Composer Movies

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

Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic...

Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko goes for a walk in Kyiv. Along the way, his memory takes him back in time: first to his childhood in the village of...

Ludwig van Beethoven headed for Symphony No. 9 literally his entire life. As early as the 1790s, he had an eye on Ode to Joy, perhaps the most...

A biopic of Czech composer Martinu in two parts: the first part is a recurring dream; the second, a Freudian analysis of the dream.

Sam Green's intimate portrait of Annea Lockwood shares with us a glimpse into the enthralling world of sound that she has been exploring and creating...

A documentary by Tony Palmer on English composer Sir William Walton (1902–1983), made shortly before his death. The film includes the only...

When a disenfranchised, world-famous photographer is interviewed by university students and presented with a portfolio of his life's work he is...

Utilising the music of eminent composer Arnold Bax, this biographical docudrama focuses on Bax's complex relationships with pianist Harriet Cohen and...

A portrait of the film-composer David Raksin, made for German television. Released in 1994.

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

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

This short film provides a fanciful account of how Felix Mendelssohn came to compose "The Wedding March".

A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.

CAM Sugar & Decca Records present "CELEBRATING ENNIO MORRICONE: THE SECRETS BEHIND HIS GENIUS", featuring tracks from the new album Morricone...

‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846) by...

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

Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has...

A short documentary on Jerome Kern and the making of Till the Clouds Roll By.