A prolific composer and one of the most celebrated poets in Brazilian music, Paulo César Pinheiro is the author of Canto das Três Raças and O Poder da Criação, among other samba, samba-enredo and song classics. Partner of Baden Powell, Tom Jobim and Edu Lobo, was created by Elis Regina, Clara Nunes and Maria Bethânia. Here, sitting on his couch, he reflects on human nature and leads a journey that evokes and involves big names in MPB, covering half a century of music, from the height of the festival era to the period of protest songs against the military dictatorship.

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

A humorous documentary about the search for a great composer who managed to overcome his depression ...

Director helmut Dietls and Patric Susskinds illustrate a legendary story of two lovers who cant keep...

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced...

Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is f...

As Tobias, a young director, supposes that his girl-friend Ellen had an affair with his brother Mark...

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of th...

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immi...

Young Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his mar...

Anne Boyd, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, teaches music at the publicly funded U...

A story built around the music of Oskar Merikanto, tells the love story of the poor musician Lauri A...

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle...

Film Music Historian Jeff Bond discusses how the music for 'Silent Running' was created.

This live recording was culled from seven September 1992 concerts given in Vienna, Berlin, and Frank...

His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over ...


When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he ...

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for...