Composer Movies

The pianist Miguel Ángel Lozano embarks on a personal and artistic journey with the purpose of reconstructing the life of his grandmother,...

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in...

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

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....

Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him...

A desperate composer is tormented by ghosts of her past after she takes credit for her late mother’s unfinished symphony.

1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of...

While in exile in Italy, an African woman finds herself trying to get back home and free her imprisoned husband. But the only man that can help her...

Mab is a creative young composer who is deathly afraid of going outside after the death of her sister, Holly. She is the owner of Mab's Music - a...

An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and...

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

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

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

The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his...

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

An in-depth look of the 40 year journey, from post-war Germany to Hollywood royalty, of Hans Zimmer, the man who’s become the dominant force in...