The Soundtrack Album: Listening to Mediaoffers the first sustained exploration of the soundtrack album as a distinctive form of media. Soundtrack albums have been part of our media and musical landscape for decades, enduring across formats from vinyl and 8-tracks to streaming playlists. This book makes the case that soundtrack albums are more than promotional tools for films, television shows, or video games- they are complex media texts that reward a detailed analysis. The collection's contributors explore a diverse range of soundtrack albums, fromSuper FlytoStranger Things, revealing how these albums change our understanding of the music and film industries and the audio-visual relationships that drive them. An excellent resource for students of Music, Media Studies, and Film/Screen Media courses, The Soundtrack Albumoffers interdisciplinary perspectives and opens new areas for exploration in music and media studies. | The Soundtrack Album by Paul N. Reinsch, Paperback | Indigo Chapters