Tony Palmer

"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring... (imdb)

A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth. Wagner's radical musical and political ideas, his German nationalism and even his anti-Semitism are set in the context of his life and times. (imdb)

A middle-aged man's infatuation with a 15 year-old girl jeopardizes his social standing. (TCM)

A non-fiction film that explores the alleged last tour of Leonard Cohen in the beginning of the 1970's. The film follows the principles of cinema verité in its portrayal of Cohen as well as in its way of capturing the mood of these "last" concerts. A moving and very personal story evolves to the tunes of So Long Marianne and other classics alike.

This autobiographical film about the most important and influential composer of the 20th century includes documents, photographs and film never seen publicly before. (imdb)

This is not, by any means, the story of Henry Purcell but rather an elaborate and not-altogether-successful attempt to confront the absences and the gaping holes that rend any biographical account of Purcell. (PopMatters)

Period drama delves into the final years of Polish-born Romantic composer Frédéric François Chopin to unearth a compelling and tragic love story that developed between Chopin and Delfina Potocka, a Polish countess who served as the great musician's muse.

Vangelis, a composer of electronic, ambient, jazz, pop/rock and orchestral music, is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film 'Chariots Of Fire', and composing scores for the films 'Antartica', 'Blade Runner', '1492: Conquest Of Paradise' and 'Alexander', as well as the use of his music in the PBS documentary 'Cosmos: A Personal Voyage' by Carl Sagan. (amazon)