It was fun and easy, not constrictive at all. I realized then and there I'd like to be doing film scoring for a long time to come. Once his first film score was finished, says Elfman, he began regularly receiving offers to work on other movies. Unfortunately, I'm one of the anointed few in only one genre of film, comedy. Which is ironic because I grew up on horror and science fiction films, and that's always what I thought I'd be the best at scoring.
Composing is just like acting.
When you get typecast, you have to consiciously breakout of that, and it's hard. But twice a year I ask for a month off from the band. And if I'm lucky enough that an interesting film happens to be scoring right at that time, I'll do it. Obviously, it's difficult to have a career that way. I've passed up some excllent films, but I'm in no rush.