Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Plates vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Introduction : Music in the Shadows 1
6. 1 A New and Foreign Land 10
7. 2 Experiment, Experiment, and Again Experiment 17
8. 3 Enter Mathieson 29
9. 4 Intoxicating Documentary Days ; First Feature 36
10. 5 An Art of Persuasion 46
11. 6 “Pulling Together” 56
12. 7 The People’s War 72
13. 8 Ordinary People 83
14. 9 The Success of the Season 99
15. 10 War’s End 109
16. 11 Reconstruction 123
17. 12 Launder and Gilliat : Soundtrack as Art Form 133
18. 13 A “Big Score” 145
19. 14 Outcasts and Idioms 159
20. 15 Pennies from Hollywood 177
21. 16 Reed Again, and Asquith 186
22. 17 Pélissier, a Forgotten Talent 199
23. 18 Kitsch or Art ? 221
24. 19 “Choosing my Palette” 234
25. 20 Seeing Another Meaning 241
26. 21 Swashbucklers and Noir 250
27. 22 Music and the Spoken Word 261
28. 23 “Music My Task-master” 266
29. 24 I Labour On . . . 272
30. 25 And On . . . 286
31. 26 Dark Themes 289
32. 27 Endings 295
33. 28 Utopian Sunset 302
34. Glossary of Musical Terms 307
35. Filmography 311
36. Select Discography 327
37. Select Bibliography 332
38. Index 335