Beethoven's Hair

2005

English

7.4

♡ 2

62%

Larry Weinstein Director

Max Wittmann as Ferdinand Hiller

Nicky Guadagni as Narrator

Michael Fletcher as Narrator

Marcel Hillaire as Self

Beethoven's Hair traces the unlikely journey of a lock of hair cut from Beethoven's corpse and unravels the mystery of his tortured life and death. The film begins in modern times, when a pair of Beethoven enthusiasts purchase the hair at a Sotheby's auction. The story then looks at the lock's previous owners and culminates in the science that reveals Beethoven's "medical secret". Set to a lush score of some of Beethoven's most glorious music, the film explores the world of forensic testing in sharp relief against the romance of 19th-century Vienna and the horrors of 20th-century Nazi Germany.

Paris Blues

1961

English

6.7

♡ 15

71%

Martin Ritt Director

Joanne Woodward as Lillian Corning

Paul Newman as Ram Bowen

André Luguet as René Bernard

Louis Armstrong as Wild Man Moore

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.

Beauties of the Night

1952

French

6.8

♡ 3

100%

René Clair Director

Martine Carol as Edmée 1900 / Edmée de Villebois

Paolo Stoppa as Le directeur de l'Opéra

Paul Faivre as L'huissier à l'Opéra

Philippe Richard as Un homme

A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history.

The Liar and His Lover

2013

Japanese

6.8

♡ 4

Norihiro Koizumi Director

Takeru Satoh as Aki

Mitsuki Tanimura as Miwako Nagahama

Takashi Sorimachi as Soichiro Takagi

Ryô Yoshizawa as Yuichi Kimijima

Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular band "Crude Play," but right after the band decides to make their major record debut Aki quits the band. But, Aki provides his music to Crude Play under the name of producer Soichiro. Aki begins to date Riko, whose father runs a fruit and vegetable shop. Riko doesn't know about Aki's background, but she likes to listen to him hum. Riko is in a band herself, with childhood friend Yuichi and Sota. One day she is scouted by producer Soichiro.

Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod

2020

English

7.7

♡ 3

89%

Ryan Camarda Director

Kevin MacLeod as Self

Derek Muller as Self

Jack Vale as Self

Thomas Ridgewell as Self

A documentary on how composer Kevin MacLeod unwittingly became one of the most heard composers in the world by releasing thousands of songs for free.

Score

2016

English

7.5

♡ 47

91%

Matt Schrader Director

Diane Warren as Herself

John Williams as Himself

Steven Spielberg as Himself

Randy Newman as Himself

Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on the overlooked craft of film composing, gathering many of the art form’s most influential practitioners, from Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman to Quincy Jones and Randy Newman, to uncover their creative process. Tracing key developments in the evolution of music in film, and exploring some of cinema’s most iconic soundtracks, 'Score' is an aural valentine for film lovers.

Wandering Stars

7.2

electronic music band

Music

music documentary

Syrine Boulanouar Director

Lo Hologram as Self Framal

Framal as Self

Hugz Hefner as Self Doums

Doums as Self

This film follows the making of Nekfeu's 3rd album, between Paris, Japan, Greece and the United States.

Morricone conducts Morricone

2006

German

7.9

♡ 1

Giovanni Morricone Director

Gilda Buttà as Piano

Ennio Morricone as Self

Bavarian Orchestra Choir as Themselves

Munich Radio Orchestra as Themselves

Legendary Italian film composer Ennio Morricone conducts the Munich Radio Orchestra, performing his most famous works, along with some more obscure ones, in a concert held in Munich, Germany, on October 20, 2004.

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

2017

Japanese

7.6

♡ 5

98%

fukushima disaster (2011)

live performance

Music

Stephen Nomura Schible Director

Ryuichi Sakamoto as Self

Yellow Magic Orchestra as Themselves

Oscar winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto weaves man-made and natural sounds together in his works. His anti-nuclear activism grew after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, and his career only paused after a 2014 cancer diagnosis.

