I have a whole library full of music books but this one covers aspects of film music that the others do not.
The best part of the book is that it is full of score reduction excerpts and accompanying audio clips from composers like Williams, Shore, Silverstri, Newman, Davis, Elfman, Zimmer, J N Howard, Horner, Herrmann, Goldsmith and more.
Yes, the reading is a little steep. The author does take a very academic theoretical approach but the score reductions and audio clips put theory into practice and that's where the rubber hits the road. I don't know if the composers mentioned were well versed in neo-Riemannian pantriadic theory, who knows, but the author does give one explanation as to why the referenced music excerpts sound the way they do. After analyzing each musical example, I said to myself, ahhhh that's how that works, I would have never thought of that, this is a great idea...mine now.
Thanks again Ed, this has opened up a whole new world.