Dickinson, Kay - Off Key

CONTENTS

An Overture
One The Status and the Potential of Film-Music That Doesn't Work
Two The Motion Picture You're About to See is a Story of Music: The Migration of Cinema into Rock 'n' Roll
Three It's Not Only Trivial, It's Bad, Vulgar: Ken Russell's Composer Biopics and the Uneasy Realignment of Work and Culture
Four Troubling Synthesis: The Horrific Sights and Incompatible Sounds of Video Nasties
Five Pop Stars Who Can't Act and the Limits of Celebrity Flexibility
The Problems of Conclusion
Bibliography