SUMARIO. pt. 1. Silent film : early approaches to film accompaniment / dreams of the future / practical advice in the heyday of the silent film // pt. 2. Early sound film : transitional concerns / accounts of the sound film’s early years / debates on the future of music in sound films // pt. 3. Music in the classical-style film : practical advice as film music’s classical style takes shape / aesthetic squabbles // pt. 4. The postwar years : European vs. American attitudes / foreign ideas / stylistic novelties // pt. 5. Changing times : gloom and doom / plenty of optimism // pt. 6. The business of film music : labor pains / soundtrack albums // pt. 7. A whole new world : new instruments / new methods // pt. 8. Today, tomorrow : fin de siecle / onward and upward