This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dom

Film music is as old as cinema itself. Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether per

Film Music: A History explains the development of film music by considering large-scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic, te

In Film Music, fourteen of the world's best known film composers discuss their craft, revealing the creative process that led to the familiar sound of the most

Beginning with the era of synchronized sound in the 1920s, music has been an integral part of motion pictures. Whether used to heighten the tension of a scene o