Comments on: ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 4: STEVEN ZAILLIAN http://soundtrackgeek.com/2009/08/26/ischia-global-film-music-fest-interview-4-steven-zaillian/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:04:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 5: DITO MONTIEL http://soundtrackgeek.com/2009/08/26/ischia-global-film-music-fest-interview-4-steven-zaillian/comment-page-1/#comment-4456 ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 5: DITO MONTIEL Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:30:07 +0000 http://soundtrackgeek.com/?p=4504#comment-4456 [...] Soundtrack Geek Goes To The Ischia Global Film & Music Fest! ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 1: MARC FORSTER ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 2: PAUL HAGGIS ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 3: BILLE AUGUST ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 4: STEVEN ZAILLIAN [...] [...] Soundtrack Geek Goes To The Ischia Global Film & Music Fest! ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 1: MARC FORSTER ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 2: PAUL HAGGIS ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 3: BILLE AUGUST ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM & MUSIC FEST INTERVIEW # 4: STEVEN ZAILLIAN [...]

]]> By: Ryan Williams http://soundtrackgeek.com/2009/08/26/ischia-global-film-music-fest-interview-4-steven-zaillian/comment-page-1/#comment-4032 Ryan Williams Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:05:06 +0000 http://soundtrackgeek.com/?p=4504#comment-4032 Comment by Ryan Williams on August 28, 2009 @ 2:04 pm Thanks for posting the interview. Focusing on music was a fresh approach for interviewing a screenwriter and one that I enjoyed because I really felt like I understood Zaillian both as a person and a writer better. (even though he directs too and a lot of the interview addressed that) Most intreviews with writers are pretty basic and don’t really tell me anything new like Q:”so, what’s your process of writing?” A:”well, i uh, write” or Q:”how did you get in the biz?” A:”well, i uh, wrote a screenplay that so and so read and liked”… I thought it was interesting that Zaillian doesn’t really listen to soundtrack music and his opinion of it was basically that it really only exists within the context of the film. I would disagree a little (assuming I’m not taking what he said out of context) because I personally find that the best soundtrack music absolutely stands on its own and I can listen to the entire album and feel it’s emotion without thinking about the film that it was scored for at all. There are several soundtracks that I love and I havn’t even seen the films they were written for… I also happen to think that music (film score or otherwise) is one of the best ways for me to be inspired when I write and get into the emotional zone that I need to be for whatever it is that I’m writing. Comment by Ryan Williams on August 28, 2009 @ 2:04 pm
Thanks for posting the interview. Focusing on music was a fresh approach for interviewing a screenwriter and one that I enjoyed because I really felt like I understood Zaillian both as a person and a writer better. (even though he directs too and a lot of the interview addressed that) Most intreviews with writers are pretty basic and don’t really tell me anything new like Q:”so, what’s your process of writing?” A:”well, i uh, write” or Q:”how did you get in the biz?” A:”well, i uh, wrote a screenplay that so and so read and liked”…

I thought it was interesting that Zaillian doesn’t really listen to soundtrack music and his opinion of it was basically that it really only exists within the context of the film. I would disagree a little (assuming I’m not taking what he said out of context) because I personally find that the best soundtrack music absolutely stands on its own and I can listen to the entire album and feel it’s emotion without thinking about the film that it was scored for at all. There are several soundtracks that I love and I havn’t even seen the films they were written for… I also happen to think that music (film score or otherwise) is one of the best ways for me to be inspired when I write and get into the emotional zone that I need to be for whatever it is that I’m writing.

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