From the preface:

"Too many filmgoers overlook the talent and craft involved in writing music for film. Too often, we fail to think about the emotions we experience when watching a movie -- laughter, tears, and so on. Would our experience of films be the same without music? What role does music play in the highly collaborative filmmaking process?

Answers to these questions can be found in this book's interviews, in which each interviewee shares stories about their techniques and experiences and the crucial role music plays in the finished film. Through these stories, I hope that readers find the personalities behind the names we see credited on the screen and develop an understanding of these composers as important artists working within the excitingly collaborative medium of film."

Film-music enthusiasts will discover insight from composers Klaus Badelt, John Barry, Marco Beltrami, Bruce Broughton, Teddy Castellucci, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Don Davis, John Debney, Cliff Eidelman, Robert Folk, John Frizzell, Philip Glass, Lee Holdridge, Mark Isham, Jan Kaczmarek, Rolfe Kent, Cliff Martinez, John Ottman, Basil Poledouris, Jocelyn Pook, Rachel Portman, John Powell, David Raksin, Graeme Revell, Jeff Rona, Marc Shaiman, Ryan Shore, Alan Silvestri, Brian Tyler, Stephen Warbeck, Gabriel Yared, and Christopher Young.