Louis van Beethoven

2020

German

6.3

♡ 3

Niki Stein Director

Ulrich Noethen as Christian Gottlob Neefe

Tobias Moretti as Ludwig van Beethoven

Johanna Gastdorf as Therese

Sabin Tambrea as Tobias Pfeiffer

1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of the people around him. Some years later, he meets Mozart during times of political upheaval. The unconventional genius and French Revolution are sparking a fire in Louis' heart; he doesn't want to serve a master - only the arts. Facing times of family tragedies and unrequited love, he almost gives up. However, Louis makes it to Vienna to study under Haydn in 1792, and the rest is history. Who was this man, whose music has since touched countless hearts and minds? At the end of his life, the master is isolated by loss of loved ones and hearing. Surely though, he was way ahead of his times.

Un + Une

2015

French

6.2

♡ 7

Claude Lelouch Director

Jean Dujardin as Antoine Abeilard

Shriya Pilgaonkar as Ayanna

Rahul Vohra as Rahul Abhi

Christopher Lambert as Samuel Hamon

A successful film composer falls in love when he travels to India to work on a Bollywood retelling of Romeo and Juliet.

Escape Me Never

1947

English

5.9

♡ 2

36%

Peter Godfrey Director

Eleanor Parker as Fenella MacLean

Ida Lupino as Gemma Smith

William A. Boardway as Party Guest

Errol Flynn as Sebastian Dubrok

A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother's fiancée.

The Constant Nymph

1943

English

6.7

♡ 2

66%

Edmund Goulding Director

Peter Lorre as Fritz Bercovy

Donald Stuart as Groom

Joan Fontaine as Tessa Sanger

Brenda Marshall as Toni Sanger

The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.

August Rush

2007

English

♡ 68

36%

Kirsten Sheridan Director

Freddie Highmore as Evan Taylor - 'August Rush'

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Louis Connelly

Robin Williams as Maxwell 'Wizard' Wallace

Marian Seldes as The Dean

Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.

Six by Sondheim

2013

English

7.9

♡ 1

100%

Todd Haynes Director

Hugh Jackman as Curly

Patti LaBelle as Self

Stephen Sondheim as Self / Joe

Jackie Hoffman as Singer #17

This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

The Music Lovers

1971

English

7.2

♡ 3

59%

Ken Russell Director

Harry Fielder as Gentleman

Kenneth Colley as Modeste

Glenda Jackson as Nina

Richard Chamberlain as Tchaikovsky

Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately, he chooses wacky nymphomaniac Nina, whom he is unable to satisfy.

The Changeling

1980

English

7.1

♡ 50

85%

Peter Medak Director

Eric Christmas as Albert Harmon

Roberta Maxwell as Eva Lingstrom

Michelle Martin as Kathy Russell

Barry Morse as Parapsychologist

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.

Death in Venice

1971

Italian

7.3

♡ 27

70%

Luchino Visconti Director

Giancarlo Giannini as Alfred

Marisa Berenson as Frau von Aschenbach

Nicoletta Elmi as Little Girl at Table

Björn Andrésen as Tadzio

Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

2011

English

8.1

♡ 20

87%

Martin Scorsese Director

John Lennon as Self

Jayne Mansfield as Self

Bob Dylan as Self

Michael Palin as Self

George Harrison first became known to the world as "The Quiet Beatle" of the Fab Four, but there was far more to his life than simply being a part of The Beatles. This film explores the life and career of this seminal musician, philanthropist, film producer, and amateur race-car driver who grew to make his own mark on the world. Through his music, archival footage, and the memories of friends and family, Harrison's deep spirituality and humanity are explored in his singular life as he took on artistic challenges and important causes as only he could.

Three Colors: Blue

1993

French

7.8

♡ 86

96%

Krzysztof Kieslowski Director

Julie Gayet as

Julie Delpy as Dominique

Juliette Binoche as Julie Vignon

Florence Pernel as Sandrine

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

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Beethoven's Hair

Paris Blues

Beauties of the Night

The Liar and His Lover

Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod

Score

Wandering Stars

Morricone conducts Morricone

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Louis van Beethoven

Un + Une

Escape Me Never

The Constant Nymph

August Rush

Six by Sondheim

The Music Lovers

The Changeling

Death in Venice

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Three Colors: Blue