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Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero.
Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions.
Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt.
I finally ended up in Hollywood in 1955. I used to do about two-and-a-half motion pi... (more Alex North quotes)
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