Table of Contents

Preface 1. Introduction Part One: Music and the "Silent" Film (1894–1927) 2. Origins, 1894–1905 3. The Nickelodeon, 1905–1915 4. Feature Films, 1915–1927 Part Two: Music and the Early Sound Film (1894-1933) 5. The Long Advent of Sound, 1894-1926 6. Vitaphone and Movietone, 1926-8 7. Hollywood’s Early Sound Films, 1928-33 Part Three: Music in the "Classic-Style" Hollywood Film (1933-60) 8. The "Golden Age" of Film Music, 1933-49 9. Postwar Innovations and the Struggle for Survival, 1949-58 Part Four: Film Music in the Post-Classic Period (1958-2008) 10. A "New Wave" of Film Music, 1958-78 11. Eclecticism, 1978-2001 12. Epilogue, 2001-8 Notes. Bibliography. Index