ビートキッズ (2005)

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

After being kidnapped and escaping, young drummer boy Aaron searches for his camel and finds him in the Nativity of the Baby Jesus. Aaron gives Baby Jesus the only gift he has, a song on his drum.

北宇治高等学校吹奏楽部所属の鎧塚みぞれと傘木希美は、それぞれオーボエとフルートを担当する親友同士。高校3年生の二人にとって最後の出場となるコンクールで選ばれた自由曲「リズと青い鳥」には、オーボエとフルート掛け合いのソロパートがあった。希美はその曲が自分たちのようだと無邪気に話していたが……。 『映画　「聲の形」』などの山田尚子が監督を務め、武田綾乃の青春小説「響け！　ユーフォニアム　北宇治高校吹奏学部、波乱の第二楽章」をアニメーション化。高校最後の年を迎えた2人の少女が過ごす日々を映し出す。山田監督作『けいおん』シリーズや『映画　「聲の形」』でも組んだ吉田玲子が脚本を、テレビアニメ「氷菓」や『Free!』シリーズなどを手掛けてきた京都アニメーションが、アニメーション制作を担当。

The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.

吹奏楽コンクール全国大会出場を控えた、 私たち北宇治高校吹奏楽部。 うだるような夏の暑さが去り、秋の涼しげな気配が近づいたころ。 先輩が退部するかもしれない……。 私たちを襲った衝撃は大きく、不安をそう簡単に拭うことができなかった。 美人でカリスマ性があって、ユーフォが上手くて、みんなから頼りにされている「特別」な先輩。 でも、ふとした瞬間に見せる氷のように冷たい表情、他人を突き放すような瞳、誰にも本当の自分を見せない先輩。 「全国に出たい」 誰よりもそう思っているのに、ただの高校生のくせに無理に大人ぶろうとする先輩。 そんな先輩が私は苦手で……、 もしかしたら嫌いだったかもしれない。 だけど私は――。

1992年のイングランド北部ヨークシャー地方、炭坑の町グリムリーは炭坑閉鎖問題で揺れていた。結成百年の伝統を誇る名門ブラスバンド、グリムリー・コリアリー・バンドでも、メンバーそれぞれが苦境に陥っていた。バンドに全情熱を傾けるリーダー兼指揮者、ダニーは、全英選手権に出場し、ロイヤル・アルバート・ホールで演奏して優勝することを夢見てメンバーに激を飛ばすが、炭坑夫である彼らは炭鉱閉鎖の不安ゆえに気もそぞろだ。 そんな折り、グロリアが生まれ故郷のグリムリーに戻って来る。彼女はかつてのダニーの親友の孫娘で、フリューゲル・ホーン持参で練習場に現れ、いきなり難曲の「アランフェス協奏曲」をバンドと巧みに奏で一同を感心させてしまったのだが…。

黄前久美子は中学3年の吹奏楽コンクールで見た高坂麗奈の涙を忘れられないままでいた。高校に進学した久美子は加藤葉月、川島緑輝に誘われて吹奏楽部に入部するが、肝心な吹奏楽部の演奏はお世辞にも上手とは言えなくて……。しかし、吹奏楽部に新しい顧問・滝昇がやって来たことによって状況は一変する。滝のスパルタ指導に反発しつつも、少しずつ上手くなっていく様子に自信を持つ部員たち。久美子も少しずつではあるが、麗奈との距離を縮めていった。サンライズフェスティバル、コンクールメンバーを決めるオーディション……。数々の試練を乗り越えた吹奏楽部は吹奏楽コンクール京都府大会に臨む――。

Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the hospitality of Guhl's spacious palace. It's up to the loyal young Prince Azim (Sabu) to warn the troops of Guhl's treachery by tapping out a message on his drum.

Captain Hunt of the cavalry is trying to promote good relations with the Indian chief Acoma. But Hunt's superiors in the military insist on pursuing policies that will provoke a conflict, and Chief Acoma is not willing to let himself be insulted.

The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to move to the Dakota territory on the urging of a suitor to their eldest daughter. There, Grampa Bower causes trouble with his pro-Cleveland ideas, as Dakota residents are overwhelmingly Republican, and hope to get the territory admitted as two states (North and South Dakota) rather than one in order to send four Republican senators to Washington. Cleveland opposed this plan, refusing to refer to Congress the plan to organize the Dakotas this way. When Cleveland wins the popular vote, but Harrison the presidency due to the electoral college votes, the Dakotans (particularly the feuding young couple) resolve to live together in peace, and Cleveland grants statehood to the two Dakotas before he leaves office (along with two Democrat-voting states, evening the gains for both parties).

Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.

Multi-platinum recording artists release their first-ever live DVD. Recorded in April 2005, the shows were filmed in the band's hometown of Atlanta during two special sold-out performances featuring the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. The 20-song collection spans ninety minutes and encompasses hits from Collective Soul's seven studio albums, including their latest release, "Youth".

This film speaks to the uniquely inherent traits that drummers and percussionists possess as natural explorers of music and sound, and how this particular story explores the challenge of translating foreign voices of percussive expression into the dialect of a Western classical orchestra setting. Five accomplished percussionists, Drum, and a rock star composer, Stewart Copeland, come together with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create a groundbreaking work.

A Dutch documentary about the history of the anarchist punk band Crass. The film features archival footage of the band, and interviews with former members Steve Ignorant, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher.

Half a million people descend upon a tiny Serbian village for the 50th anniversary of the world's largest trumpet festival. Brasslands chronicles the cultural and musical collisions through the personal journeys of 3 musicians - American, Serbian, Roma - whose lives are bound to Balkan brass for very different reasons.

True story about the brass band of a fire brigade during WW2.

The Trojan Boat – The first theatre work by the Viennese brass septe Mnozil Brass, which has justly been described as the “Monty Python of Music”. Mnozil Brass are all graduates of the famous Vienna Conservatory and impress with their breathtaking comedy and over-the-top imagination. Fully in compliance with Shakespeare’s motto “Let me play the lion too”, they take on all the musical and acting roles in their operetta and – just in passing and with a lot of humour – they also blur the borders between stage and orchestra pit.

During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions as the shaman dance (tiao tchin, meaning "spirit-jumping" or "god's dance"). However, on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, a farmer named Guan Yunde decided to start designing and building traditional Manchu shaman drums. At age 70, he is one of a minority of ethnic Manchu people in China's Jilin province, and one of the few people keeping the Manchu shamanic tradition alive.