Viva o Rock'n Roll (1978)

Desde sua ascensão ao estrelato, o ícone do rock Elvis Presley mantém um relacionamento complicado com seu enigmático empresário, Tom Parker, por mais de 20 anos.

Chili Palmer (John Travolta) decide abandonar suas atividades na indústria cinematográfica para se dedicar à outra arte: a música. Após um de seus amigos ser eliminado enquanto com ele almoçava, Chili decide procurar a esposa dele, Edie (Uma Thurman), para lhe oferecer uma parceria em uma nova gravadora independente. Chili descobriu uma promissora artista pop, Linda Moon (Christina Milian), mas precisa lidar com Raji (Vince Vaughn), o empresário de Linda, e ainda com Elliot Wilhelm (Dwayne Johnson), o namorado dela que é também aspirante a ator. Chili precisa ainda se envolver com mafiosos russos e Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer), um produtor de rap, para manter sua recém-aberta gravadora em funcionamento.

No final dos anos 1960, em um bar de Detroit, um artista é descoberto. Esquecido em seu país, ele se tornou uma lenda para o resto do mundo. Dois fãs sul-africanos exploram a extraordinária história do cantor Sixto Díaz Rodríguez.

Cheio de ganância, ambição e uma quantidade desumana de drogas, Steven Stelfox procura um novo sucesso para seu próximo disco em meio a uma orgia incessante como auto-gratificação. Criado por uma indústria que exige êxito a qualquer preço, ele eleva o conceito de concorrência a um nível sombrio, em uma tentativa desesperada de salvar sua carreira.

No filme online American Pop, O diretor colocou quatro gerações de músicos (cada período no seu contexto histórico e social) enquanto cada um procura a fama com a mudança das eras musicais. Começando no começo do século, depois os movimentos do jazz, a música-popular, os anos 60 e o punk, através dos arranjos de Lee Holdridge, numa produção de Martin Rondshoff – um dos mais famosos produtores independentes de Hollywood.

Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.

Supermensch documents the astounding career of Hollywood insider, the loveable Shep Gordon, who fell into music management by chance after moving to LA straight out of college, and befriending Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. Shep managed rock stars such as Pink Floyd, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Alice Cooper, and later went on to manage chefs such as Emeril Lagasse, ushering in the era of celebrity chefs on television.

In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on every hit from Motown's Detroit era. By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined - which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers. Forty-one years after they played their first note on a Motown record and three decades since they were all together, the Funk Brothers reunited back in Detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story, with the help of archival footage, still photos, narration, interviews, re-creation scenes, 20 Motown master tracks, and twelve new live performances of Motown classics with the Brothers backing up contemporary performers.

A successful music producer quits the industry and exiles himself in upstate New York, but the solitude he seeks is shattered when his estranged son and the pop star he's created come looking for answers.

Frankie is an emotional train wreck, careening around the East Los Angeles music scene drinking and meeting strangers. Lev is a taciturn and tormented soul. He drives a limo and wants to work in the music business. They begin a relationship after they connect with each other one night at a party.

Saiba mais sobre a história da gravadora Motown, do nascimento em Detroit, em 1958, até sua mudança para Los Angeles no início da década de 1970. Confira apresentações raras, entrevistas e cenas de bastidores que oferecem uma visão sobre impacto cultural da Motown Records.

A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.

An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk has lived, loved and learned. Along the way he's lost a girlfriend but he has found a new sidekick in up-and-coming rap prodigy Scor-zay-zee. With Meadows' fly-on-the-wall crew in tow, Donk sets out to make Scor-zay-zee a star...

Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and interviews with Elvis, his fans and those close to him. This biographical docu-drama features rare footage of Elvis and dramatically recreated scenes from Elvis' life.

The record label Death Row Records has, since its creation in 1993, been synonymous with the American hip-hop climate. Formed by ex-bodyguard Suge Knight, the label has released seminal rap albums from luminaries including Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and the famous hip-hop martyr Tupac Shakur. WELCOME TO DEATH ROW is a fascinating, well-researched documentary which explores the history of this intriguing and incredibly significant company.

A executiva musical Drew Dixon revela o quanto a carreira e a vida pessoal foram profundamente afetadas após ser sexualmente abusada por um dos homens mais poderosos do ramo.

In the mid-1990s reports emerged that Prince had fallen into dispute with his record company. Having signed what was ostensibly a new, 100 million dollar contract just a couple of years before, Prince was now demanding - not unreasonably to most commentators - control of his masters and the freedom to release what he wanted when he wanted. After a bitter war of words, during which the star scrawled Slave across his cheek whenever he appeared in public and routinely dissed his label, the parties finally settled and Prince henceforth was free to take full control of his music and the way it was sold to consumers. Prince approached this task with devastating foresight as he routinely created new marketing concepts which, with time, became the norm across the music world.

An Honest and hilarious look at the music industry through the eyes of an all girl rock band.

Uma cinebiografia que conta a vida do famoso Alan Freed, um locutor de rádio que inventou a expressão "Rock N' Roll" e a popularizou desde os anos 50. Freed foi uma fonte de grande controvérsia, sendo acusado de corromper a juventude.

Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade," (Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe). A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Fat cats or our favorite record stores? You decide. Featuring- IAN MACKAYE, NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, LENNY KAYE (Patti Smith), CHRIS FRANTZ (Talking Heads), GLENN BRANCA, PATTERSON HOOD (Drive By Truckers), PAT CARNEY (Black Keys) , LEGS MCNEIL, BOB GRUEN, BP HELIUM, and many indie record stores across the U.S.