The Promise of Music

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Ridi...

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Michael Winterbottom

Cast

Steve Coogan, Lennie James, Sean Harris

Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a breakneck concert tour of six metropolises across Asia: Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo. Their artistic triumph onstage belies a dynamic and dramatic life backstage. The orchestra is a closed society that observes its o...

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Thomas Grube

Cast

Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Darnell Martin

Cast

Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union

An animated mockumentary follows a group of anthropomorphic raisins from their early beginnings to musical stardom, decline, and eventual comeback. Through interviews, performances, and archival-style footage, the special explores the group’s history and rise to fame.

Runtime

34m

Director

Will Vinton

Cast

Tim Conner, David Downing, Kareem

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

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Wayne Isham

Cast

James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett