The Dilemma of Film Music

The literature on the philosophy of music consists, by and large, of works that promote one of the two rather antithetical ideologies. First, there are the musical formalists who believe that the true target of our artistic admiration is the purely structural nature...

Listening to Films

The first time I remember consciously thinking about the music in a movie was probably the fifteenth time I watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. As I recall, my older brother bought the VHS tape soon after it was released, and though there was some hesitation...

Fiction and Misdirection

I’m a novelist. I want people to read fiction for the experience: for language, pleasure and love. I was shocked when I realized how many people I knew rarely read novels. For me, reading fiction is a nightly ritual, a regular transition from waking to sleep. I...