When classical music and film come together, magic can happen. Join us as we explore some of the all-time great films about classical music and musicians. We hear so much great film music soundtracking our favourite films, but what about when the music itself is the basis for the plot?
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Classical Music in Films - 50 of the BestAllegri, Gregorio
You’ve definitely heard this one before – it’s a popular piece for weddings but it also appears in films, on TV and even as hold music when you’re just trying to pay your phone bill. Johann Pachelbelis the original one-hit wonder. He was alive in the late 17th century and did ...
Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) is shattering glass ceilings in the world of classical music. Not only is she the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, ready to publish a book about herself titled Tár on Tár and preparing for a massively important live performance of Mahler's...
This is one of Powell and Pressburger’s most imaginative and thoroughly enjoyable films, but it's also one of Britain’s most substantial fantasy films, in that for all its visual invention, wit, romantic flair and sense of fun, it is most definitely about something. Actually, of course,...
Life might not always be worth singing about, but ‘A Star Is Born’ bridges the gaps between each note, finding music even in the silence. —KE Photo : ©October Films/Courtesy Everett Collection 86. ‘Topsy-Turvy’ (Mike Leigh, 1999) Coming off small-scale domestic dramas like ‘Life...
Are there many more masterfully directed films than‘Blue Velvet’? Each moment is so precisely placed to give it its inescapably surreal B-movie nightmare feel that I often can’t believe how perfect it is whilst watching it. It’s a picture of great mystery, misery and an utterly ungodly...
Variety breaks down the best movies of all time, as determined by film critics. From Psycho to Parasite, these are the best films ever made.