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 siècle ; onward and upward?