellis an American composer of film scores. He has frequently collaborated with the Coen brothers, having scored 15 of their films. Burwell has scored three of Todd Haynes' films, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for Haynes' Carol. Other notable films scores include the Spike Jonze films Being John Malkovich, Adaptationand Where the Wild Things Are, David O. Russell's Three Kings, Olive Kitteridge, and Anomalisa...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth18 November 1955
CountryUnited States of America
I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.
A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.
Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.
I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.
I think being a little nuts is helpful.
I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.
I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.
John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.
All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.
Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.