Hearing Film

"Music is central to any film, creating a tone for the movie that is just as vital as the visual narrative components. In recent years, racial and gender diversity in film has exploded, and the making of musical scores has changed drastically. [book title] offers the first critical examination of music in the films of the 1980s and 1990s and looks at the burgeoning role of compiled scores in the shaping of a film."--Back cover.