Composer Movies

A humorous documentary about the search for a great composer who managed to overcome his depression by spelling his own name wrong.

Philippe, an opera composer in search of inspiration, is forced to take in Simone, his rebellious, eccentric niece whose best friend is a skunk....

Frank Zappa: New York & Elsewhere is an Austrian released TV documentary directed in 1980 by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, aka DoRo productions,...

Hosted by Bette Midler, enjoy a musical tribute to the man who wrote some of the most enduring songs in American popular music. Lyricist Hal David...

Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and...

One morning, the late Karlheinz Stockhausen awoke from a dream that told him to take to the sky. Stockhausen envisioned four helicopters swirling in...

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

Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.

A career overview of tv/film composer Billy Goldenberg.

There is a rumor in the Kyiv musical community: once upon a time, in private conversation, Queen Elizabeth II mentioned Valentyn Silvestrov as one of...

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

Animated Composer in need of inspiration dreams his way through centuries of music - an inspiring tale that leaves him with a rather bland pop tune.

The film is a testimony to the short but extremely dynamic life of one of the most talented Slovak composers of the new era – Marek...

A composer is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife...

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

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

Esther, a film composer going through a dry spell, moves in with her boyfriend Michael only to find out that he still keeps his Ex-girlfriend's...