Think of all the great movie music that could have been fodder, too.

Successful movie music is such an integral part of a film story that it's easy to overlook it.

Alex Ross on the history and future of movie music.

It spools out in a mere hour, using physical staging and movie music to tell the story.

Artistically, the late 80's are a very healthy period for movie music.

It's so much more than just a piece of movie music.

Very often, the movie music is released before the movie.

This is equivalent to the dark chords of movie music, but it works.

Mr. Williams, now 73, has been writing movie music for more than 40 years.

Movies and movie music don't have to play off each other so predictably anymore.