Příběh o výjimečné závěrečné kapitole života Freddieho Mercuryho a o tom, jak skupina Queen po jeho smrti na AIDS uspořádala jeden z největších koncertů v historii, koncert na počest Freddieho Mercuryho na stadionu ve Wembley, aby oslavila jeho život a zpochybnila předsudky týkající se HIV/AIDS. Poprvé je Freddieho příběh vyprávěn společně se zkušenostmi těch, kteří byli ve stejném období testováni na HIV a ztratili své blízké. Lékaři, přeživší a bojovníci za lidská práva vyprávějí o intenzitě prožívání pandemie AIDS a morální panice, kterou přinesla.
An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing major pop hits of the early 1960s and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations in the same time period.
Když v roce 1974 zvítězila švédská popová skupina ABBA v soutěži Eurovize s písní Waterloo, málokdo tušil, co přijde. ABBA prodala stovky milionů desek a její písně se hrají i po padesáti letech. Navzdory všemu a všem je ABBA stálicí hudebního nebe.
The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.
An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity’s most musical holiday. It’s an amazing tale of immigrant outsiders who became irreplaceable players in pop culture’s mainstream – a generation of songwriters who found in Christmas the perfect holiday in which to imagine a better world, and for at least one day a year, make us believe.
Hollywood film music has its roots in Europe. Three composers who fled war and National Socialism to the USA created the sound that still shapes film music today: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman. In the early 20th century, these classically trained composers transformed the methods acquired in Vienna and Berlin into a new American art form: film music. They balanced the relationship between image and sound and developed techniques and dramaturgical tricks to achieve the greatest possible effect on the viewer. Their influence is visible in the work of contemporary US composers such as John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. Today, Oscar winner Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi and Harold Faltermeyer continue this tradition. Their melodies are part of humanity's collective memory and reflect the combined traditions of European and American musical history. The documentary accompanies composers in their work and explores the European roots of Hollywood.
A revealing, edgy, and disarmingly personal journey into the world of superfandom, told through the lens of one of the world’s most iconic and enduring artists, Eminem, and the fans that worship him.
