Danny Boyle is a director known for his exceptional use of music to score key — and now iconic — scenes in his films. Think Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life” in “Trainspotting” as Ewan ...

This was Danny Go at a symphony hall in Baltimore at high noon. “It’s like seeing The Beatles in their prime,” my wife, Caitlin, said, and who could argue that it wasn’t?

But Danny Boyle, who took home the 2009 Academy Award for Best Director for his work on the film, says he wouldn’t be the right person to helm the Mumbai-set drama if it were in the works today.