James Buhler

Books 
Toward a Vococentric Cinema (in preparation) 

A Theory of Virtual Instruments (in preparation) 

Theories of the Soundtrack. Oxford University Press, 2019 

Hearing the Movies. Second Edition. With David Neumeyer. Oxford University Press, 2016. 
 

Edited Collections 
Music in Action Film: Sounds Like Action! Routledge, 2021. With Mark Durrand. 

Voicing the Cinema. University of Illinois Press, 2020. With Hannah Lewis. 

Music and Cinema. Wesleyan University Press, 2000. With Caryl Flinn and David Neumeyer. 
 

Recent Selected Articles 
“Themes and Motifs: Orchestral Toning and Situational Variation in Early Film Accompaniment Practice.” In The Oxford Handbook of Musical Variation and Thematic Techniques, edited by Jeffrey Swinkin, forthcoming. 

“Romance and the Two Poles of Underscore.” In Music Analysis and Film, edited by Frank Lehman. Routledge, 2024. 

“Composing for the Films in the Age of Digital Media.” In Mediations, edited by Gianmario Borio. Routledge, 2022. 

“Music, Digital Audio, Labor: Notes on Audio and Music Production for the Action Film.” In Music in Action Film: Sounds Like Action!, edited by James Buhler and Mark Durrand. New York: Routledge, 2021. 

“Blank Music: The Marketing of Music Production Software.” In Oxford Handbook on Music and Advertising, edited by James Deaville, Ron Rodman, Siu-Lan Tan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 

“Cinematic Listening and the Early Talkie.” In The Oxford Handbook of Cinematic Listening, edited by Carlo Cenciarelli. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 

“The End(s) of Vococentrism.” In Voicing the Cinema, edited by James Buhler and Hannah Lewis. Illinois University Press, 2020. 

“Silent Film, Music, and Fantasy During the Transition to Sound.” In The Routledge Companion to Global Film Music in the Early Sound Era, edited by Jeremy Barham. New York: Routledge, 2020.