Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on the overlooked craft of film composing, gathering many of the art form’s most influential practitioners, from Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman to Quincy Jones and Randy Newman, to uncover their creative process. Tracing key developments in the evolution of music in film, and exploring some of cinema’s most iconic soundtracks, 'Score' is an aural valentine for film lovers.
The first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as it prepares to perform Ravel's "Bolero." Individual musicians offer their thoughts as workers set up chairs and music stands; there are also comments by conductor Zubin Mehta and scenes of Mehta and the orchestra rehearsing. The rest of the film features a complete performance of "Bolero" with striking images of the orchestra as the music relentlessly approaches its climax.
Grammy winner Michael Bublé performs songs from his album "love" and other classic hits.
Live video compilation of the legendary disbanded game music band "SST band". Alongside the Game Music Festival '90 footage already available, new footage from 1991 and 1992 has been discovered and made available for the very first time.
Recording of the live show held at the Tokyo Bunka Kaiken on May 14, 2017 featuring music from the Final Fantasy series.
Recording of the live show held at the Tokyo Bunka Kaiken on May 12, 2018 featuring music from Final Fantasy VII.
A DVD that shows the footage that were displayed on the big screen during the Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses concert. Recorded October 16, 2016 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Theater.
Concert from the Bayoen Tour '95 featuring music from Compile video games with composer Katsumi Tanaka and his band Bongo five featuring several notable video game music composers as members.
A game music festival held at the Nippon Seinenkan on 25th August, 1990 and released on home video. Featuring Sega Sound Team performing numerous Sega classics live on stage.
From the creative team that brought you the ground breaking Dear Friends-Music from FINAL FANTASY Symphony Tour, comes an entirely new celebration of video game music and images: PLAY! A Video Game Symphony is a Symphony world-tour featuring music from blockbuster video games. The music is performed by some of the finest, world-class orchestras and choirs. All concerts take place in classy, prestigious venues. Graphics on large screens suspended above the orchestra accompany the scores, highlighting memorable moments from the video games.
An image video release featuring live footage of Falcom's JDK Band and music set to the various games in the Falcom library.
A game music festival held at the Nippon Seinenkan on 25th August, 1990 and released on home video. Featuring the video game sound teams Sega Sound Team and ZUNTATA (Taito)
Home video featuring The London Philharmonic performing music from Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi, conducted by composer Koichi Sugiyama.
Live concert video to commemorate release of the Kinzoku Bat Number 1 album, released on home video. Stars composer Koji Hayama and his band.
Hayama's first video, includes his best performances at Instick Suzue, Nippon Seinenkan, On Air Shibuya, W'OHOL and Yellow.
The classic musical by Bernstein, Comden and Green is performed live in concert in Berlin, starring Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson, Brent Barrett and Kim Criswell, and conducted by Simon Rattle.
A live TV special of Harry Nilsson performing his album of standards "A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night".
The "Mario & Zelda Big Band Live" concert was held on September 14th, 2003, at the Nihon Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The DVD recording of this event was bundled with the Japanese gaming magazine "Nintendo Dream" vol. 101. Mario & Zelda Big Band Live was, as the name suggests, live performances of Mario and Zelda music arranged into jazz, Latin, country, and bluegrass. The host, Ashura Benimaru Itoh, started off the concert with an awesome guitar arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. "main theme" and "underworld theme." The performances that followed were divided almost evenly between the Tokyo CubaBoys Jr. (The Big Band of Rogues) and Mr. Yoshihiro Arita (with his band)