The Sparks Brothers (2021), Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (2009), Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011), United Nation: Three Decades of Drum & Bass (2020), Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009), Scratch (2001), Everything: The Real Thing Story (2019), Avicii: True Stories (2017) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Music Production movies.
Storyline: Growing up in the '60s, Los Angeles brothers Ron and Russell got by on a heavy diet of popcorn matinees and pop music until the spotlight of school talent shows illuminated their way on a musical journey as the Sparks and spawned 25 studio albums. Edgar Wright's vision brings five decades of invention to life through animations and interviews, digging deeply into the band's rich, career-spanning archival.—Sundance Film Festival
Plot Keywords: music documentary, band history, experimental music, music legends, creative process, musical influence, cult following ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Come fly with Iron Maiden and enjoy the hospitality of Flight 666 as the boys' take on the biggest tour of their career, flying around the world in their own private Boeing 757. This insight into the background noise that is the logistical workings' of the '2008 Somewhere Back in Time' World Tour is captivating, both behind the scenes as well as on stage. Performing in front of sell out crowds, this "Rocumentary" is an insight into the minds, bodies and souls of the family that is Iron Maiden.—Cinema_Fan
Plot Keywords: music documentary, live performance, band history, music culture, rock music, fan culture, concert ...
Movie Details Click Here !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 ...
Movie Details Click Here !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 ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Behind-the-scenes footage captures pop superstar Michael Jackson as he creates and rehearses for a series of sold-out shows that were scheduled to begin during the summer of 2009.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, concert, pop music, dance, concert film, legacy, stage performance ...
Movie Details Click Here !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 ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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 - a journey of international stardom as Britain's pioneering million-selling soul and funk band. Against a backdrop of prejudice and political turmoil in the 1970s, The Real Thing were the first all-black British band to hit #1 in the UK pop charts, with the universally-loved 'You To Me Are Everything'. Other hits like 'Can't Get By Without You', 'You'll Never Know What You're Missing' and 'Can You Feel the Force' set dance-floors alight, but their proudest moment was composing the rousing 'Children of the Ghetto' - the first ever protest song to address the plight of black immigrants in Britain. The group's massive success has been tempered with racism, drug addiction and suicide but, for the very first time, original band members Eddy Amoo, Chris Amoo and Dave Smith reveal the brutally honest truth behind their trailblazing 50-year career. After five decades together, they remain the godfathers of black British music.—Baker Street
Plot Keywords: music documentary, music legends, music industry, british culture, musical influence, creative process, musical innovation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Follow the incredible rise, fall and rebirth of one of the worlds most renowned DJ's and composer's, Avicii. From the highs of worldwide chart domination to the lows of major health scares, Avicii: True Stories offers a unique and compelling insight into the life of a modern day musical genius.—OFR
Plot Keywords: music documentary, electronic music, music production, mental health, music industry, behind the scenes, creative process ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Some Kind of Monster is a music documentary about Metallica's making of their album St. Anger and the difficulties they had to go through in the process. The directors shot over 1200 hours and followed the band around night and day for over a year to create this documentary.—Mathias Nielsen
Plot Keywords: music documentary, creative process, therapy, music industry, verité, self-discovery, interpersonal relationships ...
Movie Details Click Here !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 ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
Plot Keywords: musical, underdog story, american south, street life, social outcasts, redemption, poverty ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
Plot Keywords: electronic music, berlin, dj culture, drug abuse, mental breakdown, recovery, music production ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in "Shine A Light," a look at The Rolling Stones." Scorcese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006. Cinematographers capture the raw energy of the legendary band.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: concert, documentary, rock music, live performance, classic rock, music history, concert film ...
Movie Details Click Here !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 ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1971, to get breathing room from tax and management problems, the Stones go to France. Jimmy Miller parks a recording truck next to Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg's Blue Coast villa, and by June the band is in the basement a few days at a time. Upstairs, heroin, bourbon, and visitors are everywhere. The Stones, other musicians and crew, Pallenberg, and photographer Dominique Tarle, plus old clips and photos and contemporary footage, provide commentary on the album's haphazard construction. By September, the villa is empty; Richards and Jagger complete production in LA. "Exile on Main Street" is released to mediocre reviews that soon give way to lionization.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, rock, band, history, classic, 1970s ...
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