Randy Edelman Quotes

When I first came to L.A., when I was very young, I studied with someone, did a few films, and made-for-TV films, learned the technique of [scoring], and also learned that it was a very extremely technical and difficult occupation to be in. What happened is that, when my songs and touring got very busy, I obviously didn't have time to be involved in scoring films. So there was about a 10 or 15 year period when I didn't [compose film music], but I was always interested in it.
Randy Edelman

First and foremost, I [consider myself] a musician, even when I was performing in Europe and writing hit songs. That's all I ever was interested in being, that and writing music. And my background as a conservatory graduate and a conductor when I was very young, when rehearsing a band in Lake Tahoe and traveling all over the world, doing that with singers, that's the greatest experience you can have with whipping people into shape fast. And that's a very good tool to have for film scoring. So there are a lot of aspects to things that I have done that give you the chops to do this incredible amount of work under, you know, no time, like three weeks.
Randy Edelman