Here we've displayed a list of the best Music History films : Khachaturian(2003), United Nation: Three Decades of Drum & Bass(2020), Heartworn Highways(1976), Everything: The Real Thing Story(2019), Score: A Film Music Documentary(2016), Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars(2017), American Pop(1981), Echo in the Canyon(2018), Lords of Chaos(2018), The Devil's Horn(2016), England Is Mine(2017), Two Trains Runnin'(2016) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2003
76 Minutes
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A documentary about the life of Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturyan. Among other events, the film covers Khachaturyan's difficulties working as a creative artist during the Stalin era.
Documentary, Music
UK
2020
92 Minutes
Terry Stone Adam Saint Adam F. Jeremy Bailey Andy C DJ Fresh
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EDM was born out of the Drum and Bass movement, which began in the early 1990's. The scene and its many style permutations have survived and thrived, and heavily influences Grime and the modern EDM arena.
Documentary
USA
1976
92 Minutes
Rodney Crowell Steve Earle
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The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.
Documentary, Music
UK
2019
94 Minutes
Jacob Anderson Eddie Amoo Chris Amoo Dave Smith Billy Ocean Kim Wilde David Essex Trevor Nelson Paul Barber Louis Emerick
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Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright lights of New York.
Documentary, Music
USA
2016
94 Minutes
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A look at the cinematic art of the film musical score, and the artists who create them.
Documentary, Music
UK
2017
135 Minutes
Duane Allman Ginger Baker Chuck Berry Pattie Boyd Jack Bruce Tom Dowd Bob Dylan Ahmet Ertegun
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A look at the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton, told by those who have known him best, including BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and George Harrison.
Musical, Animation
USA
1981
97 Minutes
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The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.
Documentary, Music
USA
2018
82 Minutes
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A look at the roots of the historic music scene in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon featuring the music of iconic groups such as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Mamas and the Papas.
Comedy, Drama, Music
UK|Sweden|Norway
2018
112 Minutes
Rory Culkin Emory Cohen Sky Ferreira Jack Kilmer Valter SkarsgÄrd Anthony De La Torre Sam Coleman Jonathan Barnwell Wilson Gonzalez Lucian Charles Collier
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A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Documentary
Canada
2016
86 Minutes
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An exploration of the seemingly mythological hold the saxophone has had on those who've played it, including Adolphe Sax, the man who invented it in 1840.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
99 Minutes
Jack Lowden Jessica Brown Findlay Simone Kirby Adam Lawrence Jodie Comer Graeme Hawley Laurie Kynaston Katherine Pearce Peter McDonald
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A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.
Documentary
2016
80 Minutes
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In June of 1964, two groups of young men travel to Mississippi. Though neither group was aware of the other, each had come on the same errand: to find an old blues singer and coax him out of retirement.
Documentary
1999
95 Minutes
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Filmmaker Robert Mugge pays tribute to the guitarist who, according to legend, sold his soul to the devil to become a blues master.