Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Lo sceicco bianco: An Early Break with Neorealism -- I vitelloni: Music and Social Ritual -- La strada: Music and Redemption -- Fellini Betrayed: The English-Language Sound Track of La strada -- Il bidone: Metacinema and the Sound Track -- Le notti di Cabiria: Music and Transcendence -- Brecht/Weill, Respighi, and the Equivocal Tone of La dolce vita -- Music, Self, and Other -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Lo sceicco bianco -- Appendix 2 I vitelloni -- Appendix 3 La strada -- Appendix 4 Il bidone -- Appendix 5 Le notti di Cabiria -- Appendix 6 La dolce vita -- Appendix 7 8 1/2 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.