Composer Movies

He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs start bleeding, Chopin knows his days are numbered....

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...

A profile of composing team John Kander and Fred Ebb, who have written many Broadway musicals. Highlights include interviews with Lauren Bacall, Joel...

The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.

The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.

As Tobias, a young director, supposes that his girl-friend Ellen had an affair with his brother Markus, front man of "Hansen", one year ago, he...

A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer...

About the life of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.

As the waters of the river Seine overflow their banks and surround a Parisian café, composer Erik Satie nurtures bittersweet memories of his...

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

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

Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young pianist and advises him...

The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.

When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job....

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

Climbing to fame, Irish-American composer Ernest R. Ball romances a showgirl, who catches the eye of an underworld character.

The Polish artist Julia and her husband Piotr, a talented and successful composer, live in Kraków. When Julias's mother, Barbara falls ill...

A vacationing journalist investigates the mysterious death of a composer and debunks the theory that it was suicide.

Vienna, Austria, late 1870s. After suffering an irreparable misfortune, the Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-99), the Waltz King, falls in...