No Turning Back: Scoring Silent Running

John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

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 l

1990

mm 49: Vivian Fine Marathon!

"mm"s are m(usic(ian's))m(eetings) mostly held at the Who Unit? in Pittsburgh as a 21st century salon of sorts where formal interests can be broached

2014

Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided

One of the first US born conductors to receive worldwide fame, Leonard Bernstein is an exceptional composer and certainly not only due to The West Sid

2018

Eric Satie: Reloaded

In 2025, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the death of Erik Satie, father of minimalist music. His texts, brimming with humor and despair, and ra

2025

Facing the Music

Anne Boyd, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, teaches music at the publicly funded University of Sydney. This documentary chronicles a

2001

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Oscar winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto weaves man-made and natural sounds together in his works. His anti-nuclear activism grew after the 2011 Fukush

2017

Music by John Williams

His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro

2024

Leoš Janáček

1955

Bilder, die man hören kann

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

SIMON! The Joy of Conducting

“As I child, I always had music in my head. I thought everybody did,” the legendary conductor Sir Simon Rattle recalls. His charming and humorous refl

2025

Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die

Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die is a 2000 documentary about Frank Zappa.

2000

Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note

Frank Zappa: Phase Two is a 2002 documentary about Frank Zappa. It features a lot of footage from Scheffer's previous film, but new material from Malc

2002

Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa

Documentary on Frank Zappa.

2016

A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

The artistic evolution of the great composer, whose work left an indelible mark in the history of Italian cinema. In this documentary Nino Rota's extr

1994

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. Jerry Herman an

2007

John Wyre: Drawing on Sound

Documentary about Canadian composer John Wyre.

Otto Klemperer's Long Journey Through His Times

Relying on a bounty of archival footage and interviews with prominent musicians and intimates, Philo Bregstein's film traces the life and career of th

1985

Hrana – 4 filmy o Marekovi Brezovskom

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 Brezovský. He died

2014

Informação H. J. Koellreutter

2003

Helicopter String Quartet

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

1996