My favorite thing is a brand-new project from scratch because you really never know how they're going to come to life. Going back for the third and fourth time to old ones is very gratifying, but it's not my favorite use of my creativity.
There's such a rich trove of unheard Howard Ashman lyrics that we're so blessed to draw from.
The job, when you write film underscore, is to be ignored. That comes with the gig, no question about it.
Of my Disney material, 'Tangled' is my most pop-oriented.
I was always a composer since I was a kid, but the BMI Workshop is where the networking really all stems from. So many writers and influences and ways of communicating all sprang out of the time I was a member of that workshop.
'Snow White' was really hip for its time. Walt Disney was basically using Sigmund Romberg and operetta in the telling of the story, and through animation - that was revolutionary.
