John Williams made some statements about this, which I wrote about here. Do you think that classical music is being sustained by film music? Would concert music survive without the music we hear in Hollywood film productions?

Based on the statement by Ennio Morricone, written about in this article, do you need to be able to orchestrate your own music to be a "real" composer?

Close choice, but my pick for #1 is this one:

Based on Ennio Morricone's statements here, do you think that a composer is "cheating" by using software to compose music? Personally, I'm more of a traditional composer, much like Mr. Morricone, but I think every composer functions differently, so why not use technology if it helps to speed up the process. As long as the composer doesn't use software to "cover up" his or her deficiencies, I can't find any issues with this. What do you think?

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