Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Music in Film: Soundtracks and Synergy discusses a broad range of films - from classical Hollywood through to American independents and European art films - and offers a brief history of the development of music in film from the silent era to the present day. In particular, this book explores how music operates as a narrative device, and also emotionally and culturally. By focusing on the increasing synergy between film and music texts, it includes an extended case study of Magnolia as a film script which developed from a pop song. Emphasis is also placed on the divide between the `high culture' of the orchestral score and the `low culture' of the pop song.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction: Popular Music And Film
• Art, Commerce, And The H Factor In Film & TV Music
• The Body In Dance Film
• The Sting In The Tale
• The Music Is The Message: The Day Jimi Hendrix Burned His Guitar. Film, Musical Instrument, And Performance As Music Media
• The Act You've Known For All These Years: Telling The Tale Of The Beatles
• The Sound Of A New Film Form
• Case Study 1 Sliding Doors and Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
• Constructing The Future Through Music Of The Past: The Software In Hardware
• 'Music Inspired By...': The Curious Case Of The Missing Soundtrack
• Triumphant Black Pop Divas On The Wide Screen: Lady Sings The Blues and Tina: What's Love Got To Do With It
• Case Study 2 The Big Chill
• Ridiculous Infantile Acrobatics or Why They Never Made Any Rock'n'roll Movies In Finland