There's a thing about film composing and conducting in my family.

Film music has a great history of composers and performers.

Hoover basketball is an extended family. There is nobody more excited about this win than us.

I had no interest or intention of ever writing music. I was a professional violinist in my 20s. I was obsessed with conducting, and I was conducting as much as I could, and I was studying as much as I could. I went to USC; I got an undergrad degree in violin and a master's degree in conducting.

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

I wouldn't change a thing about my family.