I guess when it really first started to resurface was pretty much when social media started.

Hopefully the music supported the film, you know?

Well, there were two elements.

You know, necessitys the mother of invention.

Because, you know, its action and things have to fit exactly.

I was really able to develop the full library, at that point, of sounds.

So I was cutting edge with the music technology the same way Jim was with the CGI technology.

It seemed to blend well.

So we made that decision, and I think it served the film well.

The T-1000 was a crazy sample of a room full of brass players warming up and just playing.

It sounded like craziness.

Youre a Bedlam of instruments.

Thats what the sample sounded like.

And then I took it down into a speed and a pitch that was not recognisable.

Like, artificial intelligent monks chanting in a weird chapel or something.

Rarely can you do that.

Jim hears something and he likes it or he doesnt like it.

Thats actually pretty common.

It was a smaller film.

I didnt come out until the film was basically finished, and I was doing a replacement situation.

Unfortunately, it was rare T2was one of the few times [that I came on early].

What was Camerons brief to you?

Did he even give you a brief?

I requested to see it without that, which was unusual at the time.

He supported that, and thats kind of the way we worked together.

I dont remember Jim giving me much other than showing me the film.

There were scenes like that in both films.

And in a sense, its warmer.

The story all of a sudden theres the kid, and the Terminator becomes a hero.

You know, theres a different kind of feeling to it.

And This is what Im thinking the T-1000 sounds like.

These are the percussion sounds Id like to use.

We kind of worked on it that way.

The Terminators a grim reaper, unstoppable.

I wondered if that was in the back of your mind when you came up with the theme.

Actually, the theme for me really came from the bigger picture.

The melody in the minor key, the feeling of the scene.

But you ask people to sing the melody, and less people would know that.

But when it came together as a theme, it worked.

Its an interesting time signature, too isnt it?

The technology at that point was limited.

Back then, it was individual keyboards.

So I thought, I didnt hit that right.

Then Im listening to it and I think, I love that.

Because its kind of falling forward its a machine, but its not a perfect tick-tock clock.

It kind of goes tu-tuh-tu-ta-kah, you know?

I thought that Jims main objective was to just keep the film moving.

So it was a combination of those wonderful mistakes that make things work.

Its an amazing serendipity, really, because it throws you off slightly, that rhythm.

Always, anybody writing music, most music comes from some form of improvisation.

Its whether its just in the imagination of the composer, or sitting at the piano or whatever.

Its something I was improvising musically, but also technically with new technology.

There was a little glitch, and I thought the little glitch really served the film.

For me, I dont see that so much in action films anymore.

Theres different choices I dont think theres a wrong or right.

I would look at every film and every scene, every moment, every frame individually.

Every moment is telling you what youre seeing, kind of.

What are your thoughts on modern film scores in general?

So I know its easier to make adjustments as the film changes and all that stuff.

When I listen back to those, it sounds a little, quote, cheesy to me.

Like,pee-owww.Oh, theres that sound again, you know?

A saw-tooth synth sound.

You have to come up with a new sound, and thats always fun.

But I have no, you know [adopts authoritarian voice] Oh theyre screwing up now.

I think theres a lot of talent out there, and a lot of good stuff going on.

You probably get asked this a lot, but have you been offered more TV and film score work?

Is it something youre tempted to go back to?

And I think its something you have to keep your chops going at.

Im really devoting my creative time to conceiving characters.

Brad Fiedel, thank you very much.

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