Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper

Contents

• 1. Keeping it Cool: The Rock Music Compilation Soundtrack and The Slow Death of the Sixties in Easy Rider
• 2. Never-ending Daydream: Diegetic Sound, Aural Assaults, and Folk Mosaics in The Last Movie and The American Dreamer
• 3. Kill All Hippies: Punk Rock Rebellion, Elvis Presley, and Hippie “burn out” in Out of the Blue
• 4. Rebel Without a Pause: Rap and Hip Hop's Gang Affiliation, Popularity and Battle with Authority in Colors
• 5. Blue Notes: Jazz and Blues Music Hybridity, and (Mis)Representation of Black Voices in The Hot Spot