Tag: orchestra

  • Playing for Time

    When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task—using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners who are sentenced to die in the gas chambers.

  • The Living Daylights

    After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

  • The Last Butterfly

    Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a “model” concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross observers that the camp is truly what it seems. Reluctant at first, Moreau slowly learns the true nature of the camp, including the meaning of the “transports”…

  • Blown Away

    Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.

  • Fantasia 2000

    Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original ‘Fantasia’ restores ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ and adds seven new shorts.

  • Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M

    Michael Kamen conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in support of metal rockers Metallica in this 1999 concert performance.

  • Nodame Cantabile

    When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing.

  • Over the Border

    After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to South Korea.

  • Gucha!

    Juliet, a white girl, falls in love with a dark-skinned romeo, a divine trumpet player from the Roma orchestra. But her father Satchmo doesn’t accept Romeo. Romeo needs to fight for Juliet at the legendary Festival of the trumpeters in Gucha.

  • The Key to Reserva

    Finding an unfinished script written by Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese attempts to recreate it himself as Hitchcock would have.

  • The Band’s Visit

    A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.

  • Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I

    Chiaki is an aspiring conductor who faces the challenge of leading an orchestra which is made up of substitutes. Nodame gives her support to her beloved as she works hard towards achieving her dream to pass a promotion exam at their music conservatory. Will Chiaki be able to revive a broken down orchestra and launch…

  • The Concert

    A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as “The Maëstro”, Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of…

  • Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II

    Nodame and Chiaki mutually decide that it would be for the best if they parted ways for a while so Nodame can practice for an upcoming competition. However, when things don’t go her way, she gets impatient and depressed. While Nodame is away, Chiaki’s former pianist Rui Son returns to take her place. To make…

  • Gyakuten Saiban Special Courtroom 2008 Orchestra Concert ~Gyakuten Meets Orchestra~ DVD Book

    Starting out as a comedic courtroom adventure, the DS game Gyakuten Saiban attracted vast amounts of fans with its fun system, intriguing plot, enchanting characters and wonderful BGM tracks. To praise the game’s excellent music, a classical orchestral performance was arranged in April for all fans to come together and enjoy. For those who unfortunately…

  • The Hidden Face

    A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.

  • Score: A Film Music Documentary

    Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on the overlooked craft of film composing, gathering many of the art form’s most influential practitioners, from Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman to Quincy Jones and Randy Newman, to uncover their creative…

  • Brad’s Status

    Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren’t quite what he imagined during his college glory days. When he accompanies his musical prodigy son on a university tour, he can’t help comparing his life with those of his four best college friends who seemingly have…

  • Blue Orchestra

    In the fall of his third and final year of middle school, Hajime Aono, a violin prodigy, stopped playing violin for his own personal reasons. But it was also that year when he got to know a girl who told him about a high school with a prestigious school orchestra. Suddenly, the gears in the…

  • NJBP Concert Archives 1 ~ANCIENT FESTIVAL~

    Recording of the New Japan BGM Philharmonic Orchestra’s Ancient Festival concert, held at Ota Kumin Hall Aprico on December 1, 2018. Features music from Yuzo Koshiro’s illustrious career, including Bare Knuckle (Streets of Rage) and Actraiser.

  • TÁR

    As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.