The growing presence of popular music in film is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary Film Studies. The changing roles and functions that such music performs, the variety of ways in which it provides narrative, aesthetic and commercial opportunities, and the consequences of its increasing displacement of the traditional film score are among the most significant developments in recent cinema. Individually focusing on specific topics, all the essays in this volume allow for close examination of these debates, collectively pointing to important changes in the production and consumption of both film and music. Written by a range of international specialists, this collection includes case studies on Sliding Doors, Topless Women Talk About Their Lives, The Big Chill, Moulin Rouge and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and considers the work of populist musicians such as The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Sting, and the role of black pop divas in Lady Sings the Blues and Tina: What's Love Got To Do With It.