The Envelope In Print: The Music Issue (Dec. 5, 2007)

For 'Enchanted,' Menken and Schwartz wrote songs to make you believe.

Composer Alexandre Desplat on Ang Lee, collaboration, and evoking danger and despair through music.

Film music can't be too sharp or too flat

Marion Cotillard can't escape Edith Piaf, nor is she trying: She's enjoying it.

Eddie Vedder identified with Chris McCandless, the subject of Sean Penn's film. So the soundtrack came easily.

Studios can no longer send out music CDs to academy voters, so they're inviting them to intimate concerts instead.

With her ballet past (and the help of some designers), Theron moves gracefully in the award dance.

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have spun Broadway yarns 'Chicago' and 'Hairspray' into Hollywood gold.

These contenders keep making music, despite how the movie music awards campaign with their tunes.