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" Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music. "
David Newman
Orchestra
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" Film music has a great history of composers and performers. "
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" I had no interest or intention of ever writing music. I was a professional violinist in my 20s. I was obsessed with conducting, and I was conducting as much as I could, and I was studying as much as I could. I went to USC; I got an undergrad degree in violin and a master's degree in conducting. "
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" To this day, I adore classical music, and I'm very interested in opera, which I found out later my father was also extremely fond of. "
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" We went to a very liberal Episcopalian church. It didn't take for me. "
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" I'm not very interested in pops concerts. I'm interested in special events. "
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" I think there has never ever been a career like John Williams'. That whole 'Jaws' phenomenon - there's nobody that knows how to use music like Spielberg, and John is just the perfect analog to Spielberg. "
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" We had a normal childhood. I played baseball, and we played violin in orchestras three times a week. I learned more from that than anything else. "
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" The Spirit is a kind of postmodern loner hero. He comes from nowhere; he has no real relationship to anything. "
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" I actually played violin on 'E.T.' I used to be a violinist. "
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" People who go to concerts hear Beethoven's symphonies hundreds of times, but 'Star Trek' is recorded, so it's not played all the time. "
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" There's a thing about film composing and conducting in my family. "
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