Does the composer know that he is writing sounded special effects as opposed to creating a tonal and metric syntax that he could develop in the minds of the audience. There is a difference between writing special effects and writing music. Do we know this?
I think we can be quite certain that Murail knows precisely what he is doing. As for matters of syntax, special effects, writing music and so forth, well, for now let’s just say there are a lot of ways to write a good piece…
James Primosch, composer 
Hi,
Does the composer know that he is writing sounded special effects as opposed to creating a tonal and metric syntax that he could develop in the minds of the audience. There is a difference between writing special effects and writing music. Do we know this?
I think we can be quite certain that Murail knows precisely what he is doing. As for matters of syntax, special effects, writing music and so forth, well, for now let’s just say there are a lot of ways to write a good piece…