I watched "The Soloist" last night and enjoyed it immensely.

So, I wondered what your favorite "musician" or "composer" movies are?

I LOVED "Amadeus" and really like "Immortal Beloved" (about Beethoven).

I also loved "Ray" and "The Doors" but thought "Walk the Line" was just ok.

What are your faves?

Peace...

The Pianist comes to mind right away.  I've never seen those credits roll so beautifully.

was a favorite of mine. I'm big on country and western and Johnny Cash is one of my favorites. I thought Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon did a splendid job of a character's transformation of the up and down's of fame of fortune. Plus they sang the songs and were darn good.

Did you see "Woodstock" last summer? That was pretty good too, though the story may be disputed, it is still funny.



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was it called Round Midnight?  Also The Rat Race with Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds and any of those wacked out Ken Russell biopics from the 70s.  And LBNL Yankee Doodle Dandy and BIRD

I absolutely LOVE Cameron Crowe films, because he's always got the best soundtracks. His wife, Nancy Wilson, formerly of Heart, does a lot of his soundtrack work.

Danny Elfman kind of surprised me, going from frontman of Oingo Boingo to a respected film scorer.

I don't know and I'm too lazy to Google it, but whomever works with Martin Scorsese is also amazing. His films kind of pioneered the soundtrack as being as evocative in a film as the visuals. Casino is one of my favourites, in that respect.

But if you are looking for fave musician and composer, Yo-Yo Ma is my fave musician and John Williams is my fave film composer.

I do agree Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon performed very well!

Nope, I haven't seen "Woodstock" yet.  I'll add it to my Netflix queue.  

Peace...

Being a Star Wars nut, I do love John Williams.  "The Imperial March" and "Duel of the Fates" are my absolute faves.

I like the music in Quentin Tarantino films, especially "Jackie Brown".

I ADORE Angelo Badalamenti who composes for David Lynch films.  The "Love Theme" from "Mulholland Dr" is my fave.

Hans Zimmer is another composer I like.  He did the music for "Gladiator" and "The Last Samurai".

Have there been any movies made about Bach or Tchaikovsky?

Peace...

every chance I get. LOVE the movie. I'm real dufus though, after I see it, I go around singing melodies. I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy!

film, that never got it's due.