To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I’m writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I’m going to play for the opening sequence.

Tarantino is describing a hallmark of his filmmaking method: treating music not as an afterthought but as an organizing principle from the earliest stages of writing. The quote suggests that soundtrack choices help him establish tone, rhythm, and even narrative attitude before images are fully imagined. It also reflects his broader aesthetic—drawing on pop culture archives (surf rock, soul, spaghetti-western cues) to create immediate mood and to signal genre lineage. By prioritizing the opening sequence’s music, he emphasizes cinema’s sensory “hook”: the first minutes set audience expectations, and music can define that contract instantly.