Soul of Cinema, The: An Appreciation of Film Music

Contents

• 1. Functions of Film Scoring.
• 2. The Operational Aspects of the Industry.
• 3. In the Beginning: Music for Silent Films.
• 4. Music in the Early Sound Film (Late 1920s to 1933).
• 5. The Rise of the Symphonic Film Score (the 1930s).
• 6. The Golden Age of Film Music (the 1940s and 1950s).
• 7. The Golden Age of Film Music Continues.
• 8. The Age of Versatility (the 1960s through the 1990s).
• 9. The Age of Versatility Continues (the 1970s, from Patton to Star Wars).
• 10. New Faces Enter the Ranks (the 1980s, from Altered States to Batman).
• 11. Sailing into the Twenty-first Century (the 1990s, from Jurassic Park to Titanic and Beyond).