Legendary American film composer, creator of scores for 'Star Wars', 'Jaws', 'Indiana Jones' and many iconic films.
When someone hears my music ten years later, memories and images from the film flash in their mind. Music has the power to awaken memory.
Inspiration is everywhere. In a bird singing outside your window, in the sound of the wind, in the feeling you experience watching a sunset. A composer is a hunter of beauty.
A composer is a storyteller without words. I convey stories through melody, harmony, rhythm. Every composition is a poem.
When I work with Spielberg, we speak one language. He knows what he wants, and I know how to express it through music. It is partnership, a dance of two artists.
Being a composer means listening to the world, listening to people's emotions, listening to what remains unspoken, and transforming it into music.
Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones—these worlds are very different, but music speaks the same language. Music is universal; it can be anywhere.
At 90, I still want to write music, still want to discover something new. Music is my language, my life. It does not age; it is eternal.