SUMARIO. Introduction // Music and the silent film (1894-1927). Origins, 1894-1905 / The nickelodeon, 1905-1915 / Feature films, 1915-1927 // Music and the early sound film (1894-1933). The long advent of sound, 1894-1926 / Vitaphone and movietone, 1926-8 / Hollywood’s early sound films, 1928-33 // Music in the classical-style Hollywood film (1933-60) / The golden age of film music, 1933-49 / Postwar innovations and the strugge for survival, 1949-58 // Film music in the post-classic period (1958-2008). A new wave of film music, 1958-1978 / Eclecticism, 1978-2001 / Epilogue, 2001-8.