Preface Bill Nichols
1. Introduction: Music, Sound, and the Nonfiction Aesthetic Holly Rogers
2. Resounding City Films: Vertov, Ruttmann and Early Experiments with Documentary Sound Aesthetics Carolyn Birdsall
3. Sounding the World: The Role of Music and Sound in Early “Talking” Newsreels James Deaville
4. Race, War, Music and The Problem of One Tenth of Our Nation (1940) Julie Hubbert
5. Music, Science, and Educational Film in Post-War Britain Thomas F. Cohen
6. Reinventing the Documentary: The Early Essay Film Soundtracks of Chris Marker Orlene Denice McMahon
7. Water Music: Scoring the Silent World Mervyn Cooke
8. Music and the Aesthetics of the Recorded World: Time, Event and Meaning in Feature Documentary John Corner
9. Irish Sea Power: A New Version of Man of Aran (2009/1934) K.J.Donnelly
10. Excavating Authenticity: Surveying the Indie Rock-Doc Jamie Sexton
11. More Than Background: Ambience and Sound-Design in Contemporary Art Documentary Film Marion Leonard and Robert Strachan
12. Sonic Ethnographies: Leviathan and New Materialisms in Documentary Selmin Kara and Alanna Thain Afterword Anahid Kassabian