William Friedkin sings music to our ears

I just happened upon a great interview with filmmaker William Friedkin done by Elvis Mitchell on KCRW on their brilliant show The Treatment. They talk for a long time towards the end (and I haven’t gone back to start from the beginning yet, so maybe more than just the end) about how Mr. Friedkin has used and continues to use sound in his work. I should let him speak for himself, but the upshot is he approaches sound and visuals with two entirely different mindsets and gives each one equal emphasis. He even uses our favorite word to describe the finished product of our work: soundscape.