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Films with music as one of the main themes...

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  • 01-09-2012 7:56pm
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    Bluefoam
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    What movies do you recommend. I'm looking for movies with music as a central theme, like High Fidelity, Empire Records, Almost Famous, Singles...

    There's lots of films with great music & soundtracks, but I'm not looking for these... eg. The Crow, Easy Rider, Platoon. In fact The Crow may belong to the first group...


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    enfant terrible
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    Bluefoam wrote: »
    What movies do you recommend. I'm looking for movies with music as a central theme, like High Fidelity, Empire Records, Almost Famous, Singles...

    There's lots of films with great music & soundtracks, but I'm not looking for these... eg. The Crow, Easy Rider, Platoon. In fact The Crow may belong to the first group...

    Spinal Tap


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    Cill94
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    School Of Rock

    Anvil! : The Story Of Anvil

    Wayne's World


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    K.Flyer
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    Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
    All music no dialogue.

    The Blues Brothers

    The Boat That Rocked

    I Walked the Line

    The Great Rock n Roll Swindle

    Eight Mile

    Oliver Stone's "The Doors"

    Its All Gone Pete Tong


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    Elysian
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    Dazed and Confused...kinda.


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    Joe_Dull
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    All my base are belong to School of Rock.


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    MetzgerMeister
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    Rock Star - Mark Wahlberg is in it. Zakk Wylde plays one of the guitarists in the band that the whole film is about. He and other real life musicians wrote the bands' songs too. Quite a good film!


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    VictorRomeo
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    The Last Waltz.....


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    Riddle101
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    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Rock Star - Mark Wahlberg is in it. Zakk Wylde plays one of the guitarists in the band that the whole film is about. He and other real life musicians wrote the bands' songs too. Quite a good film!

    I believe Jason Bonham(John Bonham's son) was in it too.

    As for movies with music as the main theme.
    Paradise Lost - It's actually a documentary film, and it doesn't necessarily have music AS the main theme. But the events that Paradise Lost depict involve musical influence.

    Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny - It's basically a musical comedy.

    Grand Theft Parsons - Again music isn't really the main theme. But it focuses on the death of country musician Gram Parson.


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    Furious-Red
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    Rock of Ages


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    Catari Jaguar
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    Detroit Rock City


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    Catari Jaguar
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    Furious-Red wrote: »
    Rock of Ages

    See "films with crimes against music as a theme" category. :D


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    xerces
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    The 2003 film 'Tupac: Resurrection' came to mind for some reason, well worth a watch imho.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343121/
    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tupac_resurrection/


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    kbell
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    Not films but Bad News and More Bad News from the comic strip presents are quite good, very funny too!


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    BigCatInJapan
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    200 motels
    Zachariah
    Tommy
    Breaking glass


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    Icarus Wings
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    A few people have compiled movies lists based on music themes on IMDb. There's one with 91 different titles here.

    One that really stands out for me is "Crazy Heart" - Oscar-winning performance from Jeff Bridges, a straight-forward but terrific script and a cracking soundtrack (which you don't have to be a country music fan to appreciate).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0349E7kFEM


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    Washington Irving
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    Across The Universe, not a great film though imo


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    Bobby Baccala
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    Notorious - Biggie smalls biopic. Fairly good if you're into hip hop.


    Almost famous - Story of a teenage rock journalist who tours with the fictional band stillwater. Absolutely brilliant film.


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    Riddle101
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    Walk The Line - Johnny Cash film starring Jaquin Pheonix
    Crazy Heart - Jeff Bridges plays a country singer


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    Catmologen
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    High Fidelity


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    Sinfonia
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    "Dig!" - Brilliant and hilarious documentary (although criticised by the actual subjects) about The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

    Well worth a watch, even if you're not a fan of the bands.


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    EchoO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 353 ✭✭EchoO


    Quadrophenia


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    amdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    Buddy's Song

    Duets


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    [Deleted User]
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    La vie en rose
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450188/


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    Hannibal
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    I think Pulp Fiction deserves a mention here because of it's memorable soundtrack


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    pdw
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    The commitments.


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    Mister Jingles
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    Ray, however Jamie Foxx does very little singing himself, most of it is him lip syncing to Ray Charles himself.

    Whats Love Got To Do With It    . Like above Angela Basset does very little if any singing at all, vocals are provided by Turner.

    Rattle And Hum     ? Does that count ?

    Killing Bono


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    padraig_f
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    The Beat that My Heart Skipped

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odDwZgpMJoQ


    The trailer focuses more on the violence but the music is a central part of it.


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    K.Flyer
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    A Hard Days Night (Beatles)


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    kevohmsford
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    The Soloist

    O Brother, Where Art Thou ?


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    Encie
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    Amadeus - about Mozart, so classical music

    The Soloist was alright, but you'd watched it more for Robert Downey Jr. than for the music tbh :P


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