This book explores five of Hopper's films to show how this deep engagement with music to build character and setting continued throughout his career, as Hopper used folk, punk, hip-hop, and jazz to shape the worlds of his films in ways that influenced other filmmakers and foreshadowed the advent of the music video format.

Stephen Lee Naish is a researcher and writer based in Ontario, Canada.

Introduction: Dennis Hopper in Context 1. Keeping It Cool: Easy Rider,The Rock Music Compilation Soundtrack and The Slow Death of the Sixties 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 Conclusion