Highest-Rated Movies about 'Music Exploration'

Deep Blues (1991), The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2009), Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011), United Nation: Three Decades of Drum & Bass (2020), I Want My MTV (2019), Scratch (2001), It Might Get Loud (2008), Teenage Superstars (2017) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Music Exploration movies.

#1. Deep Blues (1991)

Storyline: While some successful blues acts sell out arenas and tour around the world, many of the best blues artists remain relatively unknown, playing in small clubs or, in some cases, just in their own yards. Filmmaker Robert Mugge and music scholar Robert Palmer take an enthusiastic look at these lesser-known blues artists, showcasing incredible music from talented players who have never been signed to major labels and generally have not received the recognition they have deserved.

Plot Keywords: music documentary, american south, oral history, social margins, music history, music interviews, music exploration ...

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#2. The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2009)

Storyline: Music video director Emmett Malloy shadows guitarist and singer Jack White and drummer Meg White on their 2007 Canadian tour. Alongside traditional concerts, the film shows the duo performing in unusual spaces like a Winnipeg city bus, an Ontario flour mill and a gathering of Native American tribal elders. Also included are intimate backstage moments between Jack and Meg, a formerly married couple whose time as a band was nearing its end during this tour, which proved to be their last.

Plot Keywords: music documentary, live performance, independent music, black and white, minimalism, musical journey, behind the scenes ...

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#3. Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011)

Storyline: Rising from the ashes of Nirvana, the Foo Fighters became a Grammy-winning sensation on their own. Sixteen years of the band's history comes to life in this documentary, from their demo tapes through the creation of their 2011 album, "Wasting Light."—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: music documentary, rock music, band history, behind the scenes, music career, interviews, music industry ...

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#4. United Nation: Three Decades of Drum & Bass (2020)

Storyline: 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.

Plot Keywords: music documentary, electronic music, music history, dj culture, underground music, music festival, musicians ...

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#6. Scratch (2001)

Storyline: A feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world's best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers, and producers wax poetic on beats, breaks, battles, and the infinite possibilities of vinyl.—Doug Pray

Plot Keywords: documentary, music, music production, music history, underground culture, musicians, creativity ...

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#9. Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1994)

Storyline: A documentary about the amazing life of Leon Theremin, inventor of the theremin, the electronic musical instrument so beloved of 50s sci-fi movie music. Theremin amazed America with his instrument until his kidnapping by Soviet agents in the mid-30s. Upon his release from a labor camp, he worked on surveillance devices for the KGB. Almost 60 years later , he is brought back to America for a touching reunion with his friends and colleagues.—Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>

Plot Keywords: documentary, electronic music, music history, soviet union, cold war, musicians, biography ...

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#10. Bring on the Night (1985)

Storyline: A documentary about the making of the first Sting album. Not only is some time spent in the studio (much of was recorded in an interesting mansion), but there is also some interesting information about what was going on in the lives of the members of his band during that time, including Sting's child being born.—<sboone@osiris.ac.hmc.edu>_<Scott_Boone>>>

Plot Keywords: music documentary, concert film, live performance, music career, musical innovation, music history, music culture ...

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#11. Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields (2010)

Storyline: Songwriter Stephin Merritt is known as "the Cole Porter of his generation" for his memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings. Shot over a period of 10 years, "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields" explores his friendship with his longtime bandmate and manager Claudia Gonson. Through his recording and songwriting process, the film traces a 20-year career that has yielded one of the most engaging bodies of work in the contemporary American songbook.—Kerthy Fix, co-director

Plot Keywords: music documentary, musician biography, creative process, songwriting, experimental music, music history, behind the scenes ...

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#15. Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (2017)

Storyline: The turbulent life of soul and blues singer, the late Joe Cocker. A former gas fitter from Sheffield , catapulted to world stardom in 1969 at Woodstock with his legendary performance of the Beatles song,"A Little Help from My Friends". But in the early 1970s, Joe Cocker's inner demons nearly killed him. Overcoming his struggles with alcohol and drugs, he rebuilt his reputation as "one of the great primal rock and roll vocalists of all time" (Billy Joel's description). The film mixes Joe Cocker's own words, with rare archive. His family, friends and the legendary songwriters and musicians he collaborated with, tell Joe Cocker's story. The film has raw, electric performance footage throughout.—John Edginton

Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, soul, rock, concert, music legend ...

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