Composer Movies

  • 2017
    A Life in Waves

    A Life in Waves

    A Life in Waves

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    Explores the life and innovations of composer and electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani.

    A Life in Waves
  • 2007
    O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams

    O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams

    O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams

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    Award-winning filmmaker Tony Palmer directs this riveting documentary on the life and times of influential English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams....

    O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • 2003
    Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Sibelius

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    Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.

    Sibelius
  • 1937
    Make a Wish

    Make a Wish

    Make a Wish

    5.8751937HD

    While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest...

    Make a Wish
  • 1955
    Die Deutschmeister

    Die Deutschmeister

    Die Deutschmeister

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    Young Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his marching song "Die Deutschmeister".

    Die Deutschmeister
  • 2008
    Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops

    Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops

    Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops

    5.82008HD

    Halloween, New York City, 1981 Live at The Palladium with Ray White, Steve Vai, Bobby Martin, Tommy Mars, Ed Mann, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman

    Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops
  • 1952
    Beauties of the Night

    Beauties of the Night

    Beauties of the Night

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

    Beauties of the Night
  • 2013
    Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read

    Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read

    Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read

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    In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, developed an international...

    Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
  • 2002
    Chopin: Desire for Love

    Chopin: Desire for Love

    Chopin: Desire for Love

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    The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.

    Chopin: Desire for Love
  • 1947
    Escape Me Never

    Escape Me Never

    Escape Me Never

    4.91947HD

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

    Escape Me Never
  • 1934
    The Cat and the Fiddle

    The Cat and the Fiddle

    The Cat and the Fiddle

    6.91934HD

    A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

    The Cat and the Fiddle
  • 1992
    The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

    The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

    The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

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    A biopic about the eminent composer Sir Arnold Bax.

    The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
  • 2006
    Fuga

    Fuga

    Fuga

    5.72006HD

    Could a brilliant composer's music actually be killing his loved ones? Eliseo can't help but believe it when his younger sister dies tragically and...

    Fuga
  • 2007
    Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

    Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

    Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

    6.52007HD

    This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's...

    Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
  • 2024
    Smetana

    Smetana

    Smetana

    6.52024HD

    Smetana
  • 1990
    John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

    John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

    John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

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    This 56-minute documentary on America's most controversial and unique composer manages to cover a great many aspects of Cage's work and thought. His...

    John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
  • 2010
    Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott

    Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott

    Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott

    5.82010HD

    His filmmaker son probes the professional and private lives of his remote but fascinating father: bandleader, composer, inventor, and electronic...

    Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
  • 1978
    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around

    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around

    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around

    4.51978HD

    Tracklisting: 1. Pound for a Brown 2. Baby Snakes 3. Deathless Horsie 4. Dancin' Fool 5. Easy Meat 6. Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me 7....

    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around
  • 2007
    Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music

    Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music

    Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music

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    Frank Scheffer's (collage like) documentary on the American composer and rock guitarist Frank Zappa, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April...

    Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music
  • 1977
    Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man

    Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man

    Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man

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    A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and insurance executive), who combined strikingly...

    Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man