Mike Ritz

Music elates, touches the soul and bypasses reason. Music is magic. But precisely this magic can turn it into an insidious weapon for music and violence belong together. The brutal power of African war dances, the ferocity of Maori Hakas, the earth-shattering roar of US sound guns blasting Metallica at Taliban hideouts the principle is always the same: Aggressive sounds demoralise the enemy and whip the allies into a frenzy. In Songs of War, director Tristan Chytroschek explores the extraordinary harmony between music and violence. Sesame Street composer, Christopher Cerf, always wanted his music to be fun and entertaining. But then he learned that his songs had been used to torture prisoners in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. He is stunned by this abuse of his work and wants to find out how this could happen.

「ティン･カップ」という愛称を持つ、プロゴルファーのロイ。彼はゴルフの素晴らしい才能を持っていたが、大胆な賭けを望むその性格が災いして、現在は地位も財産も失い、落ちぶれた生活を送っていた。そんな彼の前に精神科医のモリーが現れる。知的な彼女に一目惚れしてしまったロイは、彼女を振り向かせるために、再び立ち上がる決意をする。