So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?
Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list.
Beautiful film music can be made relevant to any period.
I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.
When you're working on film music, you're only working on 20, 30-minute sections at a time.
I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.
I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film music that could be used for movies like war movies and love movies.
I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes, I listen to Indian music quite often, and other non- film music.