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1) Score
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The film brings Hollywood's elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world's most international music genre: the film score. A film composer is a musical scientist of sorts, and the influence they have to complement a film and garner powerful reactions from global audiences can be a daunting task to take on. Includes interviews with contemporary film composers and others in...
3) Amadeus
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 DVD (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
5) Tár
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[200-?], c1995
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pays tribute to the composers who defined this distinctive musical style, with its roots planted firmly in 19th century classical music: Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Erich Korngold, Franz Waxman, David Raksin and Dimitri Tiomkin. Features John Mauceri leading the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a tribute to Hollywood's best loved scores, including Gone with the wind, Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, How green was my valley, Red river...
Publisher
Hear Music
Pub. Date
p2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min. : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 CD (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Description
This PBS American masters documentary recounts the beginning of the singer-songwriter movement in the 1960s and 1970s focusing on the collaboration between Carole King and James Taylor and their performances at the Troubadour club in West Hollywood, Calif.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The life and work of renowned 18th-century German composer Johann Sebastian Bach are traced in this stirring biodrama. Narrated by Bach's wife Anna, the film is mostly comprised of set pieces in which Bach performs many of his works.
13) De-Lovely
Formats
Description
In this exuberant cinematic ode to legendary composer Cole Porter, the lives of Cole (Kevin Kline) and Linda (Ashley Judd) Porter were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. Though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the 20th century. Featuring outstanding performances by some of today's greatest musical stars including Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (6 hr., 48 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The saga of the Strauss family is an epic story spanning more than 85 years. From father Johann Strauss to his eldest son Schanni, it was a tradition not only of music, but of the wealth, fame and jealousies common to popular musicians throughout the ages.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (57 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the esoteric life of the man who wrote one of the most provocative and influential novels of the 20th century. Bowles lead an enigmatic existence in harsh but beautiful Morocco. He became an icon to the Beat Generation and influenced a generation of artists. Explores his development as a novelist and composer, his marriage to writer Jane Bowles, and his ambiguous sexuality.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This Emmy Award-nominated PBS special is a landmark solo performance by Disney legend Richard M. Sherman, whom with his brother Robert, composed some of the most beloved songs of all time. Richard is joined by a brilliant cast of performers, including the star of Broadway's Mary Poppins Ashley Brown, as well as Juliana Hansen, Wesley Alfvin, and The Dapper Dans of Disneyland.
Publisher
Film Movement
Formats
Description
The year is 1826. Ludwig van Beethoven (Tobias Moretti) faces the final stanza of his storied career. Deaf and defiant, he recalls memories of his youth, when as an eight-year-old prodigy he comes under the tutelage of the Bonn court organist, Christian Gottlob Neefe. Years later after an encounter with Mozart, the young “Louis” begins to study under Joseph Haydn in Vienna, but family tragedies and unfulfilled love leave a lasting mark that haunts...
20) Amadeus
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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