Hearing the Movies : Music and Sound in Film History

SUMARIO // The sound track and film narrative : basic terms and concepts. / The sound track and narrative / The musicality of the sound track : concepts and terminology / Music, sound and the space of narrative : concepts and terminology / Music, sound and time / Writing about film sound : analysis and description // Music, film form, and film style. / Music in film form / Music in main-title and end-credit sequences / Music in performance and montage scenes / Film style and the sound track / Music in character and action scenes / Writing about film music : interpretation // The sound track : a technological history. / Music and sound in the silent era (1895-1929) / The transition to sound film (1926-1932) / Music and the sound track in the classical studio era / The stereo sound track and the post-classical era (1950-1975) / The new Hollywood, Dolby stereo, and the emergence of sound design (1975-2000) / Music and film sound today.