It s usually a book recommended to writers, that s who the book is written for, but I think it s very important for composers to read. Now as far as screenwriters, I think it s very important for them to study a bit of music as well. Get into some of the classics maybe. Y know, take a local college course on music appreciation. Study some operas.
Operas are very important because they are in a dramatic medium anyway.
It gives them a good sense of timing. The shooting script is only 110 pages long. It is amazing how much film came out of those few pages of screenplay. It s all a matter of timing. So many directors, while they re not musicians, they re very much aware of music, and what music is.