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His cinematic productions ( Mahler, Lisztomania, The Music Lovers) and his productions for the BBC ( Prokofiev - Portrait of a Soviet Composer, Elgar, Bartok, Debussy, Ralph Vaughan Williams or ElgarВ : Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle) all tell the life of a composer, but each in a different way.

Amadeus soundtrack list movie#

At the end, the movie is an undefinable production (except for Jean-Marc Proust in his column on Slate).ДЄccepter ParamГ©trer les cookies The UFOs ovniДЄlmost the complete works of director Ken Russel could be labelled in this category: some because they are nutty, others because, precisely, they are not. As for Celles qui aimaient Richard Wagner where Jean-FranГ§ois Balmer stand as a keen Wagner, we especially remember the memorable participations of StГ©phane Bern playing Ludwig II of Bavaria, and of Roberto Alagna in Joseph Tichatschek.

We also notice in this movie a (widely) adapted interpretation of the C antatas of Leipzig sung by a choir of women.

Amadeus soundtrack list tv#

In the first one, Christian Vadim plays alongside Elena Lenina, more famous for her participations in tv reality shows than for her acting talents. The director of that Vivaldi, Jean-Louis Guillermou, wouldn't have more success with l Г©tait une fois Jean-SГ©bastien Bach, nor with Celles qui aimaient Richard Wagner. Le Monde said it was ' one of the worst movies', and for Le Nouvel Observateur, ' Mozart is not the one being murdered, Vivaldi is'. But it was also the case, even more, for Vivaldi, Un Prince Г Venise that called Stefano Dionisi (famous for his interpretation of Farinelli), Michel Serrault, and Michel Galabru.

That was the case of the stereotyped romance between FrГ©dГ©ric Chopin ( Hugh Grant!) and George Sand ( Judy Davis) in the movie Impromptu by James Lapine (1991), where flowers and gardens compete with chromatic flights more or less tasteful. Hugh Grant as FrГ©dГ©ric ChopinВ ? A reality tv onlooker as Anna Magdalena BachВ ? StГ©phane Bern playing Ludwig II of Bavaria adoring WagnerВ ? Far from the successes listed in the previous sections, some feature films were soon forgotten, despite a lot of efforts. It is also the first commercial success (after the failure of Fantasia in 1940) of a biopic on a composer.ДЄccepter ParamГ©trer les cookies The commercial failures echecs Directed in 1945 by Irving Rapper (The Adventures of Mark Twain, Marjorie MorningstarвЂ¦), it stars Robert Alda in the role of the composer and was the first American Classic to take has its subject the life of a composer. There is also the cinematic mention (largely fictionalized) of the life of George Gerswhin: Rhapsody in blue. When it was released in France, the movie attracted more than 4,5 millions people into the theaters. Despite the great liberties that were taken, compared to reality, Amadeus had the merit of transforming the life of Mozart into an almost epic and to give a face (and a laughter) to the composer. With its 8 Oscars (including Best Picture) and a total of about forty prizes, Amadeus of Milos Forman is without a doubt the most famous movie of the history of cinema that talks about a composer. The movie, who brought more than 2 millions people to the French cinema theaters, won seven CГ©sars (including Best Picture) and widely participated in increasing the fame of the viola de gamba and the notoriety of its interpret, Jordi Savall.

had, All the Mornings of the World talks about the life of composer Martin Marais (played by GГ©rard and Guillaume Depardieu) and his relation with Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (Jean-Pierre Marielle). More recently (1991) and maybe with more success the The Chronicle. On top of the artistic quality of the movie and the succession of static shots that compose it, The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach is especially remarkable for the actors: the part of Johann Sebastian Bach is played by Gustav Leonhardt and the Prince von Anhalt-KГ¶then by no other than. It is a production of Johann Sebastian Bach's wife's life, from the The Little Chronicle that was wrongly attributed to her. The legendary movies lГ©gendesД«aroque music has particularly been spoiled by the cinema, thanks to two legendary movies: The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach of Jean-Marie Straub and DaniГЁle Huillet and All the Mornings of the World of Alain Corneau.

Amadeus soundtrack list series#

While Amazon offer a series called ' Mozart in the Jungle', here is a small, non-exhaustive list of some initiatives, sorted in three categories: first, the legendary movies, the ones that every music lover has at least heard of second the commercial failures, those who tried hard to be liked but didn't succeed finally a third category of the cinematic UFOs, movies that are unclassifiable, sometimes of a doubtful taste, at the line between genius and 'junk'.