The book The Sound Track by Rens Machielse deals with the powerof the soundtrack and focuses on its design for a feature film,commercial or documentary. It is written for anyone who wants towork with sound and music in these kinds of productions, primarilyart students and young professionals. The book also serves as areference book for those already working in the field of music andsound for media, and it is certainly also intended for (future)producers, directors and editors.The text is based on the integration of theoretical knowledge andpractical experience gained by the author as a lecturer, researcherand freelance composer for audiovisual media.What does the soundtrack do with theexperience of a film? How does the wholeof dialogue, music and sound ensure thatthe viewer is immersed into the film andsympathizes, even in a physical sense,with the emotions of characters?