The Emotion of Film Scores: An Actor’s Perspective

But it is interesting, I, that is, I’ve never been asked that. I’ve always been interested to ask actors about their relationship to their film score. They hear their performances eventually set to, and you look at Edward Scissorhands and you look at, obviously here, Danny Elfman’s one of the greatest composers of all time. Yeah, I know. Just curious for you, when you actually see your performances, even in Stranger Things, you see it set to that music, what does it emotionally give to you about the work you did on those sets? Wow, that’s such a good question. Um, it’s, I, it’s, it, it can really, like, make or break a, a scene. Yeah, like, I mean, if there’s music, if it’s the wrong music, it can have a really bad effect. Like a bad score, like, I, you. It takes you out of the scene, like, what it. As an audience member, but with Danny, I mean, it, it’s so beautiful. Um, the. Especially the Edward Scissorhands score is just gorgeous, and I feel like it’s been sort of. A lot of people have done sort of an homage to it. Um, and you know, with Beetlejuice, it’s more his, you know, it’s sort of rascally and, and, um, you know, I, I love talking to him about, you know, his, his influences. Danny, like, he was, lived in Africa for a while. He loves the Three Penny Opera. I, I like, he. He’s just. I get Fat, he picks things from, like, all over, all different cultures and, and blends them, and it just works really well. Yeah, but it is interesting, I, that is, I’ve never been asked that, and it’s really, it’s really interesting. I have. I’m not a director, but, um, I, I’ve definitely, like, had the experience of watching a movie and then, oh, you know, you feel like you’re there with the characters, and then something is about. You’re like, oh, you know, you just wanna. But. And then it can sort of enhance. I think it’s a really intuitive, you know, such an important job. And also, obviously, the great scores are always remembered and always just bring you right back to your childhood or where, wherever you were when you saw it for the first time. The time period that you made with the original Beetlejuice, they did Heathers, then you did, obviously, you did Edward Scissorhands. What is your memory of that period of time of your life as an actor? And like, those, I mean, and then years later, you did, you know, Reality Bites. What else was at that time? Dracula. So, yeah, yeah, The Age of innocence and, and then little wimp. Beetlejuice was a really big thing for me. It was the. It was, I, I mean, I, it was the first time I felt that every. It’s hard, I, I was 15, but there was, you know, Tim was like, 26, 27, and Like, he had this way of like making. And Catherine like, they had this way of like making me feel included. Like, I think I’d always kind of wanted to be a grown up when I was a. You know, like I. I wanted to. You know, often when you’re a young and after that age you’re kind of stand there and that, you know, you’re a little bit. That, you know, you have this sort of. I’d only done a few movies, but it was like more traditional and I. It was so different and it was so. Whether or not. Whether it’s a technique of him, of his to make you feel comfortable or make you feel good or if it’s genuine, it was such an amazing feeling to feel like you’re. You know, you’re collaborate that you’re. You’re like. Cause he’s like, what if you do, you know, what if. What if you try some. And then I could do this and then. And then it happens and then like, you just walk away feeling so, so good about it and. And he really, um. Yeah, I mean, it was. It was the first time I really. For such a strong bonds with a director and. And then became like good friends with him, you know, and, um. Yeah, I. That was a great time. Really great special time in my life. I am so lucky. Yeah. Well, thank you. This has been an honor to chat With you? Yeah. Scissor hands meant so much to me as a kid and everything. So thank you for chatting with me. Thank you.