SUMARIO. // History, technology, and a determinist milieu for Hindi film song / Popular music as film music / Musicians and technology in the Mumbai film music industry / Changing structures in the Mumbai film industry // The life of music in the Mumbai film industry. Origins, training, and joining the line / Roles, relations, and the creative process / Rehearsals, recordings, and economics // Music, instruments, and meaning from musicians’ perspectives. Orchestras and orchestral procedures, instrumental change, arranging, and programming / Issues of style, genre, and value in Mumbai film music // Conclusion : oral history, change, and accounts of human agency.