| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Panel | |
| The Art of Film Music | p. 1 |
| You Can't Go Home Again: David Shire on Return to Oz | p. 18 |
| Suspicion Breeds Confidence: Michael Kamen on Brazil | p. 25 |
| Getting a Foot in the Door | p. 33 |
| Unto the Breach: Patrick Doyle on Henry V | p. 40 |
| Scissors Cur Paper Wraps Stone: Collaboration | p. 47 |
| Backward Prison Gangs, Scandinavian Hymns, "Danny Boy," and Yodeling: Carter Burwell on the Coen Brothers | p. 57 |
| Immersion: Beginning the Process | p. 72 |
| Bait-and-Switch: Elmer Bernstein on The Grifters | p. 96 |
| Collaboration with Other Composers | p. 101 |
| A Friend Like Me: Alan Menken on Howard Ashman and the Rebirth of the Film Musical | p. 104 |
| Bending the Rules | p. 130 |
| Sounds of Apocalypse: John Corigliano on Altered States | p. 131 |
| Life in Transformation: Phillip Glass on Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi | p. 141 |
| The Driving Force: Elia Cmiral on Ronin | p. 153 |
| Period Pieces | p. 162 |
| Steeping Yourself in the Culture: Carter Burwell on Rob Roy | p. 164 |
| Mythmaker: Basil Poledouris on Conan the Barbarian | p. 167 |
| The Shape of the Sound: Orchestration | p. 176 |
| Carnival of the Animals: Mark Isham on Never Cry Wolf and Fly Away Home | p. 185 |
| It's "The Francie Brady Show": Elliot Goldenthal on The Butcher Boy | p. 195 |
| Adaptation | p. 202 |
| Everything Old Is New Again: Elmer Bernstein on Reinventing Cape Fear | p. 204 |
| Dream State: Jocelyn Pook on Eyes Wide Shut | p. 212 |
| Like a Duet: Patrick Doyle on Love's Labour's Lost | p. 220 |
| Recording | p. 226 |
| Coda | p. 232 |
| The Organic Score | p. 236 |
| A Reflection, Like the Moon on Water: Philip Glass on Kundun | p. 238 |
| Playing with Paradoxes: Mychael Danna on The Sweet Hereafter | p. 244 |
| Provenance: John Corigliano on The Red Violin | p. 258 |
| I'll Show Thee Wondrous Things, That Highly May Advantage Thee to Hear: Elliot Goldenthal on Titus | p. 267 |
| Lost and Found: Robert Townson on Alex North, 2001, and the Art of the Soundtrack Album | p. 277 |
| End Titles | p. 290 |
| Appendix | p. 299 |
| Index | p. 303 |
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