Bringing together material from the areas of documentary, fandom and animation, <EM>Movie Music, the Film Reader</EM> comprises an important first collection of writings about film music. It is divided into four sections, each with an introduction by the editor. <EM>Essays in The Meanings of the Score</EM> look at instrumental scores, their production and reception, and questions the onscreen power of the nineteenth century classical genre. <EM>The Place of the Song</EM> turns to popular music, asking how the pop score supports the film narrative. <EM>Formal Politics of Music on Film</EM> considers the subversive power of film music, and in <EM>Crossing Over Into the Narrative</EM> articles address the use of musicians within film narratives, from rockumentaries to pop-stars-as-movie-stars, such as Madonna in <EM>Desperately Seeking Susan</EM>.