Article: Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Popular Music. (Book Reviews: Popular Musics).(Book Review)

Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Popular Music. Edited by Pamela Robertson Wojcik and Arthur Knight. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. [x, 491 p. ISBN 0-8223-2800-3. $69.95 (hbk.); ISBN 0-8223-2797-X. $22.95 (pbk.).] Illustrations, bibliography, index.

Soundtrack Available marks a welcome addition to the growing literature on popular music in film. The use of popular songs in conjunction with films--feature, short, documentary, animated--goes back to the days predating synchronized sound. The acceptance of such scoring techniques is much more short-lived. The soundtrack album has become one of the most important moneymaking ancillaries to any feature ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